SHANGHAI: China is planning to include new measures to encourage more births and address its rapidly ageing population as part of its new 2021-2025 “five-year plan”, state media reported on Monday.
China will offer extensive...
KATHMANDU: As tensions escalate in ruling Nepal Communist Party over undying differences between two factions, Chinese ambassador to Nepal has yet again expedited meetings with top leaders of the party.
After a hush-hush meeting with...
KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 22
The government’s campaign to achieve street children free status is gaining momentum with the implementation of related programmes.
So far, 574 street children have been rescued and rehabilitated from various parts of the...
WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state, according to multiple people familiar with the Biden team’s planning.
Blinken, 58, served as deputy secretary of state and deputy national...
KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 22
Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said that it is necessary to expand the tax base and also control tax leakage in order to increase the share of internal revenue in overall...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Twenty20 series against West Indies starting on Friday should be a springboard for the home side to look to improve their results and build a squad for next year’s World Cup,...
KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 22
A total of 91 per cent of Nepalis infected with COVID-19 abroad have recovered from the contagion, Non-Resident Nepali Association said today.
According to NRNA, as many as 46,578 Nepalis had tested positive...
ZURICH: Swiss doctors have urged those vulnerable to COVID-19 complications to record their wishes for end-of-life care in advance to help ease pressure on intensive care units, drawing criticism from an advocacy group.
Skiers wear protective masks, amid...
