SOCIETY
Climate change held responsible for early blooming of rhododendron
Climate change held responsible for early blooming of rhodod...
JAJARKOT, Dec 28: Rhododendron -- the national flower of Nepal -- normally blossoms in the months of Fagun-Chaitra (mid-February to mid-April).
Dec 28, 2018
WORLD
Runaway lion, wounded elk find home in Russian shelter
Runaway lion, wounded elk find home in Russian shelter
RUSSIA, Dec 28: A lion that escaped from an airport, a crocodile found at a rubbish dump and an elk attacked by stray dogs -- all these animals have found refuge in an unusual private shelter in Russia.
Dec 28, 2018
POLITICS
NA forms draft committee to amend regulations
NA forms draft committee to amend regulations
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: A meeting of the National Assembly (NA), the upper house of the Federal Parliament, has constituted a draft committee to amend the NA regulations 2075 BS.
Dec 28, 2018
SOCIETY
Gautam's memoir prescribed as textbook at a US university
Gautam's memoir prescribed as textbook at a US university
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: A leading American business school, Bentley University at Waltham, Massachusetts has decided to use Kul Chandra Gautam's memoir: "Global Citizen from Gulmi: My Journey from the Hills of Nepal to the Halls of the United Nations'' as a reference book in a Graduate course on Global S...
Dec 28, 2018
POLITICS
NCP standing committee endorses chairmen's political document
NCP standing committee endorses chairmen's political documen...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: A standing committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) on Friday endorsed a political document jointly presented by Party Chairmen KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal last week.
Dec 28, 2018
WORLD
Indian parliament passes controversial Triple Talaq bill amidst opposition walkout
Indian parliament passes controversial Triple Talaq bill ami...
NEW DELHI, Dec 28: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a controversial bill that criminalizes the practice of triple talaq among Muslims, amidst walkout by the Congress and the BJP ally AIADMK as opposition parties attacked the government saying the measure was aimed at political gains in view of the c...
Dec 28, 2018
WORLD
The 10 climate-change disasters in 2018 that caused damage worth US$85 billion
The 10 climate-change disasters in 2018 that caused damage w...
From California’s worst wildfires in history to Hurricanes Florence and Michael, the world’s top ten climate-linked disasters this year caused a whopping $85 billion worth of damage, according to a new study.
Dec 28, 2018
SOCIETY
Belauri to host three-day Maghi festival
Belauri to host three-day Maghi festival
KANCHANPUR, Dec 28: The Belauri municipality in Kanchanpur is hosting a cultural festival on the occasion of the Maghi which is observed on the first day of the Nepali month Magh. The Maghi festival this time falls on January 15, 2019.
Dec 28, 2018
SOCIETY
Ten injured as police, locals clash in Rukum West
Ten injured as police, locals clash in Rukum West
RUKUM WEST, Dec 28: Two police personnel and eight locals were injured in a clash between locals and the police at Chaurjaheri municipality. Locals had stalled construction work after individual houses were being destroyed to build the Mailanauli road.
Dec 28, 2018
SOCIETY
Students of community school provided winter clothes
Students of community school provided winter clothes
NAWALAPARASI, Dec 28: Students of the Nepal Dharti Basic School based in Devachuli municipality-5 in Nawalpur (Nawalparasi East) have been provided with winter clothes.
Dec 28, 2018