SOCIETY
Nepali envoy to US gets term extension
Nepali envoy to US gets term extension
KATHMANDU, May 10: The government has extended the term of Nepali ambassador to the US, Arjun Kumar Karki. His four-year term expired earlier this week.
May 10, 2019
SOCIETY
Man set wife on fire to save illicit relations with sister-in-law: Police
Man set wife on fire to save illicit relations with sister-i...
JANAKPUR, May 10: It has come to light that a man who sprinkled petrol on his wife and set her on fire three weeks ago wanted to kill her to save his illicit relations with his sister-in-law.
May 10, 2019
POLITICS
Govt drafts bill with harsher provisions on media, journos
Govt drafts bill with harsher provisions on media, journos
KATHMANDU, May 10: The government has pushed new legislation with harsher provisions to further tighten control on media, including a provision of up to Rs 1 million penalty for publishing content in violation of the media code of ethics.
May 10, 2019
SOCIETY
Coliform in water caused cholera case in capital
Coliform in water caused cholera case in capital
KATHMANDU, May 9: Coliform present in water is the main cause of the cholera case in the capital, according to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD).
May 10, 2019
SOCIETY
Breaking with tradition, yet another daughter lights her father's funeral pyre
Breaking with tradition, yet another daughter lights her fat...
CHITWAN, May 10: Defying the age-old Hindu tradition which allows only sons to cremate their parents, a daughter in Baharatpur Metropolitan City has lit the funeral pyre of her father.
May 10, 2019
SOCIETY
Man set wife on fire to save illicit relations with sister-in-law: Police
Man set wife on fire to save illicit relations with sister-i...
JANAKPUR, May 10: It has come to light that a man who sprinkled petrol on his wife and set her on fire three weeks ago wanted to kill her to save his illicit relations with his sister-in-law .
May 10, 2019
ECONOMY
Stocks close lower in lackluster trading
Stocks close lower in lackluster trading
KATHMANDU, May 10: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index opened Thursday's trading on a sanguine note and traded in green in the first trading hour.
May 10, 2019
My City
Anushka Shrestha crowned Miss Nepal 2019
Anushka Shrestha crowned Miss Nepal 2019
KATHMANDU, May 9: Anushka Shrestha has been crowned Miss Nepal 2019 at the 24th edition of the Hidden Treasure Miss Nepal Pageant on Thursday evening.
May 10, 2019
WORLD
Facebook co-founder says it is time to break up the company
Facebook co-founder says it is time to break up the company
Facebook Inc co-founder and former Mark Zuckerberg roommate Chris Hughes has called for the break up of the social network in an opinion piece in the New York Times.
May 09, 2019
POLITICS
Ministry begins investigation on encroached govt lands
Ministry begins investigation on encroached govt lands
KATHMANDU, May 9: The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation has begun investigation on the involvement of government employees in the encroachment upon public lands. The Ministry took the initiative in the wake of the media reports relating to the Baluwatar land scam.
May 09, 2019