ICU equipped with ventilators established in Darchula District Hospital

DHANGADHI: A two-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has been established at District Hospital, Darchula. A view of District Hospital in Darchula, on Saturday, December 5, 2020. Photo: Tekendra Deuba/THT The ICU equipped with ventilator facility was...

Mountain flights resume after eight months

KATHMANDU: Mountain flights have resumed today after eight months of closure owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. Two private domestic airlines — Buddha Air and Yeti Airlines — resumed their mountain flights targeting domestic tourists. Buddha...

Ten more fatalities registered today; Covid-19 death-toll hits 1,577

KATHMANDU: Ten more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally has now advanced to 1,577. Meanwhile, 1,024fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide Covid-19 case count to...

Elderly man from Siraha succumbs to Covid-19

LAHAN: An elderly person from Siraha district died of Covid-19 while receiving treatment at a hospital in Biratnagar of Morang district, on Friday night. The 75-year-old man from Mirchaiya Municipality-1 was admitted to Nobel Hospital...

With red carpets rolled up, the Oscar race goes virtual

NEW YORK: This is the time of year when Hollywood’s awards-season-industrial complex usually shifts into high gear. It’s a frothy, festive run of the year’s final premieres and screenings — all part of a...

E-payment of revenue on the rise; KMC collects Rs 432.6m

KATHMANDU: Kathmandu Metropolitan City has collected Rs 432.6 million in revenue through online payment. The e-payment system began from September 17. Among the revenue collected online, the highest has been house rental tax with Rs...

NCP Secretariat meeting underway

KATHMANDU: Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is underway this afternoon after being postponed on Wednesday. The meeting, after being convened for a short while on December 2 at the PM’s official...

Biden officially secures enough electors to become president

California certified its presidential election Friday and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, officially handing him the Electoral College majority needed to win the White House. Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s...