WORLD
New Zealand mosque shooter broadcast slaughter on Facebook
New Zealand mosque shooter broadcast slaughter on Facebook
CHRISTCHURCH, March 16: A white supremacist suspected in shootings at two mosques that killed 49 people during midday Friday prayers posted an anti-immigrant manifesto online and apparently used a helmet-mounted camera to broadcast live video of the slaughter on Facebook.
Mar 16, 2019
SOCIETY
‘Light of Peace’ to be lit in Kathmandu today
‘Light of Peace’ to be lit in Kathmandu today
KATHMANDU, March 16: In a move to raise global awareness on peace and promote Visit Nepal Year 2020, several Buddhist organizations have teamed up with Nepal Tourism Board and Lumbini Development Trust to organize 'Light of Peace 2019' in Kathmandu on Saturday.
Mar 16, 2019
WORLD
Mosque shooter a white nationalist seeking revenge
Mosque shooter a white nationalist seeking revenge
SYDNEY, March 16: The gunman behind at least one of the mosque shootings in New Zealand that left 49 people dead on Friday tried to make a few things clear in the manifesto he left behind: He is a 28-year-old Australian white nationalist who hates immigrants. He was angry about attacks in Europe tha...
Mar 16, 2019
SOCIETY
Chitwan on high alert following bird flu in neighbouring Makawanpur
Chitwan on high alert following bird flu in neighbouring Mak...
Chitwan, March 16: A high alert has been maintained in the district following the manifestation of bird flu in the neighborring Makawanpur district. Import of poultry and its products into the district, a pocket area for poultry, has been tightened, while poultry owners have been asked to maintain b...
Mar 16, 2019
SOCIETY
Master plan to develop Sinja valley in limbo
Master plan to develop Sinja valley in limbo
KHALANGA, March 16: The master plan to develop Sinja valley as a religious, historic and tourist area has been put in uncertainty as no concrete efforts have been made in this regard, complained the local people. Sinja valley is where the Nepali language originated from and is listed on the UNESCO W...
Mar 16, 2019
SOCIETY
Chand-led CPN's politburo member Mohan Karki arrested in capital
Chand-led CPN's politburo member Mohan Karki arrested in cap...
KATHMANDU, March 16: Police have arrested Communist Party of Nepal politburo member Mohan Karki alias Jibanta.
Mar 16, 2019
SOCIETY
Holeri gears up for tourism promotion through literary festival
Holeri gears up for tourism promotion through literary festi...
ROLPA, March 16: Runtighadi Development Conference was organized in Rolpa just a few days ago. As a result, another such function is on the way for the promotion of tourism and literature in the area. Local bodies of Rolpa with the support of other stakeholders are organizing the ‘Rashtriya Akshar M...
Mar 16, 2019
SOCIETY
Roads blacktopped in Parbat
Roads blacktopped in Parbat
PARBAT, March 16: Around two decades ago, Parbat was one of the districts with one of the worst road networks. Though roads have reached people’s doorsteps in many towns and villages nowadays, blacktopping has just started here, and it is being done rapidly.
Mar 16, 2019
SPORTS
Sri Lanka defeats Maldives to reach semifinals
Sri Lanka defeats Maldives to reach semifinals
BIRATNAGAR, March 16: RM Chalani Kumari Ekanayake scored a brace as Sri Lanka women national football team defeated Maldives national football team 2-0 to advance to the semifinals of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship 2019 in the second group B match held at the Shahid...
Mar 16, 2019
SPORTS
Wrestling championship on May 11
Wrestling championship on May 11
KATHMANDU, March 16: Nepal Ring Wrestling Association is set to host MKW Belt and Road Championship Wrestling friendly series with China celebrating the occasion as the friendship festival between the two nations in Kathmandu on Friday. ‘One belt, one road’ is a China sponsored program helping the p...
Mar 16, 2019