Army chief directs all units to remain alert as Chand-led CPN ramps up activities

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 14 Chief of the Nepali Army Purna Chandra Thapa has directed all units to remain ‘alert’ and minutely investigate activities of the outlawed Netra Bikram Chandled Communist Party of Nepal. During his field trip...

Nepal’s World Heritage nominations

Nepal has four heritage sites inscribed on the World Heritage List. The cultural property of the Kathmandu Valley, with its seven monument zones, was inscribed in 1979, along with the natural property of Sagarmatha...

Australia says it will pursue all avenues on reports of China coal restrictions

Australia PM says ‘lose-lose’ if China limits coal Chinese media says Australian coal faces restrictions Australian mining stocks fall China-Australia ties soured over coronavirus SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said any shift by China away from imports...

COVID-19 claims a Nepali worker in Malaysian firm

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 14 A Nepali worker named Yam Narayan Chaudhary, working in Malaysian glove manufacturer company, Top Glove Corp, has died due to the COVID-19 infection. Chaudhary had been working there for more than two years. This...

‘Healing is coming’: First Americans vaccinated as U.S. death toll passes 300,000

NEW YORK: A New York City intensive care unit nurse on Monday became the first person in the United States to receive a coronavirus vaccine, calling it a sign that “healing is coming,” as...

Health experts warn against lowering guard

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 14 For the past one week, Nepal has been witnessing a steady decline in the number of new cases of coronavirus, but experts have cautioned people against lowering their guard against the respiratory...

‘Govt hell-bent on imposing totalitarianism’

HETAUDA, DECEMBER 14 Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba today accused the incumbent government of trying to impose a totalitarian one-party Communist system in the country. Addressing his party’s protest rally in Hetauda, Deuba stated that...

Nepali Congress takes out nationwide rallies against govt

KATHMANDU: Main opposition Nepali Congress has launched nationwide protest against the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) government. The NC took out multiple rallies across various parts of the country on Monday calling the government out for...