Nepal COVID-19 Update: 1490 new cases, 1567 recoveries and nine fatalities recorded on Wednesday

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Health Ministry, in its regular press briefing, shared the latest updates on coronavirus contagion from across the country, and government’s response to the health crisis. READ ALSO: Kathmandu valley registers 723 new cases on...

British climber Jon Gupta makes season’s final summit of Amadablam

KATHMANDU: British climber Jon Gupta along with his team made the season’s final summit on Mt Amadablam in the Mt Everest region yesterday. “At 12:43 on 1st December, alongside Lhakpa Wongchhu Sherpa, renowned British Himalayan...

Kathmandu valley registers 723 new cases on Wednesday

KATHMANDU: The three districts of Kathmandu valley reported 723 new cases of coronavirus infection on Wednesday. Of the total 1,490 new cases logged from across the country, 531 were reported from Kathmandu alone while Lalitpur...

Atletico must wait as Mueller snatches draw for Bayern

MADRID: Atletico Madrid face a nerve-wracking final game to ensure they reach the Champions League knockout stage after they could only draw 1-1 at home to a much-changed Bayern Munich side on Tuesday following a late penalty...

Record-holding Sherpa climber eyes virgin peak after scaling five mountains in two months

KATHMANDU: After climbing five peaks in the last two months, a record holder climber from Sankhuwasabha district today announced that he would leave for Langtang region tomorrow to attempt to make the first ever...

China’s space ambitions: robot on Mars, a human on the moon

BEIJING: China’s landing of its third probe on the moon is part of an increasingly ambitious space program that has a robot rover en route to Mars, is developing a reusable space plane and...

Senior NC leader Poudel, Tanahun’s acting president Ale arrested

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) senior leader Ramchandra Poudel, who reached Tanahun district to inaugurate a motorable bridge in Byas Municipality, has been taken into police custody. Nepali Congress leader Ramchandra Poudel addressing a press conference...

Nepal’s Covid-19 case count reaches 236,246 on Wednesday with 1,490 new infections

KATHMANDU: The countrywide Covid-19 tally has advanced to 236,246 as 1,490 additional infections emerged on Wednesday. Of the total cases, 565 are females while 925 are males. In the last 24 hours, 723 cases surfaced in...