NCP Standing Committee assents to withdraw Constitutional Council amendment ordinance

KATHMANDU: Standing committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) concluded this evening with the decision to withdraw the Constitutional Council amendment ordinance. President Bidya Devi Bhandari, on Tuesday, had promulgated the ordinance to...

India keep faith with opener Shaw for Adelaide

SYDNEY: India have kept faith with young opening batsman Prithvi Shaw for the opening day-night test against Australia in Adelaide, which starts on Thursday, the country’s cricket board said. The 21-year-old has scored a hundred and two...

Dortmund beat Werder Bremen 2-1 on coach Terzic’s debut

BREMEN: Borussia Dortmund coach Edin Terzic enjoyed a winning debut as they narrowly beat Werder Bremen 2-1 away on Tuesday to earn their first win in four league games. Terzic, a former Dortmund assistant coach,...

Real Madrid’s Benzema best French forward ever, says Zidane

MADRID: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane hailed his forward Karim Benzema as the best French striker of all time after his two goals helped them beat a stubborn Athletic Bilbao 3-1 at home on Tuesday in...

WHO vaccine scheme risks failure, leaving poor countries no COVID shots until 2024

BRUSSELS: The global scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries faces a “very high” risk of failure, potentially leaving nations home to billions of people with no access to vaccines until as late as 2024,...

Kathmandu valley logs 391 additional coronavirus cases on Wednesday

KATHMANDU: The three districts of Kathmandu valley registered as many as 391 new cases of the coronavirus infection on Wednesday. Of the total 736 new cases in the country, Kathmandu district reported 294 infections while...

Nepal Academy to award experts, literary writers

KATHMANDU: The 35th academic assembly of the Nepal Academy has decided to award experts and literary writers. The meeting decided to present the ‘Nepal Social Science, Culture and Philosophy Award’ to Prof Dr Birendra Prasad...

Dhangadhi Sub-metropolis demolishes infrastructure encroaching upon rivulet

DHANGADHI: Physical infrastructure built encroaching upon Sukuti Nala, a rivulet, was demolised in Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City-5 of Kailali district. A bulldozer was driven to demolish the house built over Sukuti Nala by a local towards...