Dahal’s NCP chalks out protest programme

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 26 The Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led faction of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) held its secretariat meeting and discussed ways to effectively carry out its first phase of protest programme against the dissolution of the...

Economic Affairs Minister of Province 1 removed from office

KATHMANDU: Following the rupture of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Province 1 Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning Indra Bahadur Aangbo has been removed from office, on Saturday. It has been learnt that Chief Minister...

British coronavirus variant found in traveller to Sweden: Health agency

STOCKHOLM: The new variant of the coronavirus circulating in Britain has been detected in Sweden after a traveller from Britain fell ill on arrival and tested positive for it, the Swedish Health Agency said...

Sri Lanka 212-3 and in control in 1st test in South Africa

CENTURION: Sri Lanka took early control of the first test in South Africa on Saturday through a 131-run partnership between Dhananjaya de Silva and Dinesh Chandimal that was only interrupted when de Silva had...

JSP-N cadres hold torch rally in Rautahat, condemn dissolution of House

RAUTAHAT: Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal (JSP-N) cadres hit the streets of district headquarters Gaur holding a torch rally, denouncing Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s ‘undemocratic’ move of dismantling the Lower House of the federal parliament. It...

Civil society begins protest against HoR dissolution

KATHMANDU: The civil society have begun their protest against dismantling of the House of Representatives by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, calling the move unconstitutional. Members of the civil society today gathered in the capital...

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...