POKHARA, Sept 21: After a hiatus of six months due to the lockdown enforced by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19, Pokhara Airport received its first flight on Monday morning.

Coronavirus death toll in Banke climbs to 11

Published On: September 21, 2020 04:02 PM NPT By: Republica

NEPALGUNJ, Sept 21: The coronavirus death toll in Banke district has risen to 11 after a male prisoner infected with COVID-19 died at Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan City recently.

Two more COVID-19 patients die at BPKIHS

Published On: September 21, 2020 03:55 PM NPT By: Rohit Koyu

DHARAN, Sept 21: Two patients who were undergoing treatment at the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences breathed their last on Sunday and Monday, according to Dr Nidesh Sapkota, spokesperson for the hospital.

U.S. to surpass grim milestone of 200,000 COVID-19 deaths

Published On: September 21, 2020 03:33 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW YORK, Sept 21: The death toll from the spread of coronavirus in the United States was approaching over 200,000 lives on Monday, more than double the number of fatalities in India, the country reporting the second-highest number of cases in the world.

Three of a family drown in pond

Published On: September 21, 2020 03:30 PM NPT By: Chuman Basnet

MORANG, Sept 21: Three people of a family drowned in a fish pond in Morang on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 21: The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has forecast heavy rain accompanied by gusty winds at many places of the country for the next five days.

In defense of the United Nations

Published On: September 21, 2020 01:22 PM NPT By: Dr Surendra Singh Rawal

September is known for the annual sessions of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. But this time, most of the activities are being conducted due to Covid-19.This year marks UN’s 75th anniversary, although the collective future of the organization is shrouded in unilateralism, nationalism and populism. The intergovernmental organization should have been the desirable multilateral forum for finding solutions to many of the world’s most pressing problems—from pandemic to nuclear weapons to disruptive technologies to devastating wildfires. That is not the case at the moment. Instead, the global body has been the prisoner of the politics of big powers.

Ruling NCP’s Secretariat meeting deferred for Tuesday

Published On: September 21, 2020 01:08 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 21: A meeting of the Secretariat of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) scheduled for Monday has been postponed to Tuesday.

Nepal's mountaineering legend Ang Rita Sherpa passes away

Published On: September 21, 2020 12:48 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 21: Ang Rita Sherpa -- popularly known as 'Himchituwa' (snow leopard) for his 10 Everest ascents without supplemental oxygen -- passed away at 10 am on Monday in Kathmandu. He was 72.

KATHMANDU, Sept 21: As the domestic airline operators resumed their services after a hiatus of almost six months, the domestic terminal of the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu looked busy on Monday.