Locals occupy no man’s land

NEPALGUNJ, NOVEMBER 29 Dasgaja serves as a border between Nepal and India. On the Nepali side of Dasgaja lies Jamunaha village while Rupaidiha is on the other side of the border. Citizens from both countries have been...

Malaria death toll to exceed COVID-19’s in sub-Saharan Africa: WHO

LONDON: Deaths from malaria due to disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic to services designed to tackle the mosquito-borne disease will far exceed those killed by COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization warned...

EDITORIAL: Desired results needed

It is high time Nepal and India took up the bilateral issues seriously, activating the joint mechanisms to get the desired results Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla wrapped up his two-day visit to Nepal...

Wolves hang on for 2-1 win at Arsenal after Jimenez injury

LONDON: Arsenal slumped to a fourth defeat in six Premier League games as Wolverhampton Wanderers shrugged off a worrying early injury to Raul Jimenez to claim a 2-1 win at The Emirates on Sunday. Pedro Neto...

Political quake in the offing: Collision of Indian, Chinese political tectonic plates

Nepal should improve its economy as did China in the post seventies era. It could then be a force to reckon with even between giants like India and China as is Israel despite being...

COVID claims six Nepalis abroad

KATHMANDU: Six more Nepalis living abroad succumbed to COVID-19 over the past one week, Non-Resident Nepali Association said on Sunday. With this, the coronavirus death toll of Nepalis in 19 countries has reached 299. According to...

An imposing scene

In Madame Bovary, a novel by Gustave Flaubert, there is a conversation between Monsieur Leon and the eponymous heroine (Part Two, Ch-2) where Mme Bovary says: “Do you not feel that the mind drifts...

Twitter suspends Thai royalist account linked to influence campaign

BANGKOK: Twitter has suspended a Thai pro-royalist account linked to the palace that a Reuters analysis found was connected to thousands of others created in recent weeks spreading posts in favour of King Maha...