POLITICS
EPG agrees to revise 1950 Treaty
EPG agrees to revise 1950 Treaty
KATHMANDU, April 5: The third meeting of the Members of the Eminent Persons Group on Nepal India Relations (EPG-NIR) from Nepal and India has decided to revise the 1950 Peace and Friendship Treaty.
Apr 05, 2017
SOCIETY
Risk areas to be identified for widening of Narayangadh-Mugling road
Risk areas to be identified for widening of Narayangadh-Mugl...
RATNANAGAR, April 5: Risk areas will be identified for the widening of Narayangadh-Muglin road that is in progress.
Apr 05, 2017
TECHNOLOGY
Cassini spacecraft to dive inside Saturn’s rings for mission finale
Cassini spacecraft to dive inside Saturn’s rings for mission...
WASHINGTON, April 5: NASA is preparing to send its long-lived Cassini probe into the unexplored region between Saturn and its rings for a scientific grand finale before the spacecraft’s suicidal plunge into the planet, space officials said on Tuesday.
Apr 05, 2017
POLITICS
Armies will be deployed during local polls : State Minister Baniya
Armies will be deployed during local polls : State Minister...
KATHMANDU, April 5: Minister of State for Home Affairs Indra Bahadur Baniya said that the government has approved and dispatched a special security plan to the local bodies to make the May 14 local polls a success.
Apr 05, 2017
POLITICS
Poll-related activities intensify in Tarai districts
Poll-related activities intensify in Tarai districts
DHANUSHA, April 5: As the May 14 local level election is nearing, the preparations are on the go in Tarai districts.
Apr 05, 2017
SOCIETY
Teacher held for sexual abuse
Teacher held for sexual abuse
GAUSHALA, April 5: Police has arrested a teacher on the charge of sexually abusing a girl student in the name of giving her tuition classes at Gaushala Municipality bazar in Mahottari district.
Apr 05, 2017
WORLD
Syria chemical attack death toll now at 72; new strikes hit
Syria chemical attack death toll now at 72; new strikes hit
BEIRUT (AP) — The death toll from a suspected chemical attack on a northern Syrian town rose to 72 on Wednesday as activists and rescue workers found more terrified survivors hiding in shelters near the site of the harrowing assault, one of the deadliest in Syria's civil war.
Apr 05, 2017
POLITICS
DPM Thapa says state restructuring biggest achievement so far
DPM Thapa says state restructuring biggest achievement so fa...
NUWAKOT, April 5: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Federal Affairs and Local Development, Kamal Thapa has said the implementation of the local level in consonance with the state restructuring was the biggest change so far.
Apr 05, 2017
WORLD
6.1 magnitude earthquake near Iran's Mashhad kills 2
6.1 magnitude earthquake near Iran's Mashhad kills 2
TEHRAN, Iran, April 5: A powerful magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck northeastern Iran near the holy city of Mashhad on Wednesday, killing at least two people as residents fled onto the streets and aftershocks shook the region.
Apr 05, 2017
WORLD
Car bomb kills at least 7 at restaurant in Somalia's capital
Car bomb kills at least 7 at restaurant in Somalia's capital
MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 5: A massive car bomb blast at a restaurant in Somalia's capital killed at least seven people, police said Wednesday.
Apr 05, 2017