1,382 new cases recorded on Tuesday; Nepal’s Covid-19 tally hits 243,377

KATHMANDU: Nepal on Tuesday reported 1,382 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 243,377. Of the total cases, 546 are females while 836 are...

Farmers protest across India against Modi’s liberalisation

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Farmers’ protests against new laws liberalising agricultural markets spread across India on Tuesday, as farm organisations called for a nationwide strike after inconclusive talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. In eastern and...

Biden chooses retired general Lloyd Austin as defense secretary: sources

WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden has chosen retired General Lloyd Austin, who oversaw US forces in the Middle East under President Barack Obama, to be his defense secretary, two people familiar with the decision said...

NRNA urges govt to provide employment to returnee workers

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 7 Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) has requested the government to create an environment for the migrant workers, who have returned recently, to stay back in the country and work here. Workers who have lost...

Civil Bank opens new extension counter

KATHMANDU: Civil Bank Ltd (CBL) has opened its extension counter at the Transport Management Office in Ekantakuna, Lalitpur. From now on, service-seekers of the transport office can pay their vehicle taxes and other fees through...

Everest 2.0: World’s tallest peak’s revised height revealed, stands at 8848.86m

KATHMANDU: The revised height of the world’s tallest peak Mt Chomolungma — more popularly known as Everest and Sagarmatha in Nepali — has been revealed today. The Department of Survery announced that the ‘new height’...

Lama gets license

KATHMANDU: Coach Kabiraj Negi Lama has acquired para-taekwondo Level-II license after he passed the exams on Monday. Lama, who has been looking after the national para-taekwondo team for a long time, participated in the course...

Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97

Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the “right stuff” when in 1947 he became the first person...