UN chief warns `vaccine nationalism’ is moving at full speed

UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that “vaccine nationalism” is moving “at full speed,” leaving poor people around the globe watching preparations for inoculations against the coronavirus in some rich nations and wondering...

Government issues ‘Joint Investment Procedure 2020’

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 9 The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has issued Joint Investment Procedure 2020. MoF Spokesperson Rameshwor Dangal stated that the procedure has been issued for the effective implementation of physical and economic sector infrastructure projects...

EDITORIAL: Taller than thought

Nepal should make detailed profiles of all peaks above 6,000m to promote tourism and tackle the issues of climate change Mount Sagarmatha, also known as Mount Everest and Chomolungma, has now become a bit taller...

Head teacher’s brutal murder leaves village in grief, fear

DHARAN, DECEMBER 9 Abduction and subsequent murder of head teacher Rajendra Shrestha, 54, of Saraswoti Basic School by the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal has left locals terrified in Miklajung Rural Municipality, Morang. Shrestha’s...

COVID’s challenges: Ways to cope with them

The pathway the disease has created is a turbulent one, and it is up to all Nepalis to decide how to go through it successfully. Though it has wreaked havoc, the pandemic can be...

First woman, next man on moon will come from these NASA 18

CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA has named the 18 astronauts — half of them women — who will train for its Artemis moon-landing program. The first woman and next man on the moon will come from this...

Neymar hat-trick as PSG crush Basaksehir 5-1 in suspended game

PARIS: Neymar bagged a hat-trick as Paris St Germain topped Champions League Group H with a 5-1 home victory over Istanbul Basaksehir on Wednesday, a day after the game was suspended amid an alleged...

‘Book principal’s murderers’

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 9 The National Human Rights Commission has urged the government to prosecute people involved in killing a principal in Morang and provide proper compensation to the victim’s family. The NHRC said its attention had...