Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox Church dies of COVID-19

Patriarch Irinej led Serbian Orthodox Church for a decade He was a conservative who wielded political influence Irinej tested positive for COVID-19 on Nov. 4 BELGRADE: Patriarch Irinej, the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, has died...

Good idea to leave Boult out of T20 matches: Bond

WELLINGTON: Pace spearhead Trent Boult needed a small break to catch up with his family and get ready for the test series against West Indies rather than play the three Twenty20 matches that start...

1,945 new cases recorded on Friday; Nepal’s Covid-19 tally advances to 216,965

KATHMANDU: Nepal on Friday reported 1,945 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 216,965. Of the total new cases, 740 are females and 1,205 are...

22 Covid-related fatalities recorded Friday, death count stands at 1298

KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Health and Population on Friday reported 22 Covid-19 fatalities in the last 24 hours, taking Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally to 1,298. There were 1,945 new coronavirus cases reported today after which the...

Nepal Airlines halts flights to Phaplu; passengers, transport of letters affected

SOLUKHUMBU: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), the flag carrier of the country, has halted flights to Phaplu since September 29 affecting passengers and the transport of letters. Letters weighing 42 kilograms at Solukhumbu District Post Office...

Sale, distribution of products of six hand sanitizer companies banned

KATHMANDU: Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has banned the sale and distribution of hand sanitizer produced by six companies. The DDA banned the sale and distribution of sanitizer produced by six companies after methanol was...

Azerbaijani army enters territory ceded by Armenian forces

MOSCOW: Units of the Azerbaijani army have entered the Aghdam region, a territory ceded by Armenian forces in a cease-fire agreement that ended six weeks of heavy fighting over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh,...

On brink of collapse, famed Puerto Rico space telescope to close down

WASHINGTON: The US National Science Foundation on Thursday announced it will close down the massive space telescope at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory, ending 57 years of astronomical discoveries after suffering two destructive mishaps in...