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The Government of Nepal has formed a team to hold talks with outlawed Netra Bikram Chand 'Biplav'-led Communist Party of Nepal.

Govt forms talk-team to hold talks with Biplav-led party

The Government of Nepal has formed a team to hold talks with outlawed Netra Bikram Chand 'Biplav'-led Communist Party of Nepal.

A family wearing face masks is pictured inside the premises of Bouddhanath Stupa, in Kathmandu, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT/File

78 new Covid-19 cases registered on Tuesday; nationwide tally hits 274,294

Nepal on Tuesday reported 78 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 274,294.

File Photo - Emergency maternity service comes into operation in Kolti Primary Health Centre of Bajura, on Friday, February 19, 2021. Delivery through C-section was carried out on Nirmala Chadara, 29, successfully. Photo: Prakash Singh/THT

Emergency maternity service at Bajura's Primary Health Centre comes to a halt

The Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Kolti of Bajura district that had started providing emergency maternity services closed operations a little over a week.

Netra Bikram Chand 'Biplav'-led Communist Party of Nepal has announced that a two-member team will join the discussion table with the Government of Nepal. Photo: THT

After govt, Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN announces two-member talk team

Following the government's announcement of the formation of a team to hold talks with Netra Bikram Chand 'Biplav'-led Communist Party of Nepal earlier today, the outlawed party too has announced that a two-member team will join the discussion table with the Government of Nepal.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has left for the eastern districts of Jhapa and Morang today for a couple of inauguration ceremonies.File Photo

Prime Minister off to Jhapa, Morang for multiple inaugurations on Tuesday

Prime Minister off to Jhapa, Morang for multiple inaugurations on Tuesday

In Pictures: Daily Life in Lumbini

Taplejung's Dobhan Bazaar in flames

Smuggling continues unabated despite tight security

Students padlock school in Gaur

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File Photo - Two women walk along the deserted Patan Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on the eleventh day of nationwide lockdown amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus, in Lalitpur, on Friday, April 03, 2020. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

78 new Covid-19 cases registered on Sunday; nationwide tally hits 274,143

Nepal on Sunday reported 78 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 274,143.

Photo Courtesy: US-Nepal Climbers Association

US-Nepal Climbers Association aids three students for education and health

US-Nepal Climbers Association has provided financial support to three students from Sherpa families to expend on their health and education.

The 27 Brigade of the Nepali Army successfully conducted a one-day free health camp in the five wards of Devipur and Barchawa Rural Municipalities of Siraha district.

Nepal Army conducts free health camp in Siraha

The 27 Brigade of the Nepali Army successfully conducted a one-day free health camp in the five wards of Devipur and Barchawa Rural Municipalities of Siraha district.

Bone Marrow Cancer Patient Lal Bahadur Shah, 27, of Chaurapati Rural Municipality-1 in Achham district has been pictured. Photo: Prakash Singh/THT

Bone marrow cancer patient Lal Bahadur Shah struggling in Kathmandu

Lal Bahadur Shah, 27, who is a permanent resident of Chaurapati Rural Municipality-1 in Achham district, currently living in Kathmandu is grappling with a fatal disease while in absence of affordable treatment for the same.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) penned between India and Nepal for the reconstruction of 25 health posts in Dhading and Sindhupalchowk districts of Nepal under Indian assistance, on Friday, February 26, 2021. Photo courtesy: Embassy of India, Kathmandu

India to fund for reconstruction of 25 health posts in Dhading and Sindhupalchowk districts

A Memorandum of Understanding has been penned between India and Nepal, with Head of Development Partnership and Reconstruction wing of the Embassy of India and Project Director of Central Level Project Implementation Unit (Building) of National Reconstruction Authority.

FILE - A tawny fish owl is rescued from a local residence at Lalitpur on June 20, 2016. Photo: MPCD

Action plan for conservation of owl species

The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation and the Department of Forests and Soil Conservation have developed an Owl Conservation Action Plan (2020- 2029) with a view to ensuring viable population of owls and conserving their habitat through strategic actions and participatory approach.

Devotees queuing up to offer puja at Chhabdi Barahi temple in Tanahun, on Saturday. THT

Devotees throng Chhabdi Barahi temple

Devotees thronged the popular religious and tourist site of Chhabdi Barahi temple in Byas Municipality, Tanahun, on Saturday..

File Photo - Seen in the picture is the Election Commission of Nepal, in Kathmandu.

Dahal-Nepal faction of NCP miffed at poll panel's delay

Narayan Kaji Shrestha, spokesperson for the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal, on Saturday wrote an angry post on his facebook wall against the Election Commission for delaying its decision on the NCP legitimacy row.

The Tharuhat-Tharuwan National Front’s special national convention begins in Kailali district, on Saturday, February 27, 2021. Photo: Tekendra Deuba/THT

Tharuhat-Tharuwan National Front's special convention begins in Kailali

The special national convention of the Tharuhat-Tharuwan National Front has begun in Kailali district, on Saturday.

File Photo - Agni Prasad Sapkota during a programme, in Kathmandu. Photo: RSS/File

Understanding would be forged among political parties: Speaker Sapkota

HoR Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has expressed confidence that understanding would be forged among the political parties with reinstatement of the dissolved House of Representatives.

The second national convention of Media Action Nepal has selected its new executive committee with Laxman Datt Pant as its chairperson. Photo Courtesy: Media Action Nepal

Media Action Nepal picks Pant as its new chairperson; appoints senior journalists as advisors

The second national convention of Media Action Nepal, a research based media rights advocacy group, has selected Laxman Datt Pant as its new chairperson.

File Photo - Late Tourism Minister Rabindra Adhikari. Photo: THT

Today marks the death anniversary of late Tourism Minister Rabindra Adhikari

Late Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari was remembered today through various programmes in the country.

File Photo - Two women walk along the deserted Patan Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on the eleventh day of nationwide lockdown amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus, in Lalitpur, on Friday, April 03, 2020. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

81 new Covid-19 cases registered on Saturday; nationwide tally hits 274,065

Nepal on Saturday reported 81 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 274,065.

The image shows heavy rainfall potential areas of the South Asian region, February 27, 2021. Photo Courtesy: Meteorological Satellite Center of JMA

Weather to remain cloudy in hilly regions with chances of light rain on Saturday

Weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly region of the country due to the influence of the Westerly wind with chances of light rain accompanied by thunder at some places.

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File Photo - Emergency maternity service comes into operation in Kolti Primary Health Centre of Bajura, on Friday, February 19, 2021. Delivery through C-section was carried out on Nirmala Chadara, 29, successfully. Photo: Prakash Singh/THT

Emergency maternity service at Bajura's Primary Health Centre comes to a halt

The Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Kolti of Bajura district that had started providing emergency maternity services closed operations a little over a week.

In this combination photo, actress Cynthia Erivo portrays Aretha Franklin in the National Geographic miniseries "Genius: Aretha," left, and Aretha Franklin holds her Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blue performance of the song "Bridge Over Troubled Waters," in New York on March 13, 1972. Photo: Associated Press

With much respect, Cynthia Erivo takes on Queen of Soul

The Tony Awards could bring Cynthia Erivo another Emmy.

Students who were abducted by gunmen from the Government Girls Secondary School, in Jangebe, last week are seen after their release meeting with the state Governor Bello Matawalle, in Gusau, northern Nigeria, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle announced that 279 girls who were abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released Tuesday. Photo: Associated Press

Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed

Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state’s governor said Tuesday.

A family wearing face masks is pictured inside the premises of Bouddhanath Stupa, in Kathmandu, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT/File

78 new Covid-19 cases registered on Tuesday; nationwide tally hits 274,294

Nepal on Tuesday reported 78 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 274,294.

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EDITORIAL: Way to digital Nepal

The government’s decision to slash internet charges in the country is not only welcome but long overdue. Only an inexpensive internet service will help the country go digital and promote e-commerce.

People look out from their homes while the body of a 65-year-old man is taken on an ambulance towards the cremation site, succumbed to COVID-19 disease, while undergoing home isolation treatment since the past three-days during a government imposed lockdown amid concerns over the rising spread of coronavirus contagion in Bhaktapur, Nepal on Sunday, August 30, 2020.

Recovery efforts

The economic crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound detrimental effect for most people around the world.

A person works on the statue of the Buddha inside an under construction monastery, the Thousand Buddha Temple (Pal Thubten Shedrub Ling Monastery) in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, in Nepal, on Monday, March 1, 2021. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

In Pictures: Daily Life in Lumbini

Workers build the Thousand Buddha Temple (Pal Thubten Shedrub Ling Monastery) in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, in Nepal.

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 file photo, Michael Ryan, left, Executive Director of WHO's Health Emergencies programme, next to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, right, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The emergencies chief of the World Health Organization said on Monday March 1, 2021, it was “premature” and “unrealistic” to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalizations and death. Photo: AP

WHO: 'Premature,' 'unrealistic' COVID-19 will end soon

A senior World Health Organization official said Monday it was “premature” and “unrealistic” to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalizations and death.

A man cast his vote on a ballot box during the parliamentary and provincial elections at Chautara in Sindhupalchok District November 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Your vote matters

In a democratic system, a citizen has various responsibilities and duties towards a nation.

Satdobato defeat Bhagwati, restore lead

Satdobato Youth Club restored the three-point lead in the Martyrs Memorial B Division League following their 1-0 victory over Shree Bhagwati Club here at the ANFA Complex grounds on Monday.

Illustration by Ratna Sagar Shrestha/THT

Decriminalisation of abortion in Nepal: Tabooed yet crucial debate

The issue of abortion must be treated as a medical procedure, where the well-being of the women is placed at the centre.

Officials, artists and sports personalities look on during the launch of ‘My Stadium, My Seat’ campaign for the Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium, in Kathmandu on Monday. Photo: THT

DSF launches 'My Stadium, My Seat' campaign

Dhurmus Suntali Foundation today launched the ‘My Stadium, My Seat’ campaign to raise funds for the construction of the Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium in Chitawan.

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