KATHMANDU: A team from Seven Summit Treks ‘First Arab Ama Dablam Expedition’ comprising Qatari climber Fahad Badar, Sherief Elabd from Eygpt and Nadhira Al Harthy from Oman have attempted Mt Ama Dablam (6812 m) on January 14. The winter ascent to Ama dablam consisted of at least 14 climbers w Read More...
KATHMANDU: The three districts of Kathmandu valley reported as many as 215 new cases of the coronavirus infection on Thursday. Of the total 403 new cases in the country, Kathmandu district reported 189 infections while Lalitpur and Bhaktapur registered 23 and three infections respectively. Cur Read More...
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Health Ministry shared the latest updates on coronavirus contagion from across the country. Till date, 2,002,041 tests through Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method have been carried out wherein 5,032 tests were performed in the last 24 hours. Read Also: 215 new COVID-1 Read More...
KIEL: Holders Bayern Munich twice gave up a one-goal lead before crashing out of the German Cup 6-5 on penalties to second tier Holstein Kiel on Wednesday following a 2-2 draw after extra time in the second-round match. Both sides converted all five spot-kicks before Bayern's Marc Roca had hi Read More...
GALLE: England captain Joe Root struck his 50th test fifty to put them in a strong position on the first day of the opening test after Dom Bess took five wickets as the tourists bowled out Sri Lanka for a paltry 135. An unbeaten 110-run partnership between Jonny Bairstow and Root saw England to 1 Read More...
LONDON: There have been a few false dawns but there is growing belief that Manchester United are on the cusp of reclaiming their place as the pre-eminent force in English football. They are top of the Premier League table after New Year's Day for the first time since Alex Ferguson's glittering dy Read More...
ABUJA/JOHANNESBURG: Vaccines are not yet Africa's way out of the pandemic as it may be weeks or even months before first doses start to arrive, health officials said on Thursday, after the African Union (AU) secured 270 million doses for the continent where about 30,000 a day are becoming infected. Read More...
FRANKFURT: The head of Germany's vaccine regulator on Thursday described the success rate of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine as excellent, after some Australian scientists voiced scepticism about its efficacy. Speaking during an online press briefing, the president of Germany's Paul Ehrl Read More...
