SPORTS
Brazil's 1982 World Cup goalkeeper dies after heart attack
Brazil's 1982 World Cup goalkeeper dies after heart attack
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 25: Former Brazil goalkeeper Waldir Peres, a member of three World Cup teams, died on Sunday at the age of 66 after a heart attack. His death was announced by his family.
Jul 25, 2017
POLITICS
Dispute looms large in RPP Bhaktapur
Dispute looms large in RPP Bhaktapur
BHAKTAPUR, July 27: Dispute is looming large between two factions in the Bhaktapur chapter of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) of late.
Jul 25, 2017
WORLD
India and China face off in border standoff
India and China face off in border standoff
NEW DELHI, July 25: It was the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan that sounded the alarm: Chinese soldiers had arrived with bulldozers and excavators, and were building a high-mountain road near India's border — in an area the two nuclear-armed Asian giants have disputed for decades.
Jul 25, 2017
Lifestyle
Bieber cancels rest of tour for 'unforeseen circumstances'
Bieber cancels rest of tour for 'unforeseen circumstances'
NEW YORK, July 25: Justin Bieber is canceling the rest of his Purpose World Tour "due to unforeseen circumstances."
Jul 25, 2017
WORLD
Israel removes metal detectors from holy site entrance
Israel removes metal detectors from holy site entrance
JERUSALEM, July 25: Israel began removing metal detectors from entrances to a major Jerusalem shrine early Tuesday morning to defuse a crisis over the site that angered the Muslim world and triggered some of the worst Israeli-Palestinian clashes in years.
Jul 25, 2017
WORLD
McCain making dramatic Senate return for crucial health vote
McCain making dramatic Senate return for crucial health vote
WASHINGTON, July 25: John McCain will make a dramatic return to the Senate for a make-or-break vote on Republican health care legislation Tuesday just days after getting diagnosed with brain cancer, giving an emotional and arithmetical boost to his party's reeling effort to repeal Obamacare.
Jul 25, 2017
ECONOMY
Mountain workers deprived of mountaineering certificate
Mountain workers deprived of mountaineering certificate
KATHMANDU, July 24: A proposal of Department of Tourism to provide certificate of mountaineering expedition to the high altitude workers is awaiting cabinet approval since the last three months.
Jul 25, 2017
ECONOMY
GST hits ginger export to India
GST hits ginger export to India
JHAPA, July 24: Export of Nepali ginger to India is in jeopardy following the imposition of Goods and Services Tax (GST) by India and indifference by Nepal government to take up the issue with India.
Jul 25, 2017
SPECIAL
Tatopani isolated after landslide destroys major bridge
Tatopani isolated after landslide destroys major bridge
SINDHUPALCHOWK, July 24: With the Larcha Bridge over Bhotekoshi River broken and washed away by landslide on Sunday evening, Tatopani area has been isolated from the rest of the country. The bridge, a part of the Araniko Highway, was the connection of Tatopani with the rest of the country. Incessant...
Jul 25, 2017
SOCIETY
Dr KC begins 11th hunger strike
Dr KC begins 11th hunger strike
KATHMANDU, July 24: Dr Govinda KC, senior orthopedic surgeon at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), began his 11th fast-unto-death from Monday.
Jul 25, 2017