ELECTION
In Pictures: Ballot boxes ready for second phase
In Pictures: Ballot boxes ready for second phase
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Election Officers preparing to moving voting booth after collecting election materials from District Election Office of Kathmandu for the 2nd phase election at Babarmahal on Friday, December 1, 2017.
Dec 01, 2017
SOCIETY
Dec 1: 6 things to know by 6 PM
Dec 1: 6 things to know by 6 PM
CPN-Maoist Centre chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the alliance of the two communist parties in the nation has created a big ripple nationally and internationally. “This is an unusual thing that has happened,” he said.
Dec 01, 2017
ELECTION
NC Baglung files plaint demanding re-election in three polling centres
NC Baglung files plaint demanding re-election in three polli...
Baglung, Dec 1: The Nepali Congress Baglung has filed a complaint at the District Election Office demanding re-election in three polling centres in the district, alleging rigging.
Dec 01, 2017
SOCIETY
HIV/AIDS declining in Nepal
HIV/AIDS declining in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Dec 1 : It was in 2002 that my school invited two individuals with HIV positive to educate us on HIV/AIDS and the stigma it carried. We were told that AIDS wasn’t transmitted by hugs and handshakes; the mere presence of actually seeing people with HIV positive was ‘frightful’.
Dec 01, 2017
ECONOMY
Sikles power plant begins generating electricity
Sikles power plant begins generating electricity
POKHARA, Dec 1: Sikles Hydropower Project has started generating electricity.
Dec 01, 2017
WORLD
Gunmen attack agriculture institute in Pakistan, killing 12
Gunmen attack agriculture institute in Pakistan, killing 12
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec 1: Islamist militants stormed a provincial government complex for agriculture research in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 12 people including students and wounding 35 others, police and rescue officials said.
Dec 01, 2017
Lifestyle
Selena Gomez honors Francia Raisa for life-saving transplant
Selena Gomez honors Francia Raisa for life-saving transplant
LOS ANGELES, Dec 1: Selena Gomez received top honors Thursday at the annual Billboard Women in Music event, but the singer felt the recognition may have been misplaced.
Dec 01, 2017
POLITICS
Leaders forget promises once they win elections
Leaders forget promises once they win elections
JHAPA, Dec 1: When monsoon arrives, hearts of people in settlements nearby the Ratuwa River in Jhapa start pounding. They become panicked. Rains give them sleepless nights.
Dec 01, 2017
SOCIETY
Online registration of VAW incidents to begin from Dec 11
Online registration of VAW incidents to begin from Dec 11
KATHMANDU, Dec 1: All types of incidents of Violence Against Women (VAW) can be registered online from December 11, 2017. Secretary at the National Women Commission, Tulsiram Sedhain shared this in the National Women Conference organized in the capital today by the Asmita Women's Publication Group,...
Dec 01, 2017
SOCIETY
CPN (Biplav)'s district secretary arrested
CPN (Biplav)'s district secretary arrested
UDAYAPUR, Dec1: Police have arrested Baburam Subedi, a senior leader and the district secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Biplav) here on Thursday as the district administration intensifies search and arrest following bomb attacks on election candidates in the district.
Dec 01, 2017