Pressure grows on the dollar as vaccine hopes get tested

LONDON: Pressure increased on Wednesday against the dollar which hit its lowest level in over a week as tighter economic restrictions across the United States and Europe tested market optimism over vaccine trials. Most notably,...

England return to Pakistan for short T20 series

LONDON: England will visit Pakistan for the first time in 16 years when they play two T20 Internationals in October 2021, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Wednesday. The short tour will...

NCP Secretariat meeting concludes to be held again after 10 days

KATHMANDU: The Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has concluded. The meeting, which began after hours of speculation, was going on at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar. According to Prime Minister...

Tokyo records single-day high in virus cases

TOKYO: Authorities in Tokyo have announced nearly 500 new cases of the coronavirus, the biggest daily increase in the Japanese capital since the pandemic began, amid a nationwide spike in infections and as the...

Pompeo expected to visit Israeli settlement in parting gift

JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s expected tour of a West Bank winery this week will be the first time a top American diplomat has visited an Israeli settlement, a parting gift from...

NCP Secretariat meeting begins, PM Oli attends

KATHMANDU: The Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has begun after hours of speculation over whether or not it would commence as scheduled. Both the co-chairs are heading the meeting. Doubts had surfaced...

‘Sanitation and Hygiene Fund as key to increasing investment’

GENEVA: United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J Mohammed, on Tuesday, said that the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund will be critical to dramatically scale up investments to reach everyone with sanitation services, as the new...

Secretariat meeting on schedule: NCP Spokesperson

KATHMANDU: After Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli called for the cabinet meeting at 1:00pm coinciding with the pre-scheduled Secretariat meeting on Wednesday, it was being speculated that the party secretariat would announce a different...