K-Pop’s BTS marks year of the pandemic with “BE” album, and single “Life Goes On”

SEOUL: South Korean megaband BTS released their latest album “BE” on Friday and will perform the new single “Life Goes On” remotely for the 2020 American Music Awards on Sunday, the group’s music label...

BPKIHS reports one Covid-19 death on Friday

KATHMANDU: The Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) reported one Covid-19 related fatality on Friday. A 71-year-old female from Bode Barsain-3 in Saptari who was undergoing treatment at the Covid Hospital of the...

Rising value of yuan likely to raise import cost

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 19 Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese economy is growing of late making its currency stronger. Even during the pandemic, the value of the Chinese currency, yuan, that is also called...

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip celebrate 73rd anniversary

LONDON: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip will celebrate their 73rd wedding anniversary Friday, and for the occasion, the royal couple have released a photograph of themselves opening a card from three of...

Three Bajura sisters in the lurch after passing away of father

BAJURA: Three sisters from Rapka of Badimalika Municipality-8 in Bajura district have been left in the lurch after the death of their father. The girls’ mother abandoned them soon after her husband’s passing away. Sisters...

World’s largest Sanskrit-Nepali e-dictionary launched

KATHMANDU: Purna Prasad Mishra ‘Swami Keshabananda Giri’ has published the world’s largest Sanskrit-Nepali e-dictionary in a form of android application. The dictionary contains 400,000 words in Sanskrit, Nepali, Hindi and English languages with their corresponding...

Storm death toll rises in Central America as Honduran leader pleads for help

TEGUCIGALPA/MEXICO CITY: Authorities in Central America recovered more bodies on Thursday from landslides triggered by hurricane Iota, which battered the impoverished region this week, the second deadly storm to roar through this month. The number...

Political gatherings being held despite pandemic

BAJURA, NOVEMBER 19 Even though coronavirus has spread in the community, political parties are holding gatherings in Bajura, putting the lives of participants at risk. According to sources, two major parties — NCP (NCP) and Nepali...