One covid-19 fatality reported in BPKIHS on Sunday

KATHMANDU: The Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) reported a Covid-19 related fatality on Sunday. According to the BPKIHS, a 45-year-old male from Bahundangi in Mechinagar Municipality-4 of Jhapa district passed away while...

Manungkot draws hundreds of tourists

DAMAULI, NOVEMBER 21 Tanahun’s Manungkot, which has become a popular tourist destination after it went viral on social network, has been drawing hundreds of tourists daily. The site has become viral on TikTok, Facebook, Twitter and...

Stock market rally pulls share investors

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 21 Ample liquidity and lack of other investment avenues due to the coronavirus pandemic has lured investors to the local bourse, fuelling the market rally in recent days. Continuing the trend after the Tihar...

Twitter, Facebook to hand over @POTUS account to Biden on January 20

Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc will transfer control of the @POTUS account to the Joe Biden administration on Jan. 20, the social media companies said on Saturday. The @POTUS account on both platforms is the...

China to launch moon probe, seeking first lunar rock retrieval since 1970s

BEIJING: China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earth’s natural satellite since the...

Carrasco strike ends Atletico’s 10-year wait to beat Barcelona

MADRID: Atletico Madrid pulled off their first La Liga win over Barcelona in more than a decade as Yannick Carrasco capitalised on a blunder from Barca keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen to secure a 1-0 victory at...

‘Anxiety, depression common difficulties in children’

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 21 UNICEF has warned of significant and growing consequences for children as the COVID-19 pandemic lurches towards a second year. Released ahead of World Children’s Day, ‘Averting a Lost COVID Generation’ is the first...

Twice-taken Fernandes penalty gives Man United scrappy win over West Brom

MANCHESTER: A twice-taken penalty from Bruno Fernandes gave an unimpressive Manchester United a 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, their first home victory of the Premier League season. Fernandes’s first effort was saved...