Tibetan political leader visits White House for first time in six decades

SHANGHAI: The head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the U.S. White House for the first time in six decades, a move that could further infuriate Beijing, which has accused the United...

Dalit family thrashed in Siraha; one critical

SIRAHA: Members of a Dalit family were thrashed in Dhangadhimai Municipality-7 of Siraha district. Ward chair Ganpait Yadav and his nephews Manoj Yadav, Bharat Yadav, Dilip Yadav and Dipan Yadav allegedly thrashed Sagar Devi Safi...

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...