Kathmandu : Nepali Congress won the by-election held for the Provincial Assembly member in Bhaktapur-1 (A). It is the major victory for the opposition party as the seat was won by the ruling Nepal Communist Party in 2017 elections. Congress candidate Krishna Lal Bhandel received 13,449 votes to beat DP Dhakal of the NCP. Dhakal…
China : People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country’s hundreds of millions of internet users. The regulation, announced in September, was due to come into effect on Sunday. The government says it wants to…
Kabul : President Donald Trump made an unannounced visit to US troops in Afghanistan – his first time in the country – for the Thanksgiving holiday. During the brief appearance at Bagram Airfield, Mr Trump served turkey to soldiers, posed for photographs, and met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. In a speech to troops, Mr Trump…
BEIJING : Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for efforts to cultivate a new type of military personnel who are competent, professional and possess both integrity and ability. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the requirement at the opening…
New Zealand : It remains New Zealand’s worst peacetime disaster. On 28 November 1979, a sightseeing aircraft carrying 257 people crashed head-on into the side of a volcano in Antarctica. The tragedy of flight TE901 was a shock for New Zealand, affecting almost everyone in the country in some way, and led to years of…
America : US President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that supports pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The Human Rights and Democracy Act mandates an annual review, to check if Hong Kong has enough autonomy to justify its special status with the US. Mr Trump said he signed the law “out of respect…
Kathmandu : Approximately 30 per cent of construction works for a new Dharahara at the site where the historic tower was standing before the 2015 earthquake have been over. Plastering the second floor is underway currently. Over 150 workers, Nepalis and Indians, have been working on the project. After more than three years of the…
Kathmandu : Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has thanked everyone who wished for his speedy recovery, claiming his health condition is improving quickly. Oli was admitted to the Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre on Tuesday. He was diagnosed with appendicitis and had undergone an operation on the same day. Posting a message on his…
Kathmandu : Police at Rasuwagadhi border point between Nepal and Tibet of China have arrested two women in possession of one kilogram illegal gold. Acting on a tip-off, personnel deployed from the District Police Office arrested them this morning, according to Rasuwa’s Chief District Officer Arjun Bhandari. Their identity has not been revealed yet. It…
Kathmandu : Nepal’s department of tourism is preparing to make 33 ‘unclimbed’ mountains in the country ‘royalty-free’ for climbers from around the world. The department has already written to the ministry of tourism to implement the recommendation. “We have recommended 33 peaks that have the potential to be developed as climbing destinations, but haven’t attracted…
