Tractor-hit kills teenager in Udayapur

GAIGHAT: A teenage boy died after he was hit by a tractor in Triyuga Municipality-15 of Udayapur district on Friday evening. The deceased has been identified as Hikmat Nepali (16), local resident of Huwas Dahar. The...

Sports activities resume in Pokhara after eight months

KASKI: Sports activities including practice and training sessions at the Pokhara Stadium have resumed following a halt of almost eight months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Resumption of training sessions is in line with the...

Kashmir people vote in local polls amid cold and security

SRINAGAR: Thousands of people in Indian-controlled Kashmir voted Saturday amid tight security and freezing cold temperatures in the first phase of local elections, the first since New Delhi revoked the disputed region’s semiautonomous status. Nearly...

NCP Co-chair PM Oli presents report at today’s secretariat meet

KATHMANDU: Co-chair of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli presented his report amid the party’s secretariat meeting held on Saturday. The written report was put forward by PM Oli today...

Kathmandu Valley registers 645 new cases on Saturday

KATHMANDU: The three districts of Kathmandu Valley reported a total of 645 new cases of coronavirus infection on Saturday. Of the new cases, 285 are females and 360 are males. As many as 485 cases were...

India fined 20% of match fee for slow over rate in Sydney

SYDNEY: Indian players will lose 20% of their match fees for taking more than the allotted time for bowling their overs in the first one-day international against hosts Australia in Sydney, the International Cricket...

1,380 new cases recorded on Saturday; Nepal’s Covid-19 tally hits 230,723

KATHMANDU: Nepal on Thursday reported 1,380 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 230,723. Of the total cases, 546 are females while 834 are...

19 more fatalities registered today; Covid-19 death-toll advances to 1,454

KATHMANDU: Nineteen more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally has now advanced to 1,454. Meanwhile, 1,380 fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide coronavirus case count to...