ECONOMY
New FM calls companies to tap private capital
New FM calls companies to tap private capital
KATHMANDU, June 9: Newly-appointed Finance Minsiter Gyanendra Bahdur Karki has urged the manufacturing and other real sector companies to tap into private capital for funding.
Jun 09, 2017
SOCIETY
2 including journalist arrested with explosives in Rautahat
2 including journalist arrested with explosives in Rautahat
RAUTAHAT, June 9: Police have arrested two persons including a journalist in Rautahat district in possession of explosive materials.
Jun 09, 2017
SOCIETY
Foreign missions briefed on online document verification system
Foreign missions briefed on online document verification sys...
KATHMANDU, June 9: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has apprised the Kathmandu-based diplomatic missions dealing with visa and other consular affairs of its newly-launched online document verification system.
Jun 09, 2017
ELECTION
Parties wooing elderly voters
Parties wooing elderly voters
JHAPA, June 9: Seventy-eight-year-old Damber Timilsina seems very excited these days. The reason is that he believes he is likely to get hiked allowance pretty soon. Promises made by political party leaders to woo the elderly people in the first phase of election have given him the positive feeling.
Jun 09, 2017
ECONOMY
Bhattarai blasts govt over Budhi Gandaki deal
Bhattarai blasts govt over Budhi Gandaki deal
KATHMANDU, June 9: Former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has criticized the government decision to award the Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project to China Gezhouba Water and Power Group Company Ltd (CGGC).
Jun 09, 2017
POLITICS
Petition against acting CJ quashed
Petition against acting CJ quashed
KATHMANDU, June 8: The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed a writ petition filed at the apex court against Acting Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli demanding that he should be barred from assuming the post of chief justice.
Jun 08, 2017
SOCIETY
Neighbors involved in minor's abduction for ransom
Neighbors involved in minor's abduction for ransom
SARLAHI, June 8: After police made public the three people involved in abduction of a minor in Barhathawa of Sarlahi, it has come to light that the child's neighbors themselves were involved in the kidnapping.
Jun 08, 2017
DIASPORA
Singer Sunar battling with cancer in USA
Singer Sunar battling with cancer in USA
KATHMANDU, June 8: Singer and musician Basanta Sunar is battling with cancer in the USA. Skilled in playing musical instruments including sarangi, guitar, madal and piano, Sunar has recorded 12 songs and composed music for over a dozen songs.
Jun 08, 2017
SPORTS
APF, New Diamond to vie for women's volleyball title
APF, New Diamond to vie for women's volleyball title
KATHMANDU, June 8: Armed Police Force (APF) and New Diamond Academy are set to battle in the summit clash of the ongoing KNP National Women's Volleyball Tournament.
Jun 08, 2017
SOCIETY
MoH to upgrade Chitwan District Hospital
MoH to upgrade Chitwan District Hospital
KATHMANDU, June 8: The Ministry of Health (MoH) has decided to upgrade Bharatpur-based Chitwan District Hospital.
Jun 08, 2017