POLITICS
Japan’s foreign minister to arrive in Nepal in Jan 2019
Japan’s foreign minister to arrive in Nepal in Jan 2019
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Japan’s foreign minister, Taro Kono is scheduled to visit Nepal from January 9 to 10, 2019. Kono will arrive at the invitation of his Nepali counterpart, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali.
Dec 28, 2018
WORLD
47% of Americans blame Trump for government shutdown
47% of Americans blame Trump for government shutdown
WASHINGTON, Dec 28: More Americans blame President Donald Trump than congressional Democrats for the partial U.S. government shutdown, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday found, as lawmakers returned to Washington with no quick end to the shutdown in sight.
Dec 28, 2018
POLITICS
Integrate civil servants pronto: Gagan Thapa
Integrate civil servants pronto: Gagan Thapa
KATHMANDU, Dec 27: Nepali Congress (NC) Lawmaker Gagan Thapa has urged the government to withdraw ordinances and formulate acts to sort out the issue of integration of civil servants at the earliest.
Dec 28, 2018
SOCIETY
Police rescues 49 women from correction home
Police rescues 49 women from correction home
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Forty-nine women have been rescued from a correction home based in Bishnumati of Budhanilkantha municipality-5. The Nepal Police Headquarters said the police intervened in the Kripaghar Correction Center and rescued the women residing there as it was found to be operating against...
Dec 28, 2018
WORLD
India's court rejects exemption plea from Ramdev’s company
India's court rejects exemption plea from Ramdev’s company
UTTARAKHAND, Dec 28: The Uttarakhand High Court has dismissed a petition filed by yoga guru Ramdev’s company Divya Pharmacy to challenge the requirement that it should share profits with farmers from whom it procures resources. The requirement is part of the provisions of the Fair and Equitable Bene...
Dec 28, 2018
SPORTS
A-Division League Football: Army defeats Saraswoti
A-Division League Football: Army defeats Saraswoti
KATHMADU, Dec 28: The departmental team, Tribhuvan Army Club (TRC), trounced Saraswoti Youth Club, by four goals to nil, in a match played today under the Martyrs Memorial A-Division League Football Championship.
Dec 28, 2018
SOCIETY
Rajbiraj prison sheltering inmates thrice its capacity
Rajbiraj prison sheltering inmates thrice its capacity
RAJBIRAJ, Dec 28: The Saptari District Prison here is accommodating thrice the number of inmates than its normal capacity.
Dec 28, 2018
SOCIETY
Climate change held responsible for early blooming of rhododendron
Climate change held responsible for early blooming of rhodod...
JAJARKOT, Dec 28: Rhododendron -- the national flower of Nepal -- normally blossoms in the months of Fagun-Chaitra (mid-February to mid-April).
Dec 28, 2018
WORLD
Runaway lion, wounded elk find home in Russian shelter
Runaway lion, wounded elk find home in Russian shelter
RUSSIA, Dec 28: A lion that escaped from an airport, a crocodile found at a rubbish dump and an elk attacked by stray dogs -- all these animals have found refuge in an unusual private shelter in Russia.
Dec 28, 2018
POLITICS
NA forms draft committee to amend regulations
NA forms draft committee to amend regulations
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: A meeting of the National Assembly (NA), the upper house of the Federal Parliament, has constituted a draft committee to amend the NA regulations 2075 BS.
Dec 28, 2018