KATHMANDU, Jan 27: Nepal remains in the front among the South Asian countries in terms of vaccination against COVID-19. The government, which has aimed at vaccinating all citizens above 18 years by mid-April, has so far administered the first dose of vaccines to 71 percent of the population.

LONDON, June 19: Hospitalised COVID-19 patients of South Asian ethnicity in Britain are 20% more likely to die from the disease than white people, a large-scale study said on Friday, the latest evidence that minority groups are disproportionately hit by the virus.

As a South Asian woman who was born in Nepal but having spent most of my adult life in North America, my world has been shaped by two competing identities.

KATHMANDU, July 25: Medal winners of the South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship played at home last Saturday, are set to be felicitated on Wednesday.

REPUBLICA, April 6: Afghanistan replaced long-serving one-day internationals captain Asghar Afghan on Friday, replacing him with Gulbadin Naib less than two months before this year’s 50-over World Cup in England and Wales.

The United Nations has condemned an IED blast that attacked a police convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar highway of India. The explosion killed at least 40 police personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force yesterday. The death toll is expected to rise.

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: Kathmandu School of Law (KSL) has won the South Asian Regional Rounds of 14th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition in Tehran, Iran. The competition, was initiated by ICRC Regional Delegation for South Asia in 2001. It was held from December 4 to 6.  National winners of different South Asian countries participated in the competition.

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: Former chief justice Sushila Karki is among 34 eminent South Asian personalities who have demanded the release of Bangladeshi photographer and cultural activist Shahidul Alam .