SC seeks reasons from Govt. for not releasing Sobhraj

The Supreme Court has asked the government to furnish replies on why not release French national Charles Sobhraj who has been imprisoned for life.

Tibet sees strong foreign trade growth

The foreign trade of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region surged 94.3 percent year on year in the first 11 months of 2021, according to data from local customs.

China's Xi'an imposes lockdown amid COVID-19 resurgence

A total of 127 people tested positive for the virus during the second round of citywide nucleic acid testing, showed data released Thursday by the city's epidemic prevention and control headquarters.

COVID-19 update: 241 new infections, 263 recoveries in 24 hours

In 9,510 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 241 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.

U.S. authorizes Pfizer oral COVID-19 treatment, first for at-home use

The United States on Wednesday authorized Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) antiviral COVID-19 pill for people ages 12 and older at risk of severe illness, the first oral and at-home treatment as well as a new tool against the fast-spreading Omicron variant.

Blacktopping of Postal Highway in Kapilvastu (Photo Feature)

The work of blacktopping has been started in that section a week ago. Chief of the Postal Highway Road Planning Office, Bishnu Babu Pandey, said that the roads are being blacktopped at the rate of 500 meters per day.

Aggressive credit on imports, sluggish deposit tightens liquidity: NRB

Prakash Kumar Shrestha made a presentation on the current situation of the economy. He showed that the rate of credit flow has surpassed the rate of deposit mobilization after mid-April 2021 and the interest on credit and deposit began to rise. He also presented that before the current FY, the external sector had also witnessed deficit BOP in 2017/18 and 2018/19.  

Nepalese restaurant awarded for its charitable works in London

Earlier, the restaurant was honoured with the Best Nepalese Restaurant and the Community Heroes award at the 2021 Asian Food Awards.

Africa's biggest film festival FESPACO in my memory

It is not a coincidence that I have great passion, love, and interest in Africa. At the age of 9, I was adopted by an African American with whom I stayed a long time and who admitted me to a very prestigious school here in Nepal. After finishing high school it just so happened that I went to study in Russia at  Patrice Lumumba University ( named after an African) where, even there, I had plenty of friends from Africa. After several years, when I finally returned to Nepal,  I decided to organize...

One more case of omicron confirmed in Nepal

Dr. Samir Kumar Adhikari, a joint spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population, informed that a 58-year-old man was found to have been infected with the new variant, omicron, of the SARS-CoV-2.