Pakistan project wins award for shielding villages from natural disasters

KARACHI: A project that combines satellite images, mapping technologies and the local knowledge of villagers to help build climate-proof settlements in disaster-prone areas of Pakistan won an international award on Thursday. More than 1 million...

In Pictures: Stakeholders demand resumption of businesses in Thamel

KATHMANDU: Night business entrepreneurs based in the touristic hub of Thamel today demonstrated in Kathmandu demanding the resumption of night life amid the COVID-19 crisis. ‘Night businesses’ were badly affected after the Government of Nepal...

Nepal Covid Update: 1343 new cases, 2111 recoveries, 13 deaths on Thursday

KATHMANDU: Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal, in its regular update, shared the latest data related to coronavirus pandemic in our country. Till date, 1,763,919 tests through Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method have been carried...

Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 64.26 million, death toll at 1,492,676

LONDON: More than 64.26 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,492,676​ have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries...

561 additional Covid-19 cases reported in Kathmandu valley on Thursday

KATHMANDU: A total of 561 new cases of coronavirus infection were reported from the three districts of Kathmandu Valley on Thursday. Of the new cases, 250 are females and 311 are males. As many as 455...

Ronaldo scores 750th goal in first Champions League with female referee

TURIN: Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 750th goal of his remarkable career in a 3-0 win over Dynamo Kyiv on Wednesday as Stephanie Frappart became the first female referee to take charge of...

Rhino census to be conducted in four national parks

CHITWAN: Government is set to conduct the long-awaited rhino census in Chitwan, Parsa, Bardiya and Shuklaphanta national parks. File – A one-horned rhinoceros foraging in Chitwan National Park, on Saturday, February 25, 2017. Photo: RSS It...

Neymar strikes twice as PSG win at Old Trafford

MANCHESTER: Brazilian Neymar scored twice and his compatriot Fred was sent off as Paris St Germain beat 10-man Manchester United 3-1 at Old Trafford on Wednesday to throw Champions League Group H wide open. United, PSG and RB...