Kathmandu Metropolis collects swab samples through mobile van

KATHMANDU: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has started collecting swab specimens through the operation of mobile van in order to make prevention, control, and treatment of coronavirus infection more effective. KMC started collecting swab samples of...

Oil-rich Kuwait faces reckoning as debt crisis looms

DUBAI: When Kuwait emerged from a monthslong coronavirus lockdown, hundreds of Kuwaitis flocked to reopened stores, the lines clogging malls, snaking through hallways and spilling onto sidewalks. But unlike much of the world, where long...

Twenty-four more fatalities registered today, Covid-19 death-toll hits 1,361

KATHMANDU: Twenty-four more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally has now advanced to 1,361. 1,790 fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide coronavirus case count to...

Historical Kasthamandap: Being rebuilt to its former glory

KATHMANDU: The government is set to complete reconstruction of the historical Kasthamandap by mid-April. A user’s committee under Kathmandu Metropolitan City has been carrying out reconstruction works on the landmark monument in its original style. According...

1,790 new cases recorded on Tuesday; Nepal’s Covid-19 tally hits 224,078

KATHMANDU: Nepal on Tuesday reported 1,790 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 224,078. Likewise, 2,791 people who were earlier infected with the virus...

Woman, her newborn fall to death off Dadeldhura cliff

DADELDHURA: A 35-year-old woman along with her newborn fell into a 300-metre deep gorge at Navadurga Rural Municipality-2 in Dadeldhura district. The duo, resident of Navadurga Rural Municipality, reportedly fell off the cliff, on Monday. The...

BBC features Nepal’s Sapana Roka Magar on this year’s 100 Women list

KATHMANDU: Sapana Roka Magar, who has been carrying out final rites of unclaimed bodies in the capital city, has been listed on this year’s BBC 100 Women. The 18-year-old from Myagdi district has been doing...

Gold price drops by Rs 1800 per tola on Monday, stands at Rs 92,500

KATHMANDU: The price of gold has come down to Rs 92,500 per tola in the domestic market after a single-day drop of Rs 1,800 per tola on Tuesday. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold...