'Govt not serious about decriminalising abortion'

KATHMANDU, APRIL 2 Even one year after Nepal accepted the Human Rights Council's universal periodic review recommendation that it should decriminalise abortion, the government has not taken any concrete steps to amend the prevailing laws...

PM Deuba, Modi flag off rail service

KATHMANDU, APRIL 2 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi jointly flagged off the Jaynagar-Kurtha railway service. The PM is currently visiting India. Indian Ministry of External Affairs issued a press release...

Nepal records 11 COVID-19 cases on Saturday

Nepal By THT Online Published: 06:25 pm Apr 02, 2022 Ministry of Health and Population. KATHMANDU, APRIL 02 The national active Covid-19 caseload of Nepal active caseload has reached at 942 on Saturday as 10 people tested positive for...

Int'l High Altitude Tri-Adventure in May

KATHMANDU, APRIL 1 Tribhuvan Army Club of Nepali Army is organizing the first CoAS International High Altitude Tri-Adventure Competition in Jomson, Mustang on May 21. The event features three stages - 100m climbing, 4.75km trail running...

Rai falters on final day of Gurugram Challenge

KATHMANDU, APRIL 1 Nepali professional golfer Sukra Bahadur Rai played three-over 75 on the final day to drop 16 places down to tied 38th in the Gurugram Challenge at the Classic Golf and Country Club...

Will Smith resigns from film academy over Chris Rock slap

LOS ANGELES, April 2 Will Smith resigned Friday from the motion picture academy following his Oscars night slap of Chris Rock and said he would accept any further punishment the organization imposed. Smith in a statement...

Govt drafts norms for commercial farming of wild animals

KATHMANDU, APRIL 1 The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation has drafted norms for commercial farming and breeding of wild animals. According to the Ministry of Forests and Environment, the norms were recently drafted and...

Hospital in Siraha begins naturopathy services

SIRAHA, APRIL 1 A hospital came into operation in Siraha's Dhangadimai Municipality from today with the view to providing natural therapies to patients. Set up in Dhangadimai Municipality-10, the natural therapy hospital was inaugurated by Dhangadimai...