Nepal’s Covid-19 death toll advances to 1,716 with 18 more fatalities

KATHMANDU: Eighteen more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally has advanced to 1,716. Meanwhile, 821 fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide Covid-19 case count to...

Protesting Indian farmers call for 2nd strike in a week

NEW DELHI: Tens of thousands of protesting Indian farmers have called for a national strike on Monday, the second in a week, to press for the quashing of three new laws on agricultural reform...

Mercury drops to 4 degrees Celsius in Kathmandu Valley today

KATHMANDU: Temperature in Kathmandu Valley plummeted to 4 degrees Celsius, the lowest temperature so far this year, on Monday. The minimum temperature on Sunday was measured at 4.5 degrees Celsius. Meteorologist Nirajan Sapkota said, temperature...

Ruling NCP will not split at any cost: Home Minister Thapa

CHITWAN: Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa has said the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) will not split at any cost. Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa attending a press conference organised by...

Sagarmatha National Park sees 99 per cent drop in revenue collection due to pandemic

SOLUKHUMBU, DECEMBER 13 Sagarmatha National Park has witnessed an approximately 99 per cent drop in revenue collection this year. This was attributed to complete disruption of tourism activities in the wake of the lockdown enforced to...

Australia’s Abbott out of first India test, Henriques called in

SYDNEY: Australia pace bowler Sean Abbott has been ruled out of the first test against India starting in Adelaide on Thursday due to a calf injury while all-rounder Moises Henriques has been added to...

14 migrants found dead off of Venezuela’s eastern coast

CARACAS: Fourteen people believed to have traveled from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago were found dead in waters near the South American nation’s coast, Venezuelan authorities said on Sunday, hours after Trinidad and Tobago...

Schools shut as teachers, students contract coronavirus in Karnali

KARNALI: Schools in Karnali started operation after a nine-month hiatus with the federal government’s approval for the same. However, after being open for around three weeks, the schools have had to shut again following the...