Opinion Gender equality: Key to healthy ageing Both governments and civil society must address the complex demographic shift of population ageing with strategic solutions and programmes. To do so successfully, we need a life-cycle approach to healthy ageing, with particular emphasis on girls and women, firmly grounded in gender equality and huma...

World ‘You cannot lock down everybody’ Madrid tells Spanish government in COVID spat MADRID: "You cannot lock down everybody," the chief of the Madrid region said on Thursday, pushing back against the Spanish government's plan to confine the capital city to tackle a surge in COVID-19 cases. The health ministry said late on Wednesday that the central government was overriding regi...

Sports Lakers, LeBron roll in Game 1 of finals, top Heat 116-98 LAKE BUENA VISTA: LeBron James finally got an easy Game 1 in the NBA Finals. A very easy one, at that. Anthony Davis scored 34 points, James had 25 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists and the Los Angeles Lakers rolled past the Miami Heat 116-98 on Wednesday night. “The bigger the moment,...

Education Bodhi Toastmasters Club organises its 75th meeting in Pokhara KATHMANDU: Bodhi Toastmasters Club, Kathmandu, organised it's 75th meeting in Pokhara under the theme "Visit Nepal 2020" in collaboration with Pokhara and Gandaki Toastmasters Club. At a time when the country's tourism industry is being marred by the coronavirus outbreak, toastmasters and gue...

Kathmandu Nepal’s coronavirus tally nears 80k mark as 1911 infections surface Thursday KATHMANDU: Nepal’s coronavirus tally stands at 79,728 as 1,911 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours. As many as 961 people that had earlier contracted Covid-19 tested negative for the infection as per the Ministry’s latest data. So far, 57,389 people have recovered from the disea...