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Kathmandu: The study committee has recommended the government to grant public leave two-day a week. The committee was formed by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) to study the issue of providing two-day leave. The committee has recommended the government to grant public holidays for two days a week to encourage the… Continue reading Study Committee’s recommendation to give two-day leave a week

Kathmandu: Pakistan has welcomed Nepal’s initiative to convene the stalled South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit as soon as possible. This was stated by Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Sohail Mohammad during a meeting with Nepal’s Ambassador to Pakistan Tapas Adhikari. “The Foreign Secretary commends the role played by SAARC as the chair country in… Continue reading Pakistan praises Nepal’s initiative to hold SAARC summit

WASHINGTON (AP): Americans waiting for Republicans in Congress to acknowledge Joe Biden as the president-elect may have to keep waiting until January as GOP leaders stick with President Donald Trump’s litany of legal challenges and unproven claims of fraud. Tuesday’s deadline for states to certify their elections — once viewed as a pivot point for… Continue reading President-elect? GOP may wait for January to say Biden won

Kathmandu: The cabinet meeting has decided to give approval to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development to purchase 50,000 metric tonnes of urea fertilizer from Bangladesh through government to government process. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, it will be easier to purchase 50,000 metric tonnes of urea fertilizer through G2G… Continue reading Cabinet approves to purchase fertilizer directly from Bangladesh through G2G

Kathmandu: In line with the air bubble concept proposed by India, the government has decided to operate one flight daily from both India and Nepal. Despite the decision of the Government of Nepal on November 25, the flight has not started yet. Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has been assigned to fly to India from Nepal.… Continue reading Nepal waiting for India’s permission to fly to Delhi

Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has stressed the need to expedite the summit to give fresh impetus to the stalled South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) process. Expressing his best wishes on the occasion of the 36th SAARC Charter Day, Prime Minister Oli said that in the 36 years since its inception, SAARC… Continue reading Summit will be organized to speed up SAARC: PM Oli

Kathmandu: The new height of Everest has stood at 8848.86 meters. In a joint meeting between Nepal and China on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Pradip Gyawali and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the new height of Mount Everest public through a joint virtual ceremony between the two countries. Nepal has made public the new height… Continue reading New height of Everest is 8848.86 meters

(BBC): A 90-year-old woman from Northern Ireland has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine outside trial conditions – marking the start of the UK’s mass vaccination programme. Margaret Keenan, from Enniskillen, said she felt “so privileged” to receive the jab at University Hospital, Coventry. Hubs in the UK… Continue reading Covid-19 vaccine: Margaret Keenan ‘so privileged’ to get first jab