OPINION, DIASPORA, Latest Updates
Making NRNA meaningful
Making NRNA meaningful
Nepali Diaspora has a high potential to effectively become a development partner of Nepal to help her graduate from LDC status to middle-income country as targeted. Registered with the government of Nepal, the Diaspora has a well networked national chapter (National Coordination Councils, known as N...
Oct 17, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Digital dependency
Digital dependency
Technology is so woven into our lives that we cannot imagine life without it. The overall advancement of technology has changed not only the way we live our everyday lives, but also the way the world communicates. When we are so dependent on gadgets and devices to live, entertain, interact and work...
Oct 17, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
EU’s rule-of-law test
EU’s rule-of-law test
HELSINKI – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom’s recent ruling that Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in seeking to suspend (or “prorogue”) the UK Parliament for five weeks to avoid debate of his plans for a “no-deal” Brexit underscores the centrality of the rule of law to democratic...
Oct 17, 2019
Infographic
Why Obesity Places The Biggest Burden on Healthcare
Why Obesity Places The Biggest Burden on Healthcare
A new OECD report shows just how much bulging waistlines are costing health systems around the world. Obese people tend to avail of healthcare services more frequently with a higher rate of specialty care visits, inpatient stays and surgery, all leading to higher healthcare spending.
Oct 17, 2019
WORLD
In likely tight Canadian vote, deciding who governs could take weeks
In likely tight Canadian vote, deciding who governs could ta...
OTTAWA, Oct 16: Opinion polls suggest no party will gain a majority of seats in the Canadian election on Oct. 21. That leaves the two frontrunners - Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative opposition leader Andrew Scheer - trying to govern with a minority. Six parties are contesting t...
Oct 16, 2019
My City, Entertainment
Musicians Hall of Fame to honor group with New Jersey roots
Musicians Hall of Fame to honor group with New Jersey roots
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Seven years after hitting the road to perform and share their stories of recording with some of the biggest names in pop music, a New Jersey-based group of former A-list session musicians is being recognized for its efforts.
Oct 16, 2019
WORLD
Trump national security adviser jets to Turkey in bid to halt assault
Trump national security adviser jets to Turkey in bid to hal...
ANKARA, Oct 16: U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser flew to Turkey on Wednesday as part of an emergency delegation to try to persuade Ankara to halt an assault on northern Syria that has forced Washington into an abrupt retreat.
Oct 16, 2019
My City, Lifestyle
Nostalgia: Major General Madan Shumsher JBR, son of Chandra Shumsher, posing with his catc...
Nostalgia: Major General Madan Shumsher JBR, son of Chandra...
Major General Madan Shumsher JBR, son of Chandra Shumsher, posing with his catch during his hunting trip to Baraha Kshetra in this undated photo.
Oct 16, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Nation finds way towards prosperity: PM Oli
Nation finds way towards prosperity: PM Oli
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KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that Nepal has made its new way towards development and prosperity by strengthening its ties with its neighbors and starting up new projects within the country.
Oct 16, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Police issue arrest warrant against lawmaker Parbat Gurung
Police issue arrest warrant against lawmaker Parbat Gurung
DOLAKHA, Oct 16: Police have issued an arrest warrant against lawmaker Parbat Gurung on the charge of assaulting Birdhwaj Khadka, a local resident of Dolakha, during the local body elections held in 2017.
Oct 16, 2019