Visiting Indian foreign secretary’s high-level meetings continue, calls on PM KP Sharma Oli

KATHMANDU: Visiting Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Thursday evening. Picture courtesy: PM’s Secretariat The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s official residence in...

785 additional Covid-19 cases reported in the valley on Thursday

KATHMANDU: The three districts of Kathmandu Valley reported a total of 785 new cases of coronavirus infection on Thursday. Of the new cases, 337 are females and 448 are males. As many as 620 cases were...

Culled mink resurface after burial in Denmark

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: Some of the thousands of mink culled to minimize the risk of them re-transmitting the new coronavirus to humans have risen from their shallow graves in western Denmark after gases built up...

Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 60.37 million, death toll at 1,420,556

LONDON: More than 60.37 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,420,556​ have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries...

Nagdhunga tunnel construction begins in full swing amid COVID-19 crisis

KATHMANDU: In spite of facing many challenges corresponding to the Nagdhunga tunnel connecting Sisnekhola in Dhading with Kispidi in Thankot, the Department of Roads (RoR) has begun the construction in full swing amid the...

Nepal Covid Update: 1614 new cases, 1437 recoveries, 23 deaths on Thursday

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. Till date, 1,700,000 tests through Polymerase Chain Reaction...

Prime Minister inaugurates FNCCI’s 54th Annual General Meeting

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today inaugurated the 54th annual general meeting of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI). The inauguration ceremony was held at the Prime Minister’s official residence...

Vaccine adherence in public depends on professional source: study

KATHMANDU: People have a tendency not to believe in vaccines when they learn about them online or through friends, a research published in a journal – Expert Review of Vaccines, finds. The new research from...