POLITICS, Latest Updates
PM Oli urges Election Commission to expedite preparations for midterm polls
PM Oli urges Election Commission to expedite preparations fo...
KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has asked the Election Commission (EC) to expedite preparations for the upcoming midterm polls scheduled for May 30 and April 10 later this year.
Feb 09, 2021
My City, Entertainment
Stephen King helps kids publish pandemic-inspired book
Stephen King helps kids publish pandemic-inspired book
A group of budding young writers is about to publish a book with some help from Maine’s most famous writer. Stephen King’s foundation covered the $6,500 cost of publishing a 290-page manuscript by students participating in Farwell Elementary School’s Author Studies Program.
Feb 09, 2021
My City, Entertainment
Paris Hilton says she was abused as teen at Utah school
Paris Hilton says she was abused as teen at Utah school
Paris Hilton testified about abuse she says she suffered years ago at a boarding school in Utah, as she lobbied Monday for a bill seeking to regulate the state’s troubled teen industry.
Feb 09, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
PM Oli reaches Election Commission to take stock of preparations for elections and seek hi...
PM Oli reaches Election Commission to take stock of preparat...
KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is also the chairperson of a faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), has reached the Election Commission office to take stock of the poll body's preparations for the upcoming midterm elections and demand that his faction be granted the o...
Feb 09, 2021
WORLD
Biden calls India's Modi, seeks to strengthen regional security through "Quad" grouping
Biden calls India's Modi, seeks to strengthen regional secur...
NEW DELHI, Feb 9: U.S. President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed in a telephone call to strengthen Indo-Pacific security through the Quad grouping of countries that is seen as a way to push back against China’s growing assertiveness in the region.
Feb 09, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Locals worried that culprits of Bhagrathi rape and murder case may escape
Locals worried that culprits of Bhagrathi rape and murder ca...
BAITADI, Feb 9: Police have not been able to identify those involved in raping and killing Bhagrathi Bhatta, 17, of Chadepani of Dogadakedar Rural Municipality. The investigation is underway but the police have not found any reliable clues to reach the perpetrators. As the investigation continues wi...
Feb 09, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
5.4 magnitude earthquake hits Taplejung
5.4 magnitude earthquake hits Taplejung
TAPLEJUNG, Feb 9: An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale occurred at 7:35 this morning with its epicenter at Olangchungola of Phaktanglung Rural Municipality in Taplejung district, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center.
Feb 09, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Govt decides to hold midterm elections in 40 districts in first phase and in 37 districts...
Govt decides to hold midterm elections in 40 districts in fi...
KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Midterm elections will be held in 40 districts of Province 2 and Gandaki, Karnali and Lumbini provinces on April 30 in the first phase and in 37 districts of Bagmati, Sudurpaschim and Province 1 on May 10 in the second phase, according to the government's plan.
Feb 09, 2021
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Hitendra Dev Shakya is new managing director at Nepal Electricity Authority
Hitendra Dev Shakya is new managing director at Nepal Electr...
KATHMANDU, Feb 9: The government has appointed Hitendra Dev Shakya as the managing director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for four years.
Feb 09, 2021
SOCIETY
Three incidents of rape and attempted rape reported in five days in Gorkha
Three incidents of rape and attempted rape reported in five...
GORKHA, Feb 9: Three incidents of rape and attempted rape have been reported in five days in Gorkha. Between February 2 and February 7, a total of three such incidents were reported to the police station.
Feb 09, 2021