Kathmandu valley logs 365 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday

KATHMANDU: The three districts of Kathmandu valley reported 365 new cases of the coronavirus infection on Tuesday. Of the total 722 new cases in the country, Kathmandu district reported 300 infections while Lalitpur and Bhaktapur...

Nagging back injury not a problem for Smith ahead of Boxing Day test

MELBOURNE: Australia batsman Steve Smith has no concerns that a nagging back injury will hamper him during the second test against India, which starts on Saturday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Smith had missed some training...

Chelsea defender Chilwell set for ankle scan

LONDON: Chelsea full back Ben Chilwell will undergo a scan on his ankle after picking up an injury in Monday’s 3-0 win over West Ham United, manager Frank Lampard said. Chilwell, who was substituted after...

Indian government appeals to farmers for talks as protests continue

NEW DELHI: The Indian government on Tuesday appealed to farmers to hold further talks to break a nearly month-long deadlock over their demand for the repeal of agricultural reform laws, but farmers’ leaders declined to...

Hundreds of Thai workers found dying in South Korea with numbers rising

BANGKOK/SEOUL: The deaths of hundreds of mainly undocumented Thai migrant workers in South Korea have been uncovered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, prompting the United Nations to call for inquiry into the fate of...

Top Five Most Searched Google Topics from Nepal in 2020

KATHMANDU: This year, ‘coronavirus’ is the most searched topic by Nepali Internet users in the most popular search engine ‘Google.’ According to the data of Google Trends, the most searched top was Covid-19 (coronavirus) in...

Three more Covid-related fatalities recorded on Tuesday; tally shifts to 1,798

KATHMANDU: Three more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally has advanced to 1,798. Meanwhile, 722 fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide Covid-19 case count to 255,236. More...

India finds five with coronavirus on UK flight, testing for strain

MUMBAI: Five people arriving in India from Britain have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a government official said on Tuesday, but it was not clear if they had a highly infectious new strain...