Update: China's Shenzhou-12 manned spaceship docks with space station module

The spaceship, launched on Thursday morning, completed orbital status setting after entering the orbit and conducted a fast autonomous rendezvous and docking with the front docking port of Tianhe at 3:54 p.m. (Beijing Time), forming a three-module complex with the cargo craft Tianzhou-2.

Vacant bed counts increase in Valley hospitals as daily COVID-19 cases decline

According to the data published by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), the general-High Dependency Units (HDUs), Intensive Care Units (ICUs), and ventilator beds have started vacating in various government and private hospitals in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Lalitpur.

Prime Minister submits written response to SC on HoR dissolution

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has submitted a written response to the Supreme Court (SC) stating out the reasons for dissolving the House of Representatives.

Smart lights to be installed in Ring Road in Lalitpur

Smart street lights are set to be installed in the Balkumari-Balkhu section of the Ring Road.

Land dispute impedes postal highway construction in Saptari

Construction of a section of the Postal Highway at Bodebarsain in Saptari district is stuck due to the negligence of Bodebarsain Municipality in resolving the land-related disputes.

Nepal-America Int'l Film Festival from June 17

Nepal America Film Society has announced the fourth edition of Nepal-America International Film Festival from 17 to 20 of June. This year, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the world, the festival will be held virtually.

Veteran Bollywood actor Chandrashekhar dies at 97

Veteran Bollywood actor Chandrashekhar has died at the age of 97. He was ailing for some time and passed away at his residence on Wednesday morning. His son, Professor Ashok Chandra Shekhar, said that the funeral will take place at Mumbai’s Vile Parle crematorium later in the day. “He was in the hospital for a day, last Thursday. We brought him back home and had kept all facilities including oxygen at our disposal if the need would arise. He was okay last night. The end was peaceful,” Ashok...

Junta troops burn Myanmar village in escalation of violence

Government troops have burned most of a village in Myanmar’s heartland, a resident said Wednesday, confirming reports by independent media and on social networks. The action appeared to be an attempt to suppress resistance against the ruling military junta.

Labour law crucial for decent work in Asia Pacific

Exclusion from national labour laws and high levels of informality continue to take a heavy toll on the working conditions of domestic workers in the Asia and the Pacific region, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report launched on Tuesday.

Business community hails priority to private sector in vaccination

The private sector umbrella organisations have urged the government to provide vaccines to all industrialists and businessmen. Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) and Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC) urged the government to provide vaccine against COVID 19 by giving priority to the entrepreneurs, workers and employees who are directly connected with the economy.