Tuskers trash houses, grains worth millions

RAJBIRAJ, DECEMBER 6 Wild elephants from Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve destroyed seasonal food grains worth millions and more than half-a-dozen houses at Shambhunath Municipality in Saptari on Saturday. The tuskers destroyed houses and crops at wards...

Revised height of Mt Everest to be revealed Tuesday

KATHMANDU: The Government of Nepal has decided to announce the ‘new height’ of world’s tallest peak, Mt Everest (Chomolungma/ Sagarmatha). Department of Survey will announce the revised height of the peak on Tuesday afternoon at...

Schools struggling to manage pads

BAJURA, DECEMBER 6 It has been very difficult to manage sanitary pads and girl-friendly toilets in the community and private schools of Bajura. Girl students have been facing problems due to the lack of sanitary pads...

Japanese space officials eager to analyze asteroid samples

TOKYO: Japanese space officials said they are excited about the return of a capsule that landed safely in the Australian Outback on Sunday while carrying soil samples from a distant asteroid, and that they...

Lalitpur metropolis starts removing unwanted wires from utility poles

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 6 In a bid to make city areas cleaner, Lalitpur Metropolitan City has started removing unwanted and poorly managed wires and cables dangling from utility poles in major city areas. LMC Mayor Chiri Babu...

A unique recipe for healing: Bill Murray and a biblical text

Against the backdrop of a pandemic’s blight and wounds from an acrimonious election, a group of acclaimed actors on Sunday staged an online reading of a religious text with remarkable relevance to the current...

Kailali farmers in limbo after FMTC stops buying rice

DHANGADHI: Local farmers are facing a hard time selling their rice after the Food Management and Trade Company (FMTC), Dhangadhi stopped buying rice from them citing the lack of sacks and storage units, in...

India reports nearly 33,000 new coronavirus cases

MUMBAI: India reported 32,981 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, data from the federal health ministry showed on Monday. Cumulative cases now total 9.68 million, the second-highest tally in the world after the...