Number of winter climbers increases, 510 to climb 23 mountains

According to the Department of Tourism, of the total number of 510 climbers, 418 men and 92 women, have taken permission to climb 23 mountains from 64 climbing teams.

President Bhandari's Mustang visit in pictures

President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has reached Jomsom, the district headquarters of Mustang, for worship at the Muktinath Temple, a holy pilgrimage site in the Trans-Himalayan district.

Federal Parliament sessions prorogued

Dr. Bharat Raj Gautam, general secretary of the federal parliament, issued a notice on Friday informing that the sessions of the federal parliament have been prorogued.

490 new cases of COVID-19, 569 recoveries, six fatalities in 24 hours

In 7,145 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 490 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.

Pfizer vaccine to be administered to chronically ill people aged 12 and above

According to Sagar Dahal, Chief at National Immunization Programme under Family Welfare Division, the Pfizer vaccines will be administered from 24 big hospitals across the nation, where specialist services are available.

Chinese premier proffers four-point proposal on East Asia cooperation

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday attended the 16th East Asia Summit, and put forward a four-point proposal in encouraging relevant parties to respect each other, work together, increase their input on fighting COVID-19 and economic recovery, uphold regional peace and stability, and promote development and prosperity.

Traffic resumes along Besisahar-Chame road

Vehicular movement along Besisahar-Chame road, which had been obstructed by the incessant rainfall after Dashain, has finally resumed.

PM Deuba leaves for UK to attend COP-26

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has left for the United Kingdom (UK) leading a Nepali delegation to participate in the World Leaders Summit of the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-26).

Facebook changes its company name to 'Meta'

Addressing a programme on Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, informed that the company had been renamed to Meta. Similarly, the new logo of the company has also been made public.

Procedure Started to Tie Up Pokhara and Upper Hutt City of New Zealand

The Sister Relationship between the Pokhara City of Nepal and the Upper Hutt City of New Zealand will promote the exchange and cooperation in areas of the economy, trade, tourism, and culture which will be fruitful to utilize the financial resources available in both cities for mutual benefit.