SPORTS
Nepal cricket players to unite with former head coach Dassanayake
Nepal cricket players to unite with former head coach Dassan...
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: The Nepal cricket team is set to face USA today at ICC Academy Nursery Oval 2 ground as a part of practice schedule ahead of the two-match series against the home team UAE in the final round matches of the ICC World Cricket League Championship. The national cricket players are set...
Dec 01, 2017
SOCIETY
Separate toilets at school recommended to help education of girls
Separate toilets at school recommended to help education of...
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: A major study on adolescent girls’ empowerment has recommended building separate toilets and ensuring water facility in schools to improve education outcomes for adolescent girls in Nepal.
Dec 01, 2017
VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Valley Pollution Levels for November 30, 2017
Valley Pollution Levels for November 30, 2017
Valley Pollution Levels for November 30, 2017.
Dec 01, 2017
SOCIETY
Advertising is our right: NMS
Advertising is our right: NMS
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Nepal Media Society (NMS) has urged the Election Commission (EC) to respect the media’s right to publish and broadcast advertisement.
Dec 01, 2017
SOCIETY
PM Deuba extends best wishes on 1432nd birth anniversary of Hazrat Mohammad
PM Deuba extends best wishes on 1432nd birth anniversary of...
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has extended best wishes for the happiness, peace and prosperity of all the Muslims on the occasion of the 1432nd birth anniversary of Hazrat Mohammad, the final rasul or messenger of the Islamic faith.
Dec 01, 2017
SOCIETY, ELECTION
Voter turnout decreases in Nuwakot
Voter turnout decreases in Nuwakot
NUWAKOT, Dec 1: There are altogether 208,191 eligible voters in Nuwakot but only 139,761 of them participated in the recently concluded first phase of parliamentary and provincial elections on Sunday. The overall voter turnout was 67% in the district.
Dec 01, 2017
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Qatar's basic wage rule ignores Nepal's stance, hurts workers
Qatar's basic wage rule ignores Nepal's stance, hurts worker...
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: In early 2013, Nepal introduced a provision which for the first time set a minimum wage for its citizens working in the countries of the Gulf. The provision, which was based on the recommendations of Nepal's embassy in Doha, had prescribed 900 riyals per month as the minimum wage f...
Dec 01, 2017
ELECTION
Janakpur voters want both Mahato and Nidhi in parliament
Janakpur voters want both Mahato and Nidhi in parliament
JANAKPUR, Dec 1: Voters of Dhanusha-3 are in a dilemma - who to choose between Bimalendra Nidhi and Rajendra Mahato - as they believe that both leaders have equal contribution to and strength for raising the issue of political rights to the Madhesi people in the national parliament.
Dec 01, 2017
POLITICS, ELECTION
CEC's daughter-in-law in Maoist PR list
CEC's daughter-in-law in Maoist PR list
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhee Prasad Yadav's daughter-in-law Pramila Kumari is contesting the upcoming elections on a CPN (Maoist Center) ticket. Pramila has been fielded as a provincial assembly candidate of the party under the Proportional Representation category.
Dec 01, 2017
ECONOMY
NRB proposes upper limit for e-transactions
NRB proposes upper limit for e-transactions
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has proposed to set a limit of transactions done through mobile payment services, mobile financial services, e-wallet, mobile wallet, digital wallet, electronic fund transfer, recharge and top up from payment service providers and remittance payment from ele...
Dec 01, 2017