COVID-19 turns youth to self-employment in Bajura

COVID -19 has forced the youth of Bajura to work in their own villages rather than going back abroad. The youth who were working in India had to come back home after their workplace has shut down due to the lockdown.

Buddha to add flights to Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj

Buddha Air is conducting one additional flight from Kathmandu to Bhairahawa and Nepalgunj.

Brathwaite's delayed 100 gets WIndies to 354 in 2nd test

Left hanging on 99 overnight, West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite completed his ninth test century on Tuesday to place his team in a strong position at stumps on the second day of the second cricket test against Sri Lanka.

Smuggling of petroleum products to India rises

As the cost of petrol in India is higher than in Nepal, people have started smuggling petroleum products – petrol and diesel – from different districts of Nepal to India.

Belgium, Dutch earn big routs in World Cup qualifiers

Belgium and the Netherlands scored 15 goals combined in big routs in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday, while Portugal got one from Cristiano Ronaldo in its victory against a Luxembourg team that tinkered with another shock result.

Singers to perform at Bhaktapur fair

Nepali singers and artistes like Durgesh Thapa, Shiv Pariyar, Preeti Ale, Kamal Khatri, Arjun Kaushal, Bishal Thing, Sandhya Budha (Kauli Budhi), Ramesh Bhattarai, Jyoti Magar, Rose Moktan, Kumar Sagar, Manisha Shrestha, Sujal Madhikarmi and others are going to perform at the second Bhaktapur Cultural, Trade and Fagupurne Festival- 2021 that kicked off here on Wednesday.

Biden announces huge infrastructure plan to ‘win the future’

President Joe Biden outlined a huge $2.3 trillion plan Wednesday to reengineer the nation’s infrastructure in what he billed as “a once-in-a-generation investment in America” that would undo his predecessor’s signature legislative achievement — giant tax cuts for corporations — in the process.

FNJ publishes final list of candidates

A total of 165 candidates are vying for 38 different positions in the upcoming election of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ). According to the final name list published by the FNJ Election Committee on Wednesday, four persons – Gajendra Singh Budhathoki, Nirmala Sharma, Ram Prasad Dahal and Bipul Pokharel – are contesting for the post of president in the umbrella organisation of Nepali journalists.

75% works of Chobhar dry port complete

Almost 75 per cent physical works on the Chobhar dry port in Kirtipur Municipality-6 have been completed. The dry port is being constructed in two sections - under the national and international competitive bidding.

BIMSTEC ministerial meet today

The Special Session of Senior Officials' Meeting (S-SOM) of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) held virtually on Wednesday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a press statement, informed that Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal led the Nepali delegation to the Special Session of the SOM.