Nepali Congress to Hold Nationwide Protests Against Parliament Dissolution!

Following in the footsteps of the Dahal-Nepal faction of NCP, the Nepali Congress (NC) party is holding protests across the nation against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) today. On December 21, President...

South Africa on verge of new virus rules as it hits 1M cases

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s COVID-19 spike has taken the country to more than 1 million confirmed cases on Sunday and President Cyril Ramaphosa called an emergency meeting of the National Coronavirus Command Council. The country’s new...

Trump signs massive measure funding government, COVID relief

WEST PALM BEACH,FLORIDA: President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and...

“Demon Slayer” becomes Japan’s top-grossing movie

TOKYO: “Demon Slayer”, the animated tale of a boy fighting human-eating demons that murdered his family, has shattered a nearly two-decade record to become Japan’s top-grossing movie, its distributor said on Monday. The film, based...

Private school teachers deprived of salary for months

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 27 Majority of teachers working for private and boarding schools have not been paid on time and Nepal Teachers’ Federation is making this the main agenda of the upcoming agitation. Speaking at a virtual...

Let’s continue with virtual classes: Mayor Shrestha

BHAKTAPUR, DECEMBER 27 Madhyapur Thimi Municipality is not ready to grant permission to schools in its area to resume classes physically. Schools have been closed since March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Although different municipalities have resumed...

More foreigners ending up in Nepali prisons

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 27 The number of foreigners confined to Nepali prisons for their involvement in criminal activities is on the rise, statistics released by the Department of Prison Management show. According to data — as of...

AstraZeneca: Shot will be effective against COVID-19 variant

LONDON: The head of drugmaker AstraZeneca, which is developing a coronavirus vaccine widely expected to be approved by U.K. authorities this week, said Sunday that researchers believe the shot will be effective against a...