SOCIETY
Continuous snowfall, rain affect life of quake victims
Continuous snowfall, rain affect life of quake victims
SINDHUPALCHOK, Jan 3: Continuous snowfall, rainfall and the dipping mercury level have largely affected daily life of earthquake victims of Sindhupalchok district, who have been living in temporary shelters since the quake damaged their houses in April 2015.
Jan 03, 2017
SOCIETY
Narayanghat-Mugling road section to be closed half an hour more from today
Narayanghat-Mugling road section to be closed half an hour m...
CHITWAN, Jan 3: The Narayanghat-Mugling road section that connects the Capital City with the eastern and western parts of the country will be closed for an additional of half an hour from Tuesday.
Jan 03, 2017
ECONOMY
PM directs ministers, secretaries to boost development spending
PM directs ministers, secretaries to boost development spend...
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Prime Minister Puspa Kamal Dahal on Monday directed the government officials and ministers to expedite development spending.
Jan 03, 2017
ECONOMY
Railway department extends deadline of global tender
Railway department extends deadline of global tender
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The Department of Railways (DoR) has extended the deadline of the global tender to study feasibility study of the Kathmandu-Birgunj Railway Line by a week.
Jan 03, 2017
POLITICS
House meeting postponed for Tuesday after obstruction
House meeting postponed for Tuesday after obstruction
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: After the top leaders of the major political parties skipped a meeting called by Speaker Onsari Gharti Monday, she dropped an earlier plan to hold House meetings in short intervals and postponed the meeting for Tuesday.
Jan 03, 2017
WORLD
Brazil drug gangs spark prison riot, 56 dead (with video)
Brazil drug gangs spark prison riot, 56 dead (with video)
BRASILIA, Jan 3: Drug gangs sparked a prison riot that killed 56 people, with decapitated bodies thrown over prison walls in the bloodiest violence in more than two decades in Brazil's overcrowded penitentiary system, officials said on Monday.
Jan 03, 2017
POLITICS
EC ‘not well-prepared’ as elections draw near
EC ‘not well-prepared’ as elections draw near
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: With just a year remaining till the January 2018 deadline for conducting three sets of elections, the Election Commission (EC) is not “well-prepared” for undertaking the task when it comes.
Jan 03, 2017
SPORTS
Liverpool's pursuit of Chelsea frustrated; Man City wins
Liverpool's pursuit of Chelsea frustrated; Man City wins
LONDON, Jan 3: Liverpool's pursuit of English Premier League leader Chelsea stalled on Monday as Juergen Klopp's four-match winning run ended at Sunderland.
Jan 03, 2017
POLITICS
SC refuses interim order in petitions against amendment bill
SC refuses interim order in petitions against amendment bill
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to issue an interim order in writ petitions challenging the constitution amendment bill, which is currently going through the parliamentary process.
Jan 03, 2017
POLITICS
Govt asks Kathmandu Valley municipalities to register company to operate large buses
Govt asks Kathmandu Valley municipalities to register compan...
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Four months after Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal announced in the parliament to operate 100 city buses in major cities of the country, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) has asked four municipalities based in the Kathmandu Valley to register a joint c...
Jan 03, 2017