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...

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...

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...

DAMAULI: One person died while nine others sustained injuries after the bus they were travelling on fell below the road in Byas Municipality-5 of Tanahun district on Wednesday morning. The deceased has been identified as...

WILMINGTON: President Donald Trump’s refusal to cooperate with his successor is forcing President-elect Joe Biden to seek unusual workarounds to prepare for the exploding public health threat and evolving national security challenges he will...

KATHMANDU: The cabinet meeting earlier called for 1:00 pm by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Wednesday has been postponed by an hour. The meeting was called at a time coinciding with the ruling Nepal...

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has visited President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Wednesday morning ahead of the ruling party’s secretariat meeting and the cabinet meeting scheduled for the afternoon. The cabinet meeting that was...

SUMATRA: With his hand clamped tightly over her mouth, she could not scream, the 16-year-old girl recalls – and no one was around to hear her anyway. She describes how her boss raped her...