UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, first in the world

UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine First in world to approve Pfizer vaccine Vaccine roll out from early next week ‘Very good news’ – health secretary LONDON: Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the...

Examinees unhappy with TU results reach court

KATHMANDU: Dispute concerning the Tribhuvan University (TU) Service Commission examinations of last year has reached the court. Twenty-six candidates who had sat for the open competition examination for the posts of lecturer under different faculties...

Eight sent to prison until final verdict for murder of cops in Dhangadhi

DHANGADHI: Kailali District Court has sent eight persons charged with the murder of two police personnel, to jail, until final verdict. The district court, following Tuesday’s court hearing, ordered that they be sent to jail...

Nepse at new high

KATHMANDU: The bull run at the country’s sole secondary market continued on Tuesday, with the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index inching up 0.17 per cent or 3.35 points to close at a fresh peak...

Buildings for police posts inaugurated

RAMECHHAP, DECEMBER 1 Minister of Internal Affairs and Law Shalik Ram Jamkattel of Bagmati Province today said the province police would not face any difficulty in delivering service. Inaugurating the newly-constructed buildings at Doramba Bazaar and...

Monolith toppled by group who said ‘leave no trace’: Visitor

SALT LAKE CITY: New clues have surfaced in the disappearance of a gleaming monolith in Utah that seemed to melt away as mysteriously as it appeared in the red-rock desert — though it’s no...

Vietnam says recent typhoons caused 192 deaths, $1.3 billion damages

HANOI: Natural disasters in the past two months caused Vietnam 30 trillion dong ($1.3 billion) in economic damage and killed 192 people, with 57 still missing, authorities said on Wednesday, with its central provinces...

Massive Puerto Rico telescope featured in James Bond movie collapses

A massive radio telescope at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory – one of the world’s largest – collapsed on Tuesday after sustaining severe damage since August, officials said, following 57 years of astronomical discoveries. The deteriorating...