The Kartik Naach

This year’s Kartik Naach that began yesterday (Friday) with Baraha Dance and it concludes today with Narsingha Dance. This isn’t how it always is though. In previous years, the dance used to be staged for 12 days with much fervour and excitement. However, the pandemic got to it, forcing the organisers to shorten it to two days. People will also not be allowed to watch. The whole Patan Durbar Square will be sealed off and only the performers will be allowed in. Nobody is happy with this arrangement...

Thailand, Philippines sign for AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Thailand on Friday signed a $200 million deal to procure 26 million doses of a trial coronavirus vaccine developed by pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca in collaboration with Oxford University. It is expected to be delivered in mid-2021. The doses would cover 13 million people in a population of about 69 million. Thailand's National Vaccine Institute signed a non-refundable advance market commitment contract worth 2.38 billion baht ($79 million) with AstraZeneca to reserve the supply of the vaccine...

Tourist arrival rising at Antu of Ilam

Arrival of domestic tourist has soared of late in Antu, Ilam district. Antu hill standing near Nepal-India border is famous for its sunrise views. During the months of October and November, when skies are clear and open, hundreds of tourists visit Antu daily. With the ease of the restriction, more than 700 tourists are now arriving in Antu daily.

Tourists found not abiding by safety rules

People have been visiting different tourism destinations across the country after the government uplifted the lockdown and eased travelling. However, locals and hoteliers in the tourism areas are worried after observing the lack of adherence to health and safety measures by the tourists during the pandemic. "People have been visiting different places and most of them don’t bother wearing masks. We have no choice than to keep distance from such people ourselves because we need to earn in a bid...

'Nepal fundamental to India’s neighbourhood first approach'

Foreign Secretary of India Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Friday that Nepal-India relations were intricate and existed in various paradigms. “The people-to-people linkages are so strong and so powerful that quite frankly we in government only complement these,” he said while addressing a lecture organised by Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDIA) in the capital today.

Over 150 types of winter migratory birds come to Nepal

Around 150 species of winter migratory birds have arrived in Nepal to avoid extremely cold winter in the Northern hemisphere. The winged guests have been travelling to Nepal every year especially from Central Asia, Tibet, China, Korea, Mongolia and Siberia, said Dr. Hem Sagar Baral, a prominent ornithologist of Nepal. “We do not know the exact number of the species that have flocked our country. Practically, it is not possible to count them accurately,” he said. Nepal is home to about nine...

Law should be people-oriented: Speaker

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Xi calls for cultivating closer China-ASEAN community with shared future

Xi made the remarks via video when addressing the opening ceremony of the 17th China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit held in Nanning, capital city of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Nepal-India discuss boundary issues, exchange views on completing boundary work

In their meeting, the two Foreign Secretaries discussed and reviewed various aspects of the bilateral ties between the two countries.. They also discussed the boundary matters and exchanged views on completing the boundary work in the remaining segments.

Kathmandu Valley records 822 new cases of COVID-19

Of the total 1,703 new infections recorded across the nation on Friday, 822 new cases, 379 females and 443 males, were recorded in the Kathmandu Valley itself, revealed the MoHP in its daily update.