Lifestyle
New Zealand PM back from maternity leave
New Zealand PM back from maternity leave
Aug 2: New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern returned to work on Thursday just six weeks after delivering her first child. She was the first premier in the nation’s history to take maternity leave while in office.
Aug 03, 2018
WORLD
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa wins 1st post-Mugabe election
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa wins 1st post-Mugabe election
HARARE, Aug 3: Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa won election Friday with just over 50 percent of the ballots as the ruling party maintained control of the government in the first vote since the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe.
Aug 03, 2018
SOCIETY
Easy and fast rescue for tourists demanded
Easy and fast rescue for tourists demanded
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: The Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) and the Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) have demanded that rescue operation for tourists be made easier and faster.
Aug 03, 2018
POLITICS
Accept or reject Joshee: PHSC meet underway amid Hamletian dilemma
Accept or reject Joshee: PHSC meet underway amid Hamletian d...
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: A meeting of the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee (PHSC) is taking place in Singha Durbar on Thursday. The meeting is expected to decide the fate of Chief Justice nominee Deepak Raj Joshee today.
Aug 03, 2018
The Week
Glorious Gandaki
Glorious Gandaki
The winners of the open photography competition, organized by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Environment in collaboration with Nepal Tourism Board, were recently announced by Bikas Lamsal, minister of Industry, Tourism and Environment of Gandaki Province.
Aug 03, 2018
SPORTS
Franchise-based women’s volleyball league in October
Franchise-based women’s volleyball league in October
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: Nepal Volleyball Association (NVA), in a bid to commercialize the national game, is organizing women’s volleyball league including franchise clubs starting this October. The league will be organized in coordination with Aadhi Awadhi Foundation of India. The government recognized vo...
Aug 03, 2018
SPORTS
Nepal seeks first win in second ODI against the Netherlands
Nepal seeks first win in second ODI against the Netherlands
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: As Nepal scored 85 runs losing just 1 wicket, chasing the target of 190 runs, it was in strong position at this stage of Nepal’s debut One Day International (ODI) match. It was another commanding performance by Nepali bowlers in alien conditions like the Netherlands to limit the op...
Aug 03, 2018
The Week
The joys of fatherhood
The joys of fatherhood
I became a father three months ago. Since then, my life has completely changed. Many years ago, when in college, I used to tell my professors that my goal in life was to be a good houseman, whatever that meant. One day, I would get married then after that I would be a stay-at-home dad, read newspape...
Aug 03, 2018
SOCIETY
Embankments lessen riverbank erosion, flooding in Jhapa
Embankments lessen riverbank erosion, flooding in Jhapa
BANIYANI, Jhapa, Aug 3: The risk of riverbank erosion and flooding has been significantly reduced in Jhapa with the construction of embankments along the banks of Ratuwa river which flows through Gauradaha Municipality.
Aug 03, 2018
The Week
What the fake ?
What the fake ?
These days, it’s getting increasingly hard to tell what is genuine and what is not. Now we have instances of ‘fake rescues’ being carried out by trekking companies in collusion with helicopter operators and hospitals in order to swindle insurance companies.
Aug 03, 2018