127 candidates competing for 63 positions

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 20 The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has published the final list of candidates for the upcoming election this morning. According to the list made public by election committee of...

Spokesman: Trump’s eldest son tests positive for coronavirus

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of President Donald Trump, was quarantining Friday after learning he has been infected with the coronavirus, a spokesperson said. The younger Trump learned his diagnosis at the beginning...

COVID-19 in Nepal: Now that the world “has” vaccines, are we safe?

Satish Raj Pandey, Shashi Dev Shah Almost 11 months after @promed_mail sent this email (below) alerting the world about “pneumonia of unknown cause” in Wuhan, China, the world has recorded, as we write this, close...

Nepal-India JWG discusses running train services on Jaynagar-Kurtha railway link

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 20 The fourth Nepal-India Joint Working Group meeting on Railway Cooperation was held on Thursday via video-conferencing. The JWG reviewed the cross-border rail link projects that are between Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas and Jogbani-Biratnagar under advance implementation....

Pfizer, BioNTech seek emergency use of COVID-19 shots in US

Pfizer formally asked US regulators Friday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early as next month and eventually an...

Detainee found hanging in police custody

NEPALGUNJ, NOVEMBER 20 A detainee allegedly committed suicide in the custody of District Police Office, Banke, this morning. Police claimed that Babulal Raidash of Bankatwan, Duduwa Rural Municipality-3, hanged himself in the custody’s toilet. Police had...

Police: 8 injured in Wisconsin mall shooting; suspect sought

WAUWATOSA: Police searched Friday evening for the suspect in a shooting at a suburban Milwaukee mall that left seven adults and a teenager injured. Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber gave no motive for the attack...

Cameras fixed in forests to film leopard activities

DAMAULI, NOVEMBER 20 In the wake of growing cases of leopard attacks on humans, trapping cameras have been installed in the forests of Tanahun’s Bhanu Municipality to study activities of the big cat species. Some 76...