My City
'Most of us don’t know what goes on in our jails'
'Most of us don’t know what goes on in our jails'
MUMBAI, Sept 17: Working on 'Lucknow Central' wasn't like working on any other Bollywood film for Diana Penty, who plays the role of NGO worker Gayatri Kashyap, who helps jail inmates to form a band.
Sep 17, 2017
My City
Curtis reprises famous horror role in 'Halloween'
Curtis reprises famous horror role in 'Halloween'
LOS ANGELES, Sept 17: Actress Jamie Lee Curtis will reprise her role as the resilient protagonist in 2018’s ‘Halloween’, Universal Pictures said on Friday, 40 years after she made her movie debut in the original horror movie of the same name and became Hollywood’s “scream queen.”
Sep 17, 2017
SPORTS
‘Tournaments must to produce top players’
‘Tournaments must to produce top players’
KATHMANDU, Sept 17: Chief Cricket Coach of Bangladesh Institute of Sports (BKSP) Masud Hasan said that a tournament is a strong basis to identify players, not training sessions.
Sep 17, 2017
SPORTS
Nepal, Hong Kong in ACC U-19 cricket final
Nepal, Hong Kong in ACC U-19 cricket final
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17: Nepal is set to take on Hong Kong in the summit clash of the ongoing ACC U-19 Eastern Region Cricket Tournament on Sunday.
Sep 17, 2017
ECONOMY
Observers continue to visit CAN CommTech 2017
Observers continue to visit CAN CommTech 2017
KATHMANDU, Sept 17: Observers continue to visit CAN CommTech organized at Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu, with an aim of development, expansion and promotion of communication technology.
Sep 17, 2017
ECONOMY
Sauraha entrepreneurs reach Pokhara to invite tourists
Sauraha entrepreneurs reach Pokhara to invite tourists
POKHARA, Sept 17: After being recently hit by floods and having lost business in the past month, the tourism industry of Chitwan appears to have fully rebound now, with the hotels and resorts there welcoming visitors to their full capacity.
Sep 17, 2017
ECONOMY
Middle Modi hydro project further delayed
Middle Modi hydro project further delayed
PARBAT, Sept 17: It seems the under-construction Middle Modi hydropower project, which was supposed to be completed by December 2017, will be further delayed by a year and half.
Reasons like presence of white clay and rocks on the tunnel-way, workers’ protest, and withdrawal by an investment partn...
Sep 17, 2017
ECONOMY
Construction of Bailey bridge over Bhote Koshi to take three months
Construction of Bailey bridge over Bhote Koshi to take three...
SINDHUPALCHOWK, Sept 17: The construction of Bailey bridge over Bhotekoshi River at the northern Tatopani border point has been delayed as the Department of Road (DOR) has opted for a tender process despite direction from the Minister for Home Affairs build the Bailey bridge in fast track.
Sep 17, 2017
ECONOMY
Over a dozen hydropower companies not paying government royalty
Over a dozen hydropower companies not paying government roya...
KATHMANDU, Sept 17: Over a dozen independent power producers have not paid royalty to the government, according to the Department of Electricity Development (DoED).
Sep 17, 2017
SOCIETY
SWC probing NGOs for forceful religious conversion
SWC probing NGOs for forceful religious conversion
PARBAT, Sept 16:; The Social Welfare Council (SWC) has begun investigating two non-governmental organizations (NGOs) - Good Neighbor International and Society Development Center (SODEC) Nepal - for allegedly misusing their project funds for forceful religious conversion in Parbat district.
Sep 17, 2017