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Govt to issue e-passport from Nov 17

Kathmandu: The government is all set to begin issuing e-passports from November 17. The Department of Passport is conducting final tests for the preparation of e-passport printing in the new building of the department at Tripureshwar. So far, Nepal has been issuing Machine Readable Passport (MRP). According to the department distribution of e-passports will start… Continue reading Govt to issue e-passport from Nov 17

Local bodies to provide vaccination certificate

Kathmandu: Vaccination certification with QR code will now be done by the municipalities. The responsibility has been given to the municipalities in coordination with the Ministry of Health and Population. Although the municipalities have been given the responsibility of verifying the vaccine with QR code since October, this service has not been effective yet. Vaccination… Continue reading Local bodies to provide vaccination certificate

Stakeholders urge Sports Minister to make arrangement to participate in Asian Games

Kathmandu: The 19th Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou, China next year. The participating countries have already started preparations for the Asian Games. But it has not happened in Nepal yet. Various associations have urged newly appointed Youth and Sports Minister Maheshwar Jung Gahatraj at an event organized by the Nepal Olympic Committee on… Continue reading Stakeholders urge Sports Minister to make arrangement to participate in Asian Games

Six student organizations to protest against fuel price hike

Kathmandu: Six student organizations have demanded immediate withdrawal of fuel price hikes. The Communist Party of Nepal, led by Netra Bikram Chand Biplava, has also announced protest programs against the fuel price hike. They have announced protest with the demand of repealing the increased price of petrol, diesel, kerosene, cooking gas and aviation fuel with… Continue reading Six student organizations to protest against fuel price hike

NOC raise fuel price

Photo Courtesy: Nepal Oil Corporation

Kathmandu: Nepal Oil Corporation has increased the price of petroleum products. The Board of Directors has increased the price of petrol, diesel and kerosene by Rs 3 per liter with effect from Wednesday night. Petrol will now costs Rs 136 per liter, while diesel and kerosene cost Rs 119 per liter. The price of aviation… Continue reading NOC raise fuel price

Pfizer vaccination to begin from Nov 14

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2020, file photo, pedestrians walk past Pfizer world headquarters in New York. Pfizer said Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, it is asking U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early as next month and eventually an end to the pandemic -- but not until after a long, hard winter. Photo Courtesy: AP

Kathmandu: The Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 will be given to chronic patients above 12 years of age from November 14 onwards . The Ministry of Health and Population has stated that the first dose vaccination program will be conducted from November 14 to November 20 and the second dose from December 13 to December 19.… Continue reading Pfizer vaccination to begin from Nov 14

Two killed, 15 injured in truck-bus collision in Hetauda

Kathmandu: Two persons have been killed on a truck and a bus collision in Hetauda Sub-metropolitan. Fifteen people traveling in the bus have been injured. The bus left for Kathmandu from Janakpur and the truck left for Hetauda from Chitwan collided last night. The identities of those killed have not been released. Fifteen injured people… Continue reading Two killed, 15 injured in truck-bus collision in Hetauda

Maoist Center to hold national general convention in Kathmandu

Kathmandu: The Maoist Centre has decided to hold their upcoming National Conference in Kathmandu. A meeting of the standing committee of the CPN-Maoist Center held on Tuesday has decided to hold the party’s national general convention in Kathmandu. The meeting also decided to send party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda and leader Narayan Kaji Shrestha… Continue reading Maoist Center to hold national general convention in Kathmandu

Satellite signals suggest Vietnam ship seized by Iran freed

This frame grab from a video released by Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, shows the seized Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman. Photo Courtesy: AP

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): Satellite tracking data and other signals on Wednesday suggested a Vietnamese oil tanker earlier seized by Iran had been freed by the Islamic Republic, ending the latest maritime confrontation involving Tehran amid stalled negotiations over its tattered nuclear deal with world powers. The Sothys left a position off Iran’s Bandar… Continue reading Satellite signals suggest Vietnam ship seized by Iran freed