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LONDON: Leicester City maintained their impressive form as a 2-0 home win against Southampton extended their unbeaten Premier League run to five games to lift them into second place on Saturday. Goals from James Maddison and Harvey Barnes saw off the Saints as Leicester moved above champions Liverpool who host leaders Manchester United in Sunday’s big showdown. Earlier in the day there was a first win for new West Bromwich Albion manager Sam Allardyce as his side beat faltering Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 at Molineux. There was also an important win for Chelsea who got back on track after a dreadful run of…

LOS ANGELES:  True to form, Betty White has something impish to say about her birthday Sunday. “Since I am turning 99, I can stay up as late as I want without asking permission!” she told The Associated Press in an email. White’s low-key plans include feeding a pair of ducks that regularly visit her Los Angeles-area home. Her birthday meal will be a hot dog and French fries brought in — along with a bouquet of roses — by her longtime friend and agent, Jeff Witjas. The actor’s TV credits stretch from 1949’s “Hollywood on Television” to a 2019 voice…

BIRGUNJ: Most of the vegetable oil and ghee industries in Parsa and Bara districts have been affected after India imposed a ban on import of palm oil. It is estimated that 90 percent of these industries are adversely affected due to restriction on import decreed by India. Large investments of industrialists are at risk following the decision. Demand for palm oil is high in India and it is one of the major items of export for Nepal. The refined palm oil which had been in the list of exporting goods in fiscal year 2018/19 was removed from the list from…

KAMPALA: Uganda’s electoral commission says longtime President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term while top opposition challenger Bobi Wine alleges rigging and officials struggle to explain how polling results were compiled amid an internet blackout. In a generational clash widely watched across the African continent, with a booming young population and a host of aging leaders, the 38-year-old singer-turned-lawmaker Wine posed arguably the greatest challenge yet to Museveni. He had strong support in urban centers where frustration with unemployment and corruption is high. The electoral commission said Museveni received 58% of ballots and Wine 34%, and voter turnout was…

KATHMANDU, JANUARY 15 The 23rd National Earthquake Safety Day was observed today in a low-key manner keeping in mind the ongoing COV- ID-19 pandemic. Nepali Army soldiers participating in earthquake safety drill organised on the occasion of the 23rd Earthquake Safety Day, in Bharatpur, on Friday, January 15, 2021. Photo: RSS The theme of the day was ‘Earthquake Safety Amid Multi-hazard Disasters: Protection of Lives and Property Together’. The National Earthquake Day Main Organising Committee formed by the Government of Nepal hosted a lowkey function in Bode of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality, Bhaktapur. Speaking at the function as the chief guest,…

BRISBANE: T Natarajan’s fairytale trip to Australia continued on Friday when the left-arm quick, who arrived as a net bowler, became the first Indian player to make his international debut in all three formats during the same tour. Known for his pinpoint yorkers, which troubled batsmen in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Natarajan made his international Twenty20 and one-day debut last month. And the 29-year-old became India’s 300th test player on Friday, essentially because the injury-ravaged tourists had run out of options to fill the holes in their depleted pace attack. India had already lost the services of quicks Mohammed…