France donates over 700,000 COVID-19 vaccines The Government of France has delivered 702,720 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's bivalent COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal through the CO- VAX Facility, offering a boost to the country's ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive. Nepal 29 Jul, 2023
Cabinet decides to add 114 border outposts under Armed Police Force Kathmandu, December 19 The government has decided to increase the number of border outposts to 221 from existing 107 under the Armed Police Force. Speaking at a press conference organised today in Singha Durbar to disclose the decisions of the... Horoscopes 20 Dec, 2019
Paris police arrest scores amid strike over pension reform PARIS: Paris police fired tear gas at demonstrators Thursday as the Eiffel Tower shut down, France's high-speed trains came to a standstill and hundreds of thousands marched nationwide in a strike over the government's plan to overhaul the retirement... Women 06 Dec, 2019
Operation of cable car feasible in Valley Kathmandu, May 23 A study has shown that the operation of cable car is feasible at three different locations of Kathmandu Valley. The engineering study was carried out by two French companies - ADP and Ciastra, which are famous the world over for... 24 May, 2018
"Knight of the Legion of Honour" conferred on Sherpa KATHMANDU: The highest French civil distinction “Knight of the Legion of Honour” was conferred on Nepali trekking entrepreneur Ang Norbu Sherpa in recognition of his outstanding contribution to saving lives of French tourists during the... Travel 27 Oct, 2016
Nepalis serving in French Army sans any government accord with France Kathmandu, March 3 Hundreds of Nepalis are serving as Foreign Legionnaire in the French Army and deployed to some of the toughest combat-missions in the world, though France has no such pact with Nepal. The Government of Nepal has no record about... Travel 04 Mar, 2016
Gabon denies Bongo is dead BARCELONA: Gabon's prime minister denied Monday reports that Africa's longest-serving president, Omar Bongo Ondimba, had died, after French media announced his death. Bongo is "alive and well," Jean Eyeghe Ndong told reporters at the Quiron... Women 08 Jun, 2009
For West, Burma is a forgotten country Nick Mathiason Walk around Rangoon and you’d never guess you were living in one of the world’s most brutal regimes. The military presence doesn’t feel overbearing. In plain clothes, though, lurk military intelligence agents. They are everywhere.... 14 Jun, 2005
