ECONOMY
Sugarcane farmers padlock Everest Sugar Mills
Sugarcane farmers padlock Everest Sugar Mills
MAHOTTARI, May 23: Sugarcane producers have padlocked Everest Sugar and Chemical Industries, one of the largest sugar mills of the country, after the mill failed to settle their outstanding payments.
May 23, 2018
WORLD
Heatwave in Pakistan’s Karachi kills 65 amid power cuts
Heatwave in Pakistan’s Karachi kills 65 amid power cuts
KARACHI, Pakistan, May 23: A Pakistani welfare organization says the heatwave gripping the region amid widespread power cuts has killed 65 people in Karachi.
May 23, 2018
SOCIETY
Mugling-Narayanghat contractors seek deadline extensions
Mugling-Narayanghat contractors seek deadline extensions
CHITWAN, May 23: Construction companies involved in the construction of Mugling-Narayanghat road have requested a fifth extension of work deadline.
May 23, 2018
SOCIETY
CIAA nabs govt official with Rs 50,000 bribe
CIAA nabs govt official with Rs 50,000 bribe
ITAHARI, May 23: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has caught Khagendra Prasad Subedi, chief of District Education Coordination Committee (DECC).
May 23, 2018
SOCIETY
Five-star resort dumps sewage into irrigation canal
Five-star resort dumps sewage into irrigation canal
BUTWAL, May 23: Just a few months ago, many cattle of Tilottama Municipality-15 of Rupandehi district fell ill after drinking water from a canal near the village. Locals said some goats even died after drinking the water.
May 23, 2018
POLITICS
US envoy praises govt commitment to zero tolerance against corruption
US envoy praises govt commitment to zero tolerance against c...
KATHMANDU, May 23: US Ambassador to Nepal, Aliana B Teplitz, has commended the government's commitment to zero tolerance against corruption to curb the social malady.
May 23, 2018
SOCIETY
Four women journalists scale Mt Everest
Four women journalists scale Mt Everest
KATHMANDU, May 23: A Women Journalists Everest Expedition-2018 (FWJEE18) team has successfully reached the summit of Mt Everest today at 6 am on Wednesday.
May 23, 2018
SOCIETY
Children sent to orphanage in Rukum living miserable life
Children sent to orphanage in Rukum living miserable life
JUMLA, May 23: Twenty four students of Jumla were sent to an orphanage in Rukum for free education and accommodation as per the recommendation of chiefs of ward no 1 and 2 of Patarasi Rural Municipality of Jumla.
May 23, 2018
POLITICS
Chinese envoy Yu meets education minister Pokhrel
Chinese envoy Yu meets education minister Pokhrel
KATHMANDU, May 23: Minister for Education, Science and Technology Giriraj Mani Pokhrel and Chinese ambassador to Nepal Yu Hong have discussed bilateral coordination and cooperation for the development of education in Nepal.
May 23, 2018
SOCIETY
Jumla villages empty as everyone is picking yarsagumba
Jumla villages empty as everyone is picking yarsagumba
JUMLA, May 23: Hari Bahadur BK of Jumla’s Patarasi Rural Municipality is currently busy picking yarsagumba in Patan area in the district’s uplands. In fact, majority of the youths in the Karnali region are doing the same. Lack of employment opportunities has attracted many people here into the lucra...
May 23, 2018