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...

Former HAN President Amar Man Shakya passes away at 72

KATHMANDU: Immediate past president of the Hotel Association Nepal (HAN), Amar Man Shakya succumbed to COVID-19 complications in the wee hours of Friday. He was 72. File – Interview with the President of Hotel Association...

Action sought against Gaur massacre perpetrators

RAUTAHAT, NOVEMBER 19 Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Province 2 Chairperson and member of the federal Parliament Prabhu Sah has asked the government not to delay punishment for perpetrators of the infamous Gaur massacre. Addressing a programme...

Engagement with Nepal: Crucial for US diplomacy in region

With the Biden administration likely to adopt a “diplomacy-first” approach to reaffirm its economic and political interest in the Indo-Pacific region, Nepal should be seen as a geopolitical balancer between India and China, and...