POLITICS
Four different bills presented in NA
Four different bills presented in NA
KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Four different bills related to fundamental rights have been presented in today's meeting of the National Assembly.
Sep 16, 2018
Lifestyle
Children with asthma are less likely to finish school and to work in non-manual occupation...
Children with asthma are less likely to finish school and to...
PARIS, Sept 16: People who suffer with persistent asthma from a young age are more likely to leave school at 16 years old and those who make it to university are more likely to drop out early, according to new research presented today (Sunday) at the European Respiratory Society International Congre...
Sep 16, 2018
WORLD
Pakistan willing to open Afghan land route for India: US envoy
Pakistan willing to open Afghan land route for India: US env...
WASHINGTON: Pakistan approached Afghanistan earlier this year, indicating its willingness to discuss the resumption of trade between Afghanistan and India through the Pakistani land route, says a senior US diplomat.
Sep 16, 2018
SOCIETY
Atawari, festival symbolising family bond begins
Atawari, festival symbolising family bond begins
DHANGADHI, Sept 16: The 'Atawari' festival which is celebrated by the Chaudhary-Dagaura community of the western Terai in Nepal has kicked off from today. The two-day festival symbolising mutual harmony, unity and good family relations is observed majorly in Dang, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchan...
Sep 16, 2018
Lifestyle
NASA launches high-precision satellite to measure polar ice thickness
NASA launches high-precision satellite to measure polar ice...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, lifted off at 9:02 a.m. EDT (6:02 a.m. PDT) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California of the United States.
Sep 16, 2018
Lifestyle
‘X-Files’ actor Peter Donat dead at 90
‘X-Files’ actor Peter Donat dead at 90
NEW YORK, Sept 16: Peter Donat, the Canadian actor who played Agent Fox Mulder’s father in “The X-Files” and had roles in TV shows, films and onstage, has died. He was 90.
Sep 16, 2018
Lifestyle
Rollercoasters can cure kidney stones, scientists learn
Rollercoasters can cure kidney stones, scientists learn
Sept 16: The scientists who discovered hopping on a rollercoaster ride is an effective way to cure kidney stones were among those recognized at this year’s Ig Nobel awards.
Sep 16, 2018
SOCIETY
11 year old dies a month after his failed porcupine hunt
11 year old dies a month after his failed porcupine hunt
KHOTANG, Sept 16: A eleven year old boy who was critically injured to suffocation while trying to hunt a porcupine in a cave a month ago has died.
Sep 16, 2018
POLITICS
"CM should resign on moral grounds" Shanta Chaudhary
"CM should resign on moral grounds" Shanta Chaudhary
KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Parliamentarian Shanta Chaudhary from Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal has questioned state's priority amid increasing violence against women, including rapes. She has also demanded chief minister Prithvi Subba Gurung of Gandaki Province to tender his resignations on moral grounds.
Sep 16, 2018
WORLD
UPDATE: Typhoon lashes south China after killing 28 in Philippines
UPDATE: Typhoon lashes south China after killing 28 in Phili...
HONG KONG, Sept 16: Hong Kong and southern China hunkered down under red alert Sunday as strong winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Mangkhut lashed the densely populated coast, a day after the biggest storm of the year left at least 28 dead from landslides and drownings in the northern Philippines.
Sep 16, 2018