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Army pair lifts men’s doubles badminton title

Army pair lifts men’s doubles badminton title
KATHMANDU, March 16: Departmental team Tribhuvan Army Club’s pair Ratnajit Tamang and Nabin Shrestha has won the men’s doubles of the ongoing nationwide Krishna Mohan Memorial Open Badminton Tournament, defeating the other departmental team Armed Police Force’s pair of Deepesh Dhami and Bijit Thapa...
Mar 16, 2018
ECONOMY

China to help reopen Tatopani border point

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KATHMANDU, March 16: China has agreed to extend support to Nepal to bring back into operation the Tatopani border point, which remains closed after the devastating earthquake of April, 2015.
Mar 16, 2018
SPORTS

Armed Police, New Diamond to vie for women’s volleyball titl...

Armed Police, New Diamond to vie for women’s volleyball title
KATHMANDU, March 16: Host departmental team Armed Police Force and Shivam New Diamond Academy are set to vie for the ongoing fifth Open Women’s National Volleyball Tournament title scheduled for Friday.
Mar 16, 2018
The Week

Pressing for progress?

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Many watched the video of Radha Chaudhary being beaten mercilessly for practising ‘witchcraft’ with horror. It was the sort of clip that I would normally go out of my way to avoid if I weren’t writing this article. While the whole video is undoubtedly chilling, the reactions of most folks watching i...
Mar 16, 2018
SPORTS

Airee leads Nepal to ODI status in playoff win against PNG

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KATHMANDU, March 16: An all-round performance from player-of-the-match Dipendra Singh Airee, who picked up four wickets and scored an unbeaten 50 runs, has propelled Nepal to earn One-Day International (ODI) status.
Mar 16, 2018
The Week

Problems and pressures

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The compulsion to whip out our phones and take a shot of our food before we dig in, no matter how hungry we are, or snap and upload a picture before we do anything at all on a trip somewhere has never been great.
Mar 16, 2018
SPORTS

Nepal earns ODI status defeating PNG

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KATHMANDU, Mar 16: Dipendra Singh Airee picked up four wickets and scored an unbeaten half-century to lead Nepal to a famous six-wicket win against Papua New Guinea in an ICC Cricket World Cup playoff match at the Old Hararians Sports Club in Harare, Zimbabwe to seal the ODI berth, Thursday.
Mar 16, 2018
POLITICS

CM Bhatta instructs security bodies to be on alert

CM Bhatta instructs security bodies to be on alert
DHANGADHI, March 16: Referring to the recent gun attack on Mayor Mamata Prasad Chaudhary of Ghodaghodi Municipality in Kailali district, Province 7 Chief Minister Trilochan Bhatta has instructed the security bodies to be on alert to maintain security in the province.
Mar 16, 2018
POLITICS

Parajuli steps down, Joshee is acting CJ

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KATHMANDU, March 16:   Gopal Parajuli tendered his resignation as chief justice as per Article 131 (A) of the Constitution after meeting President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Thursday afternoon,  according to a press release from the Office of the President.
Mar 16, 2018
ECONOMY

59 vehicles taken under control

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KATHMANDU, March 16: The government on Thursday took 59 public vehicles under its control from different parts of the country, as a new rule to ban public vehicles older than 20 years kicks in.
Mar 16, 2018
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