POLITICS
No let down on people's trust: PM Oli
No let down on people's trust: PM Oli
KATHMANDU, Sept 22: Prime Minister and Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) chairman KP Sharma Oli has said the present government would not let the trust and confidence of the people towards it waver.
Sep 22, 2018
ECONOMY, WORLD
Top US diplomat sustained support for Yemen war to protect $2B in weapon sales
Top US diplomat sustained support for Yemen war to protect $...
WASHINGTON DC, Sept 22: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo decided to continue US funding and military support for the Saudi-led coalition devastating Yemen with its blockade of the vital port city of Hodeidah and relentless bombings of civilians and civil infrastructure.
Sep 22, 2018
TECHNOLOGY
Japanese probe explores possible Earth-impacting asteroid Ryugu (PHOTOS)
Japanese probe explores possible Earth-impacting asteroid Ry...
MOSCOW, Sept 22: Japan's Hayabusa 2 probe launched in December 2014, arriving in orbit around the asteroid 162173 Ryugu this past June. Friday, the first of two small "rovers" — MINERVA-II 1A — slowly descended from the Hayabusa 2 mothership. MINERVA-II 1B will deploy sometime early next year.
Sep 22, 2018
WORLD
Several casualties in terror attack on military parade in Ahvaz, Iran
Several casualties in terror attack on military parade in Ah...
TEHRAN, Sept 20: At least 20 people, including a child and a woman, were injured in a terrorist attack on a military parade in Iran’s southern city of Ahvaz on Saturday, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Sep 22, 2018
POLITICS
Leader Singh demands result-oriented works from government
Leader Singh demands result-oriented works from government
BIRATNAGAR, Sept 22: Nepali Congress leader Prakash Man Singh has suggested the government come with result-oriented works for the people.
Sep 22, 2018
ECONOMY
‘We have far more bullets’: Trump threatens China with more tariffs if Beijing dares to re...
‘We have far more bullets’: Trump threatens China with more...
WASHINGTON DC, Sept 22: Donald Trump has threatened to impose even more tariffs on Chinese goods if Beijing dares to impose tit-for-tat measures in response to Washington’s latest package of levies targeting some $200 billion of Chinese exports.
Sep 22, 2018
SPORTS
Pakistan vs Afghanistan: Malik thwarts giantkillers Afghanistan in last over finish
Pakistan vs Afghanistan: Malik thwarts giantkillers Afghanis...
DUBAI, Sept 22: Experienced batsman Shoaib Malik hit a six and a boundary to pull off a sensational last over three-wicket win for Pakistan against a spirited Afghanistan in the Asia Cup in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
Sep 22, 2018
TECHNOLOGY
Facebook to stop ‘embedding’ staff in political campaigns
Facebook to stop ‘embedding’ staff in political campaigns
WASHINGTON DC, Sept 22: Presidential candidates in 2020 won’t be able to rely on ‘embedded’ Facebook staff, the Menlo Park company declared. Hillary Clinton’s campaign declined this help in 2016, letting her rival Donald Trump leverage it to victory.
Sep 22, 2018
DIASPORA
Funeral rites of Rajbanshi died in Maldives performed
Funeral rites of Rajbanshi died in Maldives performed
JHAPA, Sept 22: The last rites of Sangita Rajbanshi, a Nepali migrant worker who died on September 10 in the Maldives, have been performed today morning at a local crematorium at Mechinagar Municipality-10 in Jhapa.
Sep 22, 2018
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Dahal says he has been denied peace Nobel
Dahal says he has been denied peace Nobel
KATHMANDU, Sept 22: Former armed Maoist insurgency chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is now a chairman of the newly re-branded Nepal Communist Party (NCP), on Friday complained about not being conferred the Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to peace in Nepal.
Sep 22, 2018