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Kabul, Jan. 10 -- A magnetic bomb blast in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Sunday left at least three people, including a spokesman for National Public Protection Force (NPPF) Zia Wadan, killed, media reports said.Another person was injured in the incident.A security official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Zia Wadan, spokesman for NPPF was killed along with two other individuals and a fourth one wounded.No...

news Nepals roadmap for green recovery from Covid-19 My Republica Nepal, Jan. 10 -- Green recovery with social harmony and cohesion can be a utopian concept unless existing structural inequalities are addressed at the same time. Nepal recently restated its commitment to green growth and recovery during Climate Ambition Summit and on the same day the Government of Nepal and Development Partners(DPs) agreed in a joint statement to work collaboratively for green recovery from Covid...

Seven held from Olis event for wearing t-shirts with slogans demanding justice for Nirmala Pant Kathmandu Post Dhangadhi, Jan. 9 -- Police on Friday arrested seven people in Dhangadhi for wearing t-shirts with slogans demanding justice for Nirmala Pant, receiving widespread criticism from various quarters. Pant, a 13-year-old girl from Kanchanpur, was raped and murdered in July 2018. Police are yet to find the perpetrator(s) of the heinous crime. Police rounded up the seven pers...

news Concerns raised about foreign investment in agriculture, but it is needed, stakeholders say Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, Jan. 9 -- In December 2017, the National Planning Commission held a discussion with Qatari officials on short- and medium-term opportunities to export for Nepali agricultural produce to Qatar as countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council imposed a blockade on the natural gas-rich nation. The Qatari government had asked Nepal whether it can export organic food...

news Second cross-border petroleum pipeline project in Jhapa moves a step closer Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, Jan. 9 -- The plan to develop the second cross-border petroleum pipeline has moved a step closer as a delegation from the Indian Oil Corporation is scheduled to arrive in Nepal to make a field study before finalising the detailed project report. According to Nepal Oil Corporation, the Indian delegation will arrive on January 11 and make a field study of the pipeline connect...

news With their tactical plans, parties reluctant to join hands against Oli in upper house Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, Jan. 8 -- When President Bidya Devi Bhandari called the winter session of the National Assembly on January 1, leaders from the Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the Nepal Communist Party, the Nepali Congress and the Janata Samajbadi Party said they would join hands in the upper house to protest against the the dissolution of the House of Rep...

Uncertainty looms large among youths as pandemic cripples education sector My Republica KATHMANDU, Jan. 8 -- Had it not been the COVID-19 pandemic, Kusum Panta, an undergraduate student at Golden Gate International College, would have already graduated with a Bachelor degree in Arts around this time. She would have then been following in the footsteps of her parents attending the long-awaited Public Service Commission examinations. As the first child in the family, Kusum has alw...

Date Time FIFA World Cup 2026 media rights awarded in Nordic territories FIFA has awarded the exclusive rights to the FIFA World Cup 2026™ to broadcasters in each of the Nordic territories: DR and TV2 in Denmark, YLE and MTV in Finland, TV2 and NRK in Norway, and SVT and TV4 in Sweden. The deals complete FIFA’s current sales cycle in the Nordics, following the sale of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ to NENT in Scandinavia and YLE in Finland. The Nordic broadcasters will provide unparal...

FIFA-Strasse 20 - P.O. Box - 8044 Zurich - Switzerland Tel: +41-(0)43-222 7777 FIFA World Cup 07 Jan 2021 © Getty Images FIFA has awarded the exclusive rights to the FIFA World Cup 2026™ to broadcasters in each of the Nordic territories: DR and TV2 in Denmark, YLE and MTV in Finland, TV2 and NRK in Norway, and SVT and TV4 in Sweden. The deals complete FIFA’s current sales cycle in the Nordics, following the sale of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ to NENT in Scand...

Nepal, India likely to ink Covid vaccine pact during Gyawalis visit to New Delhi Kathmandu Post Kathmandu/ New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali is all set to embark on his visit to New Delhi on January 14 to participate in the sixth meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission. The two neighbours have already started exchanging the texts of at least a couple of memoranda of understanding expected to be signed during the Nepali ministers trip to the In...