Melbourne on standby, but Sydney still preferred for third India test

SYDNEY: The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) has been placed on standby if Australia are unable to play the third test against India in Sydney following a fresh coronavirus outbreak in New South Wales, Cricket...

Government and ADB sign agreement

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 23 The Nepal government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed $150 million concessional loan agreement to finance South Asia Sub regional Cooperation (SASEC) Airport Capacity Enhancement Project, and $40 million concessional loan and...

Gunmen kill more than 100 in attack in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region

ADDIS ABABA: Gunmen killed more than 100 people in a dawn attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia on Wednesday, the human rights commission said, as residents described fleeing the latest deadly assault...

X-mas Eve parties to be allowed till midnight

KATHMANDU: The District Administration Office, Kathmandu is giving permission to clubs, pubs and other party hubs to remain open till 12:00 midnight on the occasion of Christmas Eve on December 24. Kali Prasad Parajuli, Chief...

The Latest: Brazil is latest to ban flights from Britain

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil has become the latest country to bar flights from the United Kingdom in a bid to prevent contagion from a new strain of the coronavirus. The government announced in an extra...

NCP spat: Both factions call central committee meeting today

KATHMANDU: Both the warring factions of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) — one led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and  the other led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal-Madhav Kumar Nepal — have separately called for...

Studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection

Two new studies give encouraging evidence that having COVID-19 may offer some protection against future infections. Researchers found that people who made antibodies to the coronavirus were much less likely to test positive again...

Chinese ambassador Yanqi meets NCP Co-chair Dahal

KATHMANDU: Ambassador of People’s Republic of China to Nepal Hou Yanqi has visited Co-chair of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Thursday morning. Yanqi has called on Dahal at his residence in Khumaltar,...