SOCIETY
Strike disrupts life in Valley
Strike disrupts life in Valley
KATHMANDU, June 9: The normal life in the Capital City has been disrupted on Monday due to the nationwide strike enforced by the Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN Maoist.
Jul 25, 2016
SOCIETY
Romanian trekker goes missing in Annapurna circuit
Romanian trekker goes missing in Annapurna circuit
POKHARA, JULY 25: A Romanian tourist, Adina Monica Popescu, 26, has gone missing from July 16 in Annapurna Region Trekking. She was trekking along Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) route alone.
Jul 25, 2016
Lifestyle
Malini staged at Indo Nepal Int’l Theater Festival
Malini staged at Indo Nepal Int’l Theater Festival
KATHMANDU, July 24: Nepali play ‘Malini’ has been staged at ‘Indo Nepal International Theater Festival’ in Haryana, India, making it the first Nepali play to be performed at the festival. The drama is the Nepali adaptation of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s play ‘Malini.’
Jul 25, 2016
Lifestyle
Jan Salter donates paintings to Maiti Nepal
Jan Salter donates paintings to Maiti Nepal
KATHMANDU, July 24: British artist and social activist Jan Salter has donated 54 of her portrait paintings to Maiti Nepal. The ninety year old artist handed over the paintings to Maiti Nepal’s Anuradha Koirala in a farewell ceremony held for her at the organization.
Jul 25, 2016
SOCIETY
Floods leave 2 dead, 1 missing, hundreds displaced in east Nepal
Floods leave 2 dead, 1 missing, hundreds displaced in east N...
BIRATNAGAR, JHAPA, ITAHARI, SAPTARI, July 25: Two persons have died in separate drowning incidents in Morang and Jhapa on Sunday. Krishna Khadka, 18, of Tankisinuwari-3, Morang was swept away by the Singhiya River, according to District Police Office, Morang. Kali Bahadur Limbu, 66, of Goldhap-9, Jh...
Jul 25, 2016
WORLD
Man, likely attacker, dies in explosion in Germany
Man, likely attacker, dies in explosion in Germany
BERLIN, July 25: Police in the southern German city of Ansbach said Monday a man was killed when an explosive device he was believed to be carrying went off near an open-air music festival, injuring 10 others.
Jul 25, 2016
POLITICS
Oli calls into question fate of major national projects
Oli calls into question fate of major national projects
K P Sharma Oli has forcefully raised some big questions with the rival party leaders who are going to form the new government. He asked the rival leaders what will be the fate of some major national projects in particular that were expedited during his nine-month tenure.
Jul 25, 2016
Product Review
'Kabali': All style, no fire
'Kabali': All style, no fire
For the number of times one might have heard "Neruppu da (fire blazing fiercely)", the hit track from Rajinikanth's "Kabali" which has released worldwide in cinemas on Friday, it isn't unfair to expect some fire in the film too.
Jul 25, 2016
POLITICS
Oli bows out, way open for Dahal government
Oli bows out, way open for Dahal government
Following Oli’s resignation, a process to elect new prime minister will start in parliament. As the largest party Nepali Congress and some other small political parties have already agreed to support CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal for new prime minister, Dahal is almost certain to r...
Jul 25, 2016
SOCIETY, SPECIAL
Traffic police to fine jaywalkers up to Rs 1000
Traffic police to fine jaywalkers up to Rs 1000
KATHMANDU, July 25: In an 'unprecedented' move to ensure pedestrians' safety and lower fatality rates, the traffic police on Sunday announced to impose fine up to Rs 1000 upon jaywalkers of Kathmandu Valley starting from mid-August.
Jul 25, 2016