Mexico marks grim coronavirus milestone, passes 100,000 deaths

MEXICO CITY: Mexico, the most populous country in the Spanish-speaking world, has now registered 100,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths, a few days after passing one million infections, official data showed on Thursday. Mexico’s official death toll...

KMC to develop historic area of Handigaun

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 19 Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Bidya Sundar Shakya today said Rs 10 million had been managed for the promotion and development of the historic and cultural Handigaun area. Admitting it was the responsibility...

EDITORIAL: Door opens for trial

While the ordinance has paved the way for importing vaccines for trial, the govt must ensure that they are affordable With the issuance of an ordinance by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Wednesday to make...

Local level staffers told to sign commitment letter

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 19 The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration forwarded an anti-graft commitment letter to chief administrative officers of all 753 local levels, directing them to put their signature on it and send...

Oli takes fight to rival NCP camp

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 19 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is also a co-chairperson of the ruling Nepal Communist Party, has warned the rival faction of the party led by Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal that he...

Valley records winter’s lowest temperature

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 19 The mercury continues to dip throughout the country, including in Kathmandu valley. The minimum temperature in Kathmandu was 5.6 degrees Celsius, the lowest temperature so far this winter. Yesterday, the lowest temperature in the...

WHO advises against Gilead’s remdesivir for all hospitalised COVID-19 patients

Advice latest setback for drug seen as potential COVID treatment Remdesivir is one of two medicines approved for treatment of patients Guideline comes after major WHO-led trial shows it had little or no effect on mortality,...

Cross-border travel ban extended till Dec 15

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 19 The government has decided to continue the ban on people’s movement across Nepal’s border with India and China till December 15. According to a press release issued by the Department of Immigration, the...