Mingma Sherpa, 3 others make first ever ascent of Kyungya Ri 2 peak

KATHMANDU: At least four climbers successfully scaled Kyungya Ri 2 peak this morning making the first ever summit of the  6,506-metre mountain in Langtang region. According to the Expedition Director Chhang Dawa Sherpa at Seven...

Simrik says thanks

KATHMANDU: Simrik Air has expressed its gratitude to the Nepal government for trusting its expertise and providing it the significant responsibility of offering its service to Sagarmatha (Everest Height Measurement Project, ‘which is a...

Ahead of UN climate summit, urgent calls to ‘fix the future’

LONDON: When the Paris Agreement on climate change was finalized after two weeks of fraught negotiations and years of past failures, diplomats hugged and shed tears of joy. They had haggled over verb tenses,...

Schools closed for 10 days

DHANGADI, DECEMBER 10 Schools have been closed for 10 days following a surge in coronavirus cases in Suklaphanta Municipality, Kanchanpur. Community and private schools in the municipality have been closed till December 20 effective from today....

Johan Kalin resigns as head coach of national men’s football team

KATHMANDU: Johan Kalin, head coach of national men’s football team, has resigned from the post. All Nepal Football Association (ANFA)’s executive meeting approved his resignation on Thursday. Coach Kalin, of Sweden, resigned from his position...

Illegal crusher plants yet to shut

RAUTAHAT, DECEMBER 10 Ten days after the decision of district authorities to close down illegally operating crusher plants, these plants are still operating in Rautahat. A meeting of the district monitoring committee under the chairmanship of...

US FDA advisers overwhelmingly back authorizing Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

A panel of outside advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to endorse emergency use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for the agency to authorize the shot...

Locals growing sugarcane, banana on Bajura roadside

BAJURA, DECEMBER 10 Locals have started sugarcane and banana farming on the roadside from Dabbazaar to Martadi along the Sanphe-Martadi road section in Bajura. Agriculture Knowledge Centre, Bajura, provided loan to local farmers for the...