Science and Tech

Chinese astronauts return after 90 days aboard space station

A trio of Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a 90-day stay aboard their nation's first space station in China's longest mission yet.

Nepal

Nepal records 1086 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, active caseload stands at 25497

Nepal's coronavirus caseload reached 783,075 on Friday with 1,086 more people testing positive for the infection in the past 24 hours.

Nepal

Fair price shops opened, sale outlets set up at 43 places in 39 districts

The government has operated the fair price shops from today in view of the upcoming Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals.

Nepal

Border monitoring team reaches Hilsa

The border monitoring team of the Ministry of Home Affairs deployed to study the Nepal-China border issue has reached Hilsa in Humla after visiting a border pillar at Limi Lapcha area in the district.

Nepal

Bear-attack injured being treated

​​​​​​​Kaushilla Nepali, 21, of Budhiganga Municipality, Bajura, who was injured in a bear attack, is undergoing treatment at Kathmandu-based TU Teaching Hospital.

World

IMF, World Bank urge more COVID-19 vaccination doses to go to poor countries

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and other multilateral-organization leaders on Thursday urged countries with high COVID-19 vaccination rates to boost efforts to send doses to low- and middle-income countries.

World

California wildfires threaten famous giant sequoia trees

Firefighters wrapped the base of the world's largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as they tried to save a famous grove of gigantic old-growth sequoias from wildfires burning Thursday in California's rugged Sierra Nevada.

Science and Tech

Moroccan cave yields oldest clues about advent of human clothing

People may take the necessity and existence of clothing for granted, from shirts to pants to dresses, coats, skirts, socks, underwear, bow ties, top hats, togas, kilts and bikinis. But it all had to start somewhere.

Nepal

Early marriage threatening lives of women

​​​​​​​Early marriage and birthgiving have badly affected women’s health in Bajura.

Opinion

Community-operated warnings: Way to minimise flood damage

This year, like past years, has seen devastating floods across the country, especially in the Tarai. Over three months, disasters triggered by the monsoon have left 119 dead, 3,180 homes inundated and 5,924 people displaced.

Opinion

EDITORIAL - Make it systematic

When Manmohan Adhikari, chairman of the CPN-UML and its first democratically-elected prime minister, formed his minority government way back in 1994, he introduced an ‘old-age allowance scheme’, which many believed was a populist programme and was deemed to fail because of the huge financial burden on the state treasury.

Kathmandu

Kathmandu DAO imposes restriction on in-person teaching-learning activities

Kathmandu District Administration Office has restricted educational institutions from conducting in-person teaching-learning activities citing the risk of COVID-19.