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

Country marks Chhath festival worshipping the Sun

Photo Courtesy: Rashtriya Samachar Samiti

Kathmandu: Hindu all over the country are celebrating Chhaj Puja today worshipping the Sun. On the main day of Chhath festival, the setting sun is being worshiped this evening. There is a religious belief that if one worships the sun properly and pays homage to Kartik Shukla, one will not get skin disease. Chhath, formerly… Continue reading Country marks Chhath festival worshipping the Sun

SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day flight

In this photo provided by NASA, from left to right, European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide gesture inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. Photo Courtesy: Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via AP

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP): Four astronauts returned to Earth on Monday, riding home with SpaceX to end a 200-day space station mission that began last spring. Their capsule streaked through the late night sky like a dazzling meteor before parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. Recovery boats quickly moved… Continue reading SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day flight

Govt appoints province head in three provinces

Kathmandu: New Chiefs have been appointed in Province 1, Karnali and Far Western Provinces. On the recommendation of the Council of Ministers, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has appointed Parashuram Khapung of Tehrathum in Province 1, Tilak Pariyar of Banke in Karnali and Devraj Joshi of Bajura in the Far Western Province. Earlier, the KP Sharma… Continue reading Govt appoints province head in three provinces

Kathmandu Metropolitan City to assist five more schools with technical classes

Kathmandu: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has decided to conduct technical subjects in five more schools. The metropolis, which has been conducting technical classes from class nine to 12 in two schools since last fiscal year, has called for applications to expand the program to five more schools. The cost of computer engineering, civil engineering,… Continue reading Kathmandu Metropolitan City to assist five more schools with technical classes