ECONOMY, POLITICS
'Unequal budget distribution' riles lawmakers
'Unequal budget distribution' riles lawmakers
KATHMANDU, July 6: Some lawmakers, taking part in the deliberations on various topics incorporated in the Appropriation Bill-2017 in the Legislature-Parliament meeting today, expressed their concern over what they called allocation of development budget on the basis of political access and political...
Jul 06, 2017
WORLD
Hospital: China’s Nobel Peace laureate’s ill health worsens
Hospital: China’s Nobel Peace laureate’s ill health worsens
BEIJING, July 6: China’s ailing Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo’s health is further deteriorating as abdominal fluid accumulates, said a friend and the Chinese hospital that is treating him, adding to concerns about the long-term prognosis of the country’s best-known political prisoner.
Jul 06, 2017
TECHNOLOGY
Physicists find new particle with a double dose of charm
Physicists find new particle with a double dose of charm
WASHINGTON, July 6: Scientists have found an extra charming new subatomic particle that they hope will help further explain a key force that binds matter together.
Jul 06, 2017
SPORTS
Olympique Lyon shares boosted by sale of Lacazette to Arsenal
Olympique Lyon shares boosted by sale of Lacazette to Arsena...
Shares in Olympique Lyonnais rose on Thursday after the French football club announced the sale of striker Alexandre Lacazette to Arsenal for a fee of up to 60 million euros ($68 million).
Jul 06, 2017
WORLD
Can U.S. defend against North Korea missiles? Not everyone agrees
Can U.S. defend against North Korea missiles? Not everyone a...
WASHINGTON, July 6: Not everybody asserts as confidently as the Pentagon that the U.S. military can defend the United States from the growing threat posed by North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile capability.
Jul 06, 2017
ELECTION
Re-count of ballot papers in Rangeli Municipality
Re-count of ballot papers in Rangeli Municipality
MORANG, July 6: The all-party meeting has decided to re-count the ballot papers of the ward no. 6 of Rangeli Municipality as the Nepali Congress (NC) expressed its dissatisfaction over the final result.
Jul 06, 2017
SOCIETY
Expo of postage stamps with image of Nepali coins and paper notes
Expo of postage stamps with image of Nepali coins and paper...
KATHMANDU, July 6: Nepal Philatelic Society is organizing an exhibition of postage stamps bearing the image Nepali coins and paper notes brought into use so far in the country with an objective of giving a glimpse of the bank notes and coins in use from past to present.
Jul 06, 2017
POLITICS
Vice President says BRI instrumental to pursue agenda of common priority
Vice President says BRI instrumental to pursue agenda of com...
KATHMANDU July 6: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun attended the Opening Ceremony of the 23rd Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair and High-end Forum for Cooperation and Development along the Silk Road in Lanzhou, China today.
Jul 06, 2017
POLITICS
Lawmakers demand for slashing expenditure
Lawmakers demand for slashing expenditure
KATHMANDU, July 6: Discussions on the appropriation bill are continuous in the parliament for few days. Speaking in today's meeting of the Legislature-Parliament, Nepal Workers and Peasants Party lawmakers Prem Suwal and Dilli Prasad Kafle proposed to cut the expenditure amount allocated for differe...
Jul 06, 2017
ECONOMY
315 more Budhigandaki project affected families identified
315 more Budhigandaki project affected families identified
GORKHA, July 6: Three hundred and fifteen more Budhigandaki Hydropower Project –affected people have been identified in Gorkha district.
Jul 06, 2017