Japan bans new entries of foreigners after virus variant arrives

TOKYO: Japan on Saturday said it would temporarily ban non-resident foreign nationals from entering the country as it tightens its borders following the detection of a new, highly infectious variant of the coronavirus. The ban...

Nepal COVID-19 Update: 500 new cases, 840 recoveries, three fatalities

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Health Ministry shared the latest updates on coronavirus contagion from across the country, and government’s response to the health crisis. READ MORE: Kathmandu Valley logs 267 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday Till date, 1,905,826...

Kathmandu Valley logs 267 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday

KATHMANDU: The three districts of Kathmandu valley reported as many as 267 new cases of the coronavirus infection on Saturday. Of the total 500 new cases in the country, Kathmandu district reported 209 infections while Lalitpur...

Dahal expresses sorrow over demise of Swanam Sathi

KATHMANDU: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal has expressed sorrow over the demise of party national advisory council member Swanam Sathi, also known as Shashi Sherchan. Swanam passed away Friday night in the...

Nepali Congress to stage demonstrations in 165 electoral constituencies

KATHMANDU: Main opposition Nepali Congress has been preparing to stage demonstrations in 165 electoral constituencies on Monday against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s sudden move to dissolve the House of Representatives. “The day the House...

First eye treatment centre established in Ichhakamana

MUGLIN: First ever eye treatment centre has been established at Ichhakamana Rural Municipality in Chitwan district, on Friday. The centre came into operation at Kurintar in ward-4 of the rural municipality at a joint initiative...

India detains 75 in Kashmir after local election

SRINAGAR: India’s government detained at least 75 Kashmiri political leaders and activists to forestall political unrest after an alliance of Kashmir’s regional political parties won a local election, leaders and a police official said...

A Sudan in transition presents first-ever film for Oscars

CAIRO: Nearly two years after the overthrow of autocrat Omar al-Bashir, Sudan is taking steps to rejoin the international community from which it was long shunned. That includes its film industry. For the first time...