The pandemic is changing Hollywood, maybe forever

NEW YORK: “No New ‘Movies’ Till Influenza Ends” blared a New York Times headline on Oct. 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding. A century later, during another pandemic,...

23 more fatalities registered today, Covid-19 death-toll hits 1,412

KATHMANDU: Twenty-three more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally has now advanced to 1,412. Meanwhile, 1614 fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide coronavirus case count...

Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip and wife test positive for coronavirus

STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip and his wife Princess Sofia have tested positive for COVID-19, the Swedish royal court said on Thursday. The two are feeling well under the circumstances, the court said in a...

Rastriya Janamorcha demands stern action against guilty of Bardibas rape, murder case

KATHMANDU: Rastriya Janamorcha has demanded the government to take stern action against the guilty of rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Bardibas of Mahottari. Issuing a press release today, party spokesperson Durga Poudel...

Probe committee to investigate on-duty police officer who went out of contact in Kailali

DHANGADHI: A committee has been formed to investigate the chief at Kailali’s Malakheti-based Area Police Office (APO), who went out of contact for eight hours on Tuesday night. Chief at the APO, Deputy Superintendent of...

Cyclone Nivar slams into southern India causing five deaths

CHENNAI: A severe cyclone slammed into India’s southern coast early on Thursday, killing at least five people and uprooting trees and power lines. Cyclone Nivar made landfall near the city of Puducherry, located near the...

HoR Speaker Sapkota holds discussion on post-disaster reconstruction

SINDHUPALCHOWK: The House of Representatives Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota discussed the overall situation of his home district, including the post-disaster reconstruction and rehabilitation, with local authorities in Sindhupalchowk on Wednesday. The discussion was held with...

FMTCL, DDC to extend operation of fair price shops till Jan 15

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 25 Food Management and Trading Company Ltd (FMTCL) and Dairy Development Corporation (DDC) have decided to extend the operation of fair price shops in the country till January 15. The period of the operation...