WHO plays down risk of epidemic outbreak in Nepal
Kathmandu, May 6 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) played down the risk of an epidemic outbreak in Nepal on Wednesday amid widespread...
Fuel supply from India to Nepal increases
By Anil Giri
Kathmandu, Oct 13 (IANS) With the election of the new government in Nepal, the supply of fuel from Indian to the Himalayan...
Thai ex-PM’s lawsuit against attorney-general rejected
Bangkok, Oct 6 (IANS) A Thai court on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit filed by former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra against the attorney-general and three...
Himalayas subsided by 60 cm after Nepal quake
London, Jan 12 (IANS) The Himalayas subsided by up to 60 cm after the April 2015 Nepal earthquake -- but the world's tallest peak,...
Thailand plans transit area for immigrants trapped on boats at sea
Bangkok: Thailand will create a "transit area" for illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar, adrift for weeks on boats in the Andaman Sea, the...
Indian embassy seeks petrol in Nepal, Twitterati go wild
Kathmandu, Oct 7 (IANS) The Indian embassy here has requested the state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) for weekly supplies of fuel in view of...
5G services for super-fast internet in the offing
Beijing: Researchers are now close to finding how software-defined cellular networking might be used to give smartphone users the next generation of super-superfast broadband...
Chinese yuan strengthens against dollar Monday
Beijing, Sep 7 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened by 35 basis points to 6.3584 against...
‘Nepali constitution has enough laws on gender equality’
Kathmandu, March 8 (IANS) Speaker of the Nepali Parliament Onsari Gharti Magar on Tuesday said the country's new constitution has enough provisions to...
Article 44 of interim charter can be constructive: Thai deputy PM
Bangkok, April 7 (IANS) Article 44 of Thailand's interim constitution, under which an order has been issued to replace martial law, can be constructive,...