KATHMANDU, Sep 18: Nepal Police Headquarters has directed the Metropolitan Police Office, Ranipokhari, to investigate a group of police personnel involved in beating up a civilian near Babarmahal in Kathmandu on Thursday.

Indian Premier League 2020 season

Published On: September 18, 2020 12:35 PM NPT By: Reuters

DUBAI, Sept 18: Factbox on the 13th Indian Premier League, which will take place in the United Arab Emirates deu to the COVID-19 pandemic and runs from Sept. 19 to Nov. 10 (teams ranked in order of last year’s finish)

Buzz missing but IPL aims to bring normality amid pandemic

Published On: September 18, 2020 12:24 PM NPT By: Reuters

MUMBAI, Sept 18: After months of uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the delayed season of the popular Indian Premier League will kick off in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday with a clash between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings.

NCP Secretariat meeting postponed for Sunday

Published On: September 18, 2020 12:09 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: The secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has been postponed for 11AM on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Sajha Party has strongly objected to the appointment of ruling Nepal Communist Party leader Bamdev Gautam as a National Assembly member.

MUMBAI, Sept 18: India recorded 96,424 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 5.2 million, data from the federal health ministry showed on Friday.

COVID-19 death toll in Biratnagar hits 21

Published On: September 18, 2020 11:42 AM NPT By: Chuman Basnet

MORANG, Sept 18: An elderly man succumbed to COVID-19 in Biratnagar on Thursday evening.

Trump will deliver U.N. speech next week from White House

Published On: September 18, 2020 10:50 AM NPT By: Reuters

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Sept 18: U.S. President Donald Trump will not travel to New York on Tuesday for his speech to the United Nations General Assembly, but will deliver the address from the White House, his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, said on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli will be addressing the General Debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) virtually on September 25, 2020.

Daily Commentary: Nepse breaks post lockdown high as BFIs advance

Published On: September 18, 2020 09:35 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Stocks witnessed one of the best trading days in the last couple of months on Thursday. Stocks maintained positive bias throughout the trading session with the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index trading around 10 points higher in the beginning hour. The index plateaued at mid-day but considerable strength in the latter hours pushed the index 30.78points higher to close at 1,572.18.