SPORTS
Dates for provincial selection for 8th nat’l games to be decided today
Dates for provincial selection for 8th nat’l games to be dec...
KATHMANDU, Feb 7: The task force for Eighth National Games is set to finalize the dates and venues for player selections for the games, and recommend those dates to the National Sports Council (NSC), on Thursday. The games will be held in Province 5.
Feb 07, 2019
SOCIETY
Two dead as jeep veers off the road
Two dead as jeep veers off the road
DAMAULI, Feb 7: Two people were killed and three others injured after a jeep veered off the road at Jal Bhanjyang of Abu Khaireni rural municipality-6. Those deceased have been identified as Man Bahadur Gurung, 50 and Chij Maya Gurung, 45, of Bandipur rural municipality-5.
Feb 07, 2019
SPORTS
Bikram Shrestha wins bronze in Para Taekwondo
Bikram Shrestha wins bronze in Para Taekwondo
KATHMANDU, Feb 7: KATHMANDU (REPUBLICA): Para player Bikram Shrestha has won the bronze medal in the Eighth World Para-Taekwondo Championship organized in Antalya, Turkey on Wednesday.
Feb 07, 2019
WORLD
Political crisis engulfs Virginia’s top 3 elected officials
Political crisis engulfs Virginia’s top 3 elected officials
RICHMOND, Feb 7: The political crisis in Virginia spun out of control Wednesday when the state’s attorney general confessed to putting on blackface in the 1980s and a woman went public with detailed allegations of sexual assault against the lieutenant governor.
Feb 07, 2019
ECONOMY
Business leaders seek central bank intervention to lower lending rates
Business leaders seek central bank intervention to lower len...
KATHMANDU, Feb 7: Private sector leaders have sought the intervention of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) to reduce the skyrocketing lending rates of bank and financial institutions (BFIs) that, they say, is further eroding competitiveness of the country’s manufacturing sector.
Feb 07, 2019
SOCIETY
Rainfall, snowfall across the country until Saturday: DHM
Rainfall, snowfall across the country until Saturday: DHM
KATHMANDU, Feb 7: Rainfall is the forecast across the country until Saturday, according to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. The Department has also warned that snowfall and avalanches were more likely in the mountains and flash floods in small rivulets.
Feb 07, 2019
ECONOMY
Udayapur Cement losing millions to power cuts
Udayapur Cement losing millions to power cuts
UDAYAPUR, Feb 7: Udayapur Cement Industries Ltd (UCIL), which has made astounding recovery under the new management, is facing crisis again due to power cuts of as much as 13 hours a day.
Feb 07, 2019
ECONOMY
Tunnel construction to complete by end of February
Tunnel construction to complete by end of February
SURKHET, Feb 7: Tunnel construction at Bheri-Babai Multipurpose Project, a national pride project, has come to the final phase. On Tuesday, the length of completed tunnel was 11,100 meters, out of the total 12,000 meters.
Feb 07, 2019
SPORTS
Sandeep Lamichhane returns for BBL clash with heat
Sandeep Lamichhane returns for BBL clash with heat
MELBOURNE, Feb 7: The Melbourne Stars has made one change to its squad of 13 to face the Brisbane Heat tomorrow night at the Gabba.
Feb 07, 2019
ECONOMY
19 districts to be connected to optical fiber network within a year
19 districts to be connected to optical fiber network within...
KATHMANDU, Feb 7: Works to lay down optic fiber network in 19 districts in three provinces of western Nepal began from Wednesday.
Feb 07, 2019