ECONOMY
Etihad Airways to operate Boeing 787 Dreamliner for Geneva flights
Etihad Airways to operate Boeing 787 Dreamliner for Geneva f...
KATHMANDU, Nov 21: Etihad Airways has announced that it would operate Boeing 787 Dreamliner on all its flights to and from Switzerland.
Nov 21, 2017
SPORTS
Zlatan dethroned after a decade as Sweden's best player
Zlatan dethroned after a decade as Sweden's best player
STOCKHOLM, Nov 21: Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s unbroken ten-year run as Sweden’s best player came to an end on Monday when FC Krasnodar defender Andreas Granqvist won the country’s Golden Ball for 2017.
Nov 21, 2017
WORLD, Lifestyle
Bounty offered for beheadings of Bollywood director, actress
Bounty offered for beheadings of Bollywood director, actress
NEW DELHI, Nov 21: A member of India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party offered 100 million rupees ($1.5 million) to anyone who beheads the lead actress and the director of an unreleased Bollywood film “Padmavati” rumored to depict a relationship between a Hindu queen and a Muslim ruler.
Nov 21, 2017
POLITICS
Congress, Madhes parties under urge to seek poll alliance to take on left
Congress, Madhes parties under urge to seek poll alliance to...
KATHMANDU, Nov 21: With stiff competition expected from the UML-led left alliance in the upcoming polls, the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) and Madhes-based parties are under pressure to forge electoral alliances across the Madhes districts even at the eleventh hour.
Nov 21, 2017
ELECTION
EC seeks 4-day leave for schools during polls
EC seeks 4-day leave for schools during polls
KATHMANDU, Nov 20: The Election Commission (EC) has asked the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Education (MoE) to arrange a four-day leave for schools and colleges across the country for the upcoming parliamentary polls.
Nov 21, 2017
ELECTION
Oli demands end to attacks, polls on schedule
Oli demands end to attacks, polls on schedule
KATHMANDU, Nov 21: CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has drawn the attention of the government over the continuing attacks on candidates in various parts of the country and called for necessary steps to ensure elections on schedule.
Nov 21, 2017
ELECTION
Underprivileged Dom community unfazed by elections
Underprivileged Dom community unfazed by elections
SIRAHA, Nov 21: In the northern side of the Postal Highway in Bhagwanpur Rural Municipality-3, seven Malik (Dom) families have been living miserable lives in thatched houses. Though the excitement of election has absorbed the locals across the country, this community is untouched by the election fer...
Nov 21, 2017
ECONOMY
Oli vows to revoke decision to scrap deal with Chinese firm
Oli vows to revoke decision to scrap deal with Chinese firm
KATHMANDU, Nov 21: CPN-UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli has announced to revoke the incumbent government's decision to scrap the license to build Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project awarded to Chinese company China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC).
Nov 21, 2017
SOCIETY
Team led by Nepali scientist finds galactic twin
Team led by Nepali scientist finds galactic twin
KATHMANDU, Nov 21: A team of scientists headed by Nepali national Sanjaya Paudel along with Chandreyee Sengupta at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, has discovered a huge spiral galaxy resembling the Milky Way that was spotted 180 million light-years away.
Nov 21, 2017
ELECTION
RPP and Naya Shakti to support each other in Gorkha-2 and Makwanpur-1
RPP and Naya Shakti to support each other in Gorkha-2 and Ma...
KATHMANDU, Nov 21: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and Naya Shakti Party Nepal have agreed to support each other in Gorkha constituency 2 and Makwanpur constituency 1 in the upcoming parliamentary and provincial assembly elections.
Nov 21, 2017