WORLD
Iran sends letters on partial withdrawal from nuclear deal
Iran sends letters on partial withdrawal from nuclear deal
TEHRAN, May 8: Iran has delivered letters to ambassadors outlining its partial withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, state television reported Wednesday, without elaborating on what steps it plans to take.
May 08, 2019
SOCIETY
Illegal stone mining causing Chure depletion in Banke
Illegal stone mining causing Chure depletion in Banke
BANKE, May 8: Illegal mining of stones is going on unchecked from a community forest near Lalpur of Rapti Sonari rural municipality-7 in Banke district. This activity which has been going on since long at the Chure hill falling under the Mandapawa community forest has resulted in the depletion of th...
May 08, 2019
My City, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Art & Culture, Literature, Exhibitions
Barack Obama’s book not expected to be released in 2019
Barack Obama’s book not expected to be released in 2019
Former President Barack Obama’s post-White House memoir isn’t expected to be released this year, setting up the likelihood that the highly anticipated book will drop during the 2020 campaign. Publisher Penguin Random House started alerting foreign partners and others about the status of Obama’s book...
May 08, 2019
My City, Entertainment
Disney slates Fox films, ‘Avatar’ pushed another year
Disney slates Fox films, ‘Avatar’ pushed another year
Now armed with the upcoming releases of 20th Century Fox, the Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday set forth a shock-and-awe release schedule spanning the next eight years, including the yet-again-postponed 'Avatar' sequels, a new batch of 'Star Wars' releases and Steven Spielberg’s 'West Side Story' adaptati...
May 08, 2019
WORLD
Pakistani Christian girls trafficked to China as brides
Pakistani Christian girls trafficked to China as brides
GUJRANWALA, May 8: Muqadas Ashraf was just 16 when her parents married her off to a Chinese man who had come to Pakistan looking for a bride. Less than five months later, Muqadas is back in her home country, pregnant and seeking a divorce from a husband she says was abusive.
May 08, 2019
My City, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Movies
‘Big Bang Theory’ tops ‘Game of Thrones’ in weekly ratings
‘Big Bang Theory’ tops ‘Game of Thrones’ in weekly ratings
In the ratings battle between titans 'The Big Bang Theory' and 'Game of Thrones,' laughs won out. CBS’ 'The Big Bang Theory' was last week’s top-rated program, with 12.5 million viewers tuning in to the sitcom in its home stretch. The final episode of its 12-season run will air Thursday, May 16.
May 08, 2019
SOCIETY
Three die in separate road accidents
Three die in separate road accidents
KATHMANDU, May 8: Three people were killed in separate road accidents in Sindhupalchok, Rupandehi and Tanahun districts on Tuesday night. Shur Bahadur Tamang, 65, of Indrawati-4 in Sindhupalchok died after falling off a running truck (Ba 4 Kha 7018) in Melamchi.
May 08, 2019
ECONOMY
Ex-Finance Minister Karki urges govt to focus on poverty alleviation, unemployment in fisc...
Ex-Finance Minister Karki urges govt to focus on poverty all...
KATHMANDU, May 8: Former Finance Minister Gyanendra Bahadur Karki has urged the government to give high priority on poverty reduction and unemployment in the fiscal year budget.
May 08, 2019
SOCIETY
Regular works at AFU halted for over a month
Regular works at AFU halted for over a month
CHITWAN, May 8: The Agriculture and Forest University (AFU) based in Rampur, Chitwan has witnessed obstruction of its regular operation over a month.
May 08, 2019
WORLD
Blast in Pakistan's Lahore kills at least 8, wounds 25: Media
Blast in Pakistan's Lahore kills at least 8, wounds 25: Medi...
LAHORE, May 8: At least eight people — five policemen and three civilians — were killed and 25 others injured in what officials described as a suicide bombing targeting an Elite Force van parked near the Data Darbar shrine in Lahore on Wednesday.
May 08, 2019