The Week
The case for libraries
The case for libraries
Unlike libraries in western countries, libraries in Nepal aren’t adapting to the changing times and are still stuck with functioning like a library from two decades ago. Bimala Pokharel thinks that because people value digital media and learning now more than ever, libraries should also adapt that t...
Dec 07, 2018
SOCIETY
Over 200 thousand applicants devoid of smart driving license
Over 200 thousand applicants devoid of smart driving license
LALITPUR, Dec 7: The Transport Management Office has not been so far able to manage smart licenses to more than 200 thousand people who had applied for driving license and passed the written and trial tests.
Dec 07, 2018
Lifestyle
Julia Roberts, more movie stars snare Golden Globe TV nods
Julia Roberts, more movie stars snare Golden Globe TV nods
LOS ANGELES, Dec 7: Even the sometimes-offbeat Golden Globe Awards are unable to resist the allure of movie stars who dabble in television work.
Dec 07, 2018
SPORTS, Lifestyle
Peru soccer chief arrested in influence-peddling probe
Peru soccer chief arrested in influence-peddling probe
LIMA, Dec 7: The president of the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF), Edwin Oviedo, was arrested on Thursday in connection with an influence-peddling probe involving a former Supreme Court justice, a lead prosecutor said.
Dec 07, 2018
WORLD
NY police give all clear after CNN bomb threat
NY police give all clear after CNN bomb threat
NEW YORK, Dec 7: CNN’s broadcast offices in New York City were evacuated by police on Thursday night for more than an hour after a caller said there were five bombs hidden in the Time Warner Center Building, disrupting the broadcaster’s schedule, police said.
Dec 07, 2018
Lifestyle
Thousands salute Bush funeral train 4141 on final Texas ride
Thousands salute Bush funeral train 4141 on final Texas ride
COLLEGE STATION, Dec 7: Thousands waved and cheered along the route as funeral train No. 4141 — for the 41st president — carried George H.W. Bush’s remains to their final resting place on Thursday, his last journey as a week of national remembrance took on a decidedly personal feel in an emotional h...
Dec 07, 2018
The Week
A poster boy, two daughters, and patriotism
A poster boy, two daughters, and patriotism
Our Prime Minister has been in the news recently for some rather peculiar reasons. It all started off with the ‘larger than life’, allegedly taxpayer funded bout of self-indulgence that was the posters, advertisements and billboard spaces rented for the rollout of the Social Security Scheme. Honestl...
Dec 07, 2018
The Week
The path to self-discovery
The path to self-discovery
KATHMANDU, Dec 7: The concept of a life coach is common in many countries in America and Europe, but it’s fairly new in case of Nepal. With talks of anxiety and depression still a taboo in our society, it takes people a lot of courage to open up about their struggles.
Dec 07, 2018
WORLD
Trump to nominate State Department spokeswoman for U.N. ambassador: White House officials
Trump to nominate State Department spokeswoman for U.N. amba...
WASHINGTON, Dec 7 : President Donald Trump will nominate State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, two White House officials said on Thursday, tapping someone with no prior policy or political experience to deal with some of the world’s thorniest issues.
Dec 07, 2018
POLITICS
Dr Bhattarai asks local governments to ensure good-governance
Dr Bhattarai asks local governments to ensure good-governanc...
KHOTANG, Dec. 7: Former Prime Minister and Chief of Naya Shakti Party, Nepal Dr Baburam Bhattarai has asked the representatives of local governments to do away with corruption.
Dec 07, 2018