Germany wants to attract 400,000 skilled workers from abroad each year

Germany's new coalition government wants to attract 400,000 qualified workers from abroad each year to tackle both a demographic imbalance and labour shortages in key sectors that risk undermining the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

At least 17 killed in Ghana blast after vehicle carrying explosives hits motorcycle

At least 17 people were killed in a blast in western Ghana on Thursday after a motorcycle collided with a vehicle carrying explosives, according to officials. "The reports that I'm getting from the bureaus, hospitals, is that [there are] roughly about 17 people that have passed away," Isaac Dasmani, the municipal chief executive for the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipal Assembly, told local media.

Prime Minister Deuba to address nation today at 3:00 pm

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is addressing the nation today. According to the PM's private secretariat, the Prime Minister is scheduled to address the nation on Friday at 3 p.m. The address will be broadcast live on Nepal Television.

Odd-even number traffic rule to be imposed in Kathmandu from Friday night

Vehicles with odd registration number will allowed to ply on the odd date as per the Nepali calendar and vice versa. The odd-even traffic rule will be applied to both the private and public vehicles.

Two arrested for stealing artifacts from Kaiser Mahal

“We had received a complaint that some artifacts were stolen from Kaiser Mahal and a team was sent to the site for investigation,” said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Basanta Bahadur Kunwar, chief at the division.

PM Deuba, CPN (Maoist Center) Chair Prachanda and CPN (Unified Socialist) Chair Nepal hold meeting

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Chairman of CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and Chairman of CPN (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal held a joint meeting today at Baluwatar, the official residence of the Prime Minister.

China unveils plan to improve transportation networks by 2025

High-speed railways will stretch to a total length of 50,000 kilometers in 2025, up from 38,000 kilometers in 2020, and 250-km ones are expected to cover 95 percent of cities with populations above 500,000, per the document released by the State Council

Capital expenditure overtakes previous record but elusive to break FY 2017/18 record  

The past data of the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) reveals the declining trend of capital expenses specifically after FY 2017/18. The annual capital expenditure in the FY 2017/18 was recorded Rs. 270.7 billion. But it declined thereafter. In 2018/19, it decreased by 10.8 per cent to Rs. 241.5 billion, in 2019/20, it dropped by 21.7

COVID-19 update: 10,052 new infections, 649 recoveries in 24 hours

In 21,007 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 10,052 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.

TU, Public Service Commission halt all exams

A meeting of the PSC made a decision to this effect on Thursday. The meeting also decided to notify a week before if situation emerges to postpone exams scheduled from February 13, according to Ek Narayan Sharma, the undersecretary at the PSC.