ECONOMY
World Bank to provide Rs 19 b in loan assistance
World Bank to provide Rs 19 b in loan assistance
KATHMANDU, June 22: The World Bank (WB) has agreed to provide Nepal government with Rs 19 billion loan assistance for increasing the quality of education.
Jun 22, 2017
SOCIETY
1 killed, 2 injured as microbus hits them in Jorpati
1 killed, 2 injured as microbus hits them in Jorpati
KATHMANDU, June 22: An Indian national was killed while two others sustained serious injuries after a speeding microbus ploughed into them at Bouddha area in the capital on Thursday.
Jun 22, 2017
ELECTION
Election campaign intensified in Mechi Hill, still too early to predict result
Election campaign intensified in Mechi Hill, still too early...
ILAM, June 22: With local polls just around the corner, political parties in Ilam, Panchthar and Taplejung districts have intensified election campaigns with a view to wooing votes.
Jun 22, 2017
SOCIETY
Man held with home-made gun
Man held with home-made gun
BHOJPUR, June 22: Police have arrested a man with a home-made gun from Tyamkemaiyung Rural Municipality-4 in the district on Thursday.
Jun 22, 2017
SPORTS
Chinese investor to buy 60 percent share of Parma
Chinese investor to buy 60 percent share of Parma
Chinese businessman Jiang Lizhang has agreed to buy a 60 percent stake in Italian side Parma, which has just been promoted to the second tier, the club said on Wednesday.
Jun 22, 2017
POLITICS
Holding local polls in fearless environment is govt's responsibility: Home Minister Sharma
Holding local polls in fearless environment is govt's respon...
BIRATNAGAR, June 22: Minister for Home Affairs, Janardan Sharma, has said that it was the responsibility of the government to hold the election in a fearless environment.
Jun 22, 2017
POLITICS
PM Deuba and RPP senior leader Rana hold meeting
PM Deuba and RPP senior leader Rana hold meeting
KATHMANDU, June 22: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and senior leader of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Pashupati Shumsher Rana, held meeting on Thursday.
Jun 22, 2017
WORLD
South Korea president calls on China's Xi to do more on North Korea nuclear program
South Korea president calls on China's Xi to do more on Nort...
SEOUL, June 22: South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday China should do more to rein in North Korea's nuclear program and he would call on President Xi Jinping to 'lift all measures' against South Korean companies taken in retaliation against Seoul's decision to host a U.S. anti-missile...
Jun 22, 2017
WORLD
US interrogates detainees in Yemen prisons rife with torture
US interrogates detainees in Yemen prisons rife with torture
MUKALLA, June 22 :Hundreds of men swept up in the hunt for al-Qaida militants have disappeared into a secret network of prisons in southern Yemen where abuse is routine and torture extreme — including the “grill,” in which the victim is tied to a spit like a roast and spun in a circle of fire, an As...
Jun 22, 2017
WORLD
Philippines says Islamist fighters trapped in corner of besieged town
Philippines says Islamist fighters trapped in corner of besi...
PHILIPPINES, June 22: Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippines town have been cornered and their firepower is flagging, the military said on Thursday, as the five-week battle for control of Marawi City raged on.
Jun 22, 2017