KATHMANDU, Sep 12: Police have suspected that Sudeep Adhikari murdered his wife and son before committing suicide in the Bhaktapur case.

Shree Melamchi Ghyang Secondary School started a new academic session online as other schools are yet to resume classes

Afghan peace talks open in Doha, 19 years after 9/11 triggered war

Published On: September 12, 2020 01:07 PM NPT By: Reuters

DOHA, Sept 12: The opening ceremony for talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents began in Qatar’s capital Doha on Saturday, marking the start of negotiations aimed at ending two decades of war that has killed tens of thousands of combatants and civilians.

KATHMANDU, Sept 12: The Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has recommended legal action against five sanitizer manufacturing companies on the charge of mixing poisonous chemicals in their products.

The UN’s unhappy birthday

Published On: September 12, 2020 01:00 PM NPT By: Richard N Haass

The United Nations has fallen far short of its goals to “maintain international peace and security,” “develop friendly relations among nations’’ and “achieve international cooperation in solving international problems.”

Two children buried to death in Rolpa landslide

Published On: September 12, 2020 12:56 PM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi

ROLPA, Sept 12: Two children of a family died after they were buried by a landslide at Lungri Rural Municipality-1, Aipe in Rolpa district at midnight on Saturday.

COVID-19 spreading among youths in Karnali Province

Published On: September 12, 2020 12:36 PM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya

65 percent of COVID-19 patients in the province are from the 21 to 40 years age group

KATHMANDU, Sept 12: The Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) has acquired 92.5 percent physical progress and 63 percent financial progress. The national pride project has achieved 4.5 percent physical progress even during the months-long lockdown enforced by the government to contain the spread of the COVID-19 in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Sept 12: It was the era of the Maoist insurgency, and her village in Achham was not untouched. Minors were joining the rebel forces either willingly or by force. Saraswati Bista was 14. Her parents were worried about her safety. A relative brought a marriage proposal. She tied the knot at 15; with a man from Baitadi who used to work as a watchman in Delhi, India.

Government permits exploration and scoping of 400 mines

Published On: September 12, 2020 08:01 AM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, Sept 12: The government has granted permission for the exploration and scoping study of 407 mines throughout the country in the fiscal year 2019/20. The permission for these tasks was granted to both domestic and foreign companies.