Four additional holidays in next fiscal year

The government has decided to add four more national holidays in the upcoming Nepali year. The decision to grant four more days off next fiscal year 2078 BS was taken by the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday.

Europe can achieve herd immunity by July: EU commissioner 

Europe could have herd immunity against Covid-19 by July, a European Union commissioner has said, as incoming jabs are expected to speed up the continent's sluggish vaccine rollout.

150 new cases of COVID-19, three fatalities in 24 hours

In 4,472 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 150 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

U.S. senators press Biden to set end date for gas-powered car sales

California’s two U.S. senators are urging President Joe Biden to set a firm date to phase-out gas-powered passenger vehicles as the White House grapples with how to rewrite vehicle emissions rules slashed under President Donald Trump.

AstraZeneca says US trial data shows vaccine 79% effective

Advanced trial data from a U.S. study on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shows it is 79% effective, the company announced Monday in long-awaited research that may answer some questions about the shot’s effectiveness in older populations.

Rhino Census begins (Photo Feature)

The one-horned Rhino Census has begun in Nepal from Chitwan National Park (CNP).  

Minimum salary of migrant workers rises to 1,000 riyals in Qatar: 4.5 lakhs Nepali benefited

In Qatar, the minimum wage has been raised to 1,000 riyals (Rs 30,000) and this provision has come into effect from March 20. With the implementation of this new provision, Nepali and other migrant workers in Qatar will be benefited.

Housing project worth Rs. 4 bn begins in Bhairahawa

A housing project costing Rs. 4 billion has begun, which aims to build a well-facilitated contemporary settlement at Basantapur of Siddharthanagar.

Cinema halls wait for Bollywood films

When every sector, which had remained closed for over nine months because of COVID-19 lockdown, has already returned to their normalcy, cinema theatres are still struggling for their revival. Restaurants, business hub, zoo, museums and other sectors are running smoothly with increasing number of visitors.

TU organises new academic session 

The Tribhuvan University (TU) is going to organize the academic session in such a way as to minimize the loss of time of students which was halted midst the COVID-19 infection. The university has informed that the students studying in the annual system will have to bear some loss but the students studying in the semester system will have no loss.