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...

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...

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...