Experts: Virus numbers could be erratic after Thanksgiving

MILWAUKEE: The coronavirus testing numbers that have guided much of the nation’s response to the pandemic are likely to be erratic over the next week or so, experts said Friday, as fewer people get...

Dashrathchand Municipality in Baitadi goes into lockdown

BAITADI: Dashrathchand Municipality has announced a 10-day lockdown owing to a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases. The decision to shut down the municipality for ten days, until December 8, was taken by the municipal executive...

Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe to arrive in Nepal tomorrow

KATHMANDU: China’s Minister of National Defence and the first-ranked State Councillor, Wei Fenghe, is paying a one-day working visit to Nepal on Sunday. File – Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe speaks during the fourth...

Iran scientist linked to military nuclear program killed

DUBAI: An Iranian scientist named by the West as the leader of the Islamic Republic’s disbanded military nuclear program was killed Friday in an ambush on the outskirts of Tehran, authorities said. Iran’s foreign minister...

EU will remove Nepal from its safety list soon: Minister

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 27 Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai has claimed that Nepal is all set to get removed from the list of flight restrictions imposed by the European Union. Launching the...

Sandeep Lamichhane tests positive for Covid-19

KATHMANDU: Cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane has tested positive for the coronavirus infection. Taking to twitter, Lamichhane shared with his fans and followers that he has contracted Covid-19. Stating that he started experiencing some body aches since Wednesday,...

Tesla could widen release of ‘self-driving’ software in two weeks

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday there will probably be a wider roll out of a new “Full Self Driving” software update in two weeks. In October, Tesla released a beta,...

Lawmakers throw pig guts, punches on Taiwan parliament floor

TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Lawmakers in Taiwan got into a fist fight and threw pig guts at each other Friday over a soon-to-be enacted policy that would allow imports of US pork and beef. In this image...