POLITICS
Ghimire appointed as non-resident Ambassador to Belarus
Ghimire appointed as non-resident Ambassador to Belarus
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday appointed Ambassador Rishiram Ghimire as the non-resident Ambassador to Belarus. He is the ambassador to Russia.
Dec 29, 2017
SPORTS
Nepal wins 94 medals in 8th International Karate Championship
Nepal wins 94 medals in 8th International Karate Championshi...
KAILALI, Dec 29: Nepal has become the champion in the recently-held 8th International Karate Championship with the total 94 medals to its credit.
Dec 29, 2017
WORLD
New York City fire kills 12, sends residents scrambling
New York City fire kills 12, sends residents scrambling
NEW YORK, Dec 29: New York City’s deadliest residential fire in decades spread through every floor of a Bronx apartment building within a matter of minutes, city officials said, killing 12 people and sending other residents scrambling outside into the cold and down fire escapes to safety.
Dec 29, 2017
POLITICS
Give me Home Ministry and I will reduce crime by 50 per cent: Lal Babu Pandit
Give me Home Ministry and I will reduce crime by 50 per cent...
BHAKTAPUR, Dec 29: CPN (UML) leader and former Minister Lalbabu Pandit has claimed that he would reduce crime by 50 per cent were he to get the Home Ministry portfolio in the new government.
Dec 29, 2017
POLITICS
RPP decides to recall Minister Giri
RPP decides to recall Minister Giri
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party has decided to call back Minister for Urban Development, Dilnath Giri, from the government.
Dec 29, 2017
ELECTION
Nepali Congress exerted unnecessary pressure on Prez: Oli
Nepali Congress exerted unnecessary pressure on Prez: Oli
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: KP Sharma Oli, chairperson of CPN-UML has accused Nepali Congress of unnecessarily piling pressure on the President to authenticate the National Assembly Election Ordinance. However, since the Ordinance was a constitutional work, the party had remained silent, Oli said.
Dec 29, 2017
POLITICS
Ordinance authentication to end political deadlock: President Bhandari
Ordinance authentication to end political deadlock: Presiden...
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: President Bidya Devi Bhandari said that she had authenticated the National Assembly Election Ordinance to resolve the political deadlock and end the ongoing dispute between the CPN-UML and Nepali Congress.
Dec 29, 2017
WORLD
Ex-soccer star 'King George' Weah wins Liberia's presidency
Ex-soccer star 'King George' Weah wins Liberia's presidency
MONROVIA, Dec 29: Former soccer star George Weah has won Liberia’s presidential run-off election and will succeed incumbent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf next month, the country’s first democratic transition in over 70 years.
Dec 29, 2017
ELECTION
President authenticates National Assembly Election Ordinance
President authenticates National Assembly Election Ordinance
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has today authenticated the ordinance on election to the National Assembly.
Dec 29, 2017
The Week
Pleasure of prose: Classics that deserve to be read and reread
Pleasure of prose: Classics that deserve to be read and rere...
Everyone has a favorite classic. It’s that title you find yourself quoting lines from, the volume you pluck off the shelves when you don’t have anything better to read, or need some comfort reading, and it’s the book you eventually bring up every single time there’s a book discussion, which invariab...
Dec 29, 2017