Asphyxiation deaths up in Kathmandu valley

KATHMANDU, JANUARY 27Padam Bahadur Thing, 52, and his wife Phul Kumari, 45, who had gone to bed in sound health last night at Bojeni, Shankarapur Municipality on the north-eastern outskirts of Kathmandu, were found...

Nepali Congress meets today to form CWC

KATHMANDU, JANUARY 27Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has called a virtual meeting tomorrow to discuss formation of the central working committee.Chief Secretary of NC Headquarters Krishna Prasad Paudel said that the meeting would...

Djokovic set to return next month in Dubai

SportsBy ReutersPublished: 07:18 pm Jan 27, 2022Serbia's Novak Djokovic in action. Photo: Reuters MELBOURNE, JANUARY 27Novak Djokovic is set to return to action in Dubai next month for the first time since he was deported...

Collins crushes Swiatek to set up Barty final

MELBOURNE, JANUARY 27American Danielle Collins showed she will provide a formidable obstacle to home favourite Ash Barty's hopes of winning the Australian Open with a crushing 6-4 6-1 defeat of Poland's Iga Swiatek to...

Construction of embankment in Narayani River started

CHITWAN, JANUARY 27Construction of embankment has been started in the Narayani River here. The embankment construction project is worth Rs 4 billion 720 million.The tender for the first section of the project has already...

Upper House seats shared in Province 1

NepalBy Himalayan News ServicePublished: 11:35 am Jan 27, 2022Upper House seats shared in Province 1. Photo: RSS DHARAN, JANUARY 26CPN-Unified Socialist's Jayanti Rai and CPN-UML's Sonam Gyaljen Sherpa were elected members of the National Assembly...

13 injured in Baitadi bus accident

NepalBy Tekendra DeubaPublished: 11:36 am Jan 27, 2022Thirteen persons sustained injuries after the bus they were travelling on fell below the road along the Patan-Pancheshwor road section in Baitadi on Thursday morning. DHANGADHI, JANUARY 27Thirteen...

VCs flay government decision to appoint ministry staff at BPKIHS

DHARAN, JANUARY 26Incumbent and former vice-chancellors of various universities have jointly protested the government decision to assign administrative and financial responsibilities of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, to Health Ministry's staffer Shyam...