Nepal to play World Cup qualifying matches in home ground

KATHMANDU: Nepal will play World Cup football qualifying matches in its home ground. The national football team is playing three matches under the second round of WC qualifying in March and June 2021. Nepal will...

Light rainfall, snowfall expected in hilly, high mountainous regions

KATHMANDU: Meteorological Forecasting Division has predicted partial to generally cloudy weather across the country with chances of light rainfall and snowfall at some places. According to the Division, westerly wind from the South East Arabian...

Sports fraternity welcomes ANFA’s decision for equal pay

Sports fraternity welcomed All Nepal Football Association’s decision of equal pay for men and women national team members. The ANFA Executive Committee on Thursday decided to provide 20 members of both the national teams with...

Nepal gets support for green recovery from COVID pandemic

Kathmandu, December 11 The government of Nepal and development partners agreed on a joint statement of support today for Nepal’s relief, recovery and resilience plan to enable a green, resilient and sustainable recovery from the...

EXPLAINER: The real math behind “net zero” carbon emissions

More than 100 countries — responsible for about two-thirds of the world’s heat-trapping gases — have announced plans to cut their greenhouse gas emissions to “net zero” in coming decades to help curb man-made...

Local levels told to abide by laws for constructing hospital buildings

Kathmandu, December 11 The Government of Nepal has warned that it will not be obliged to sanction conditional grants to the local levels, which fail to construct hospital buildings in compliance with the prevailing laws,...

Khadka tests positive

KATHMANDU: Former national cricket team skipper Paras Khadka tested positive for coronavirus infection. “I conducted my PCR test this morning and the report has come out as Covid-19 positive,� Khadka wrote on Twitter. According to...

ADB launches $9 billion novel coronavirus vaccine facility for developing members

Manilla, December 11 The ability of developing countries in Asia to fight the coronavirus pandemic got a much-needed boost after the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said today it has launched a $9 billion facility to...