SOCIETY
KMC to ensure uniformity in Uniform Code for Kathmandu's school students
KMC to ensure uniformity in Uniform Code for Kathmandu's sch...
KATHMANDU, Dec 6: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is preparing to implement the new rule for the school uniform for students in all community schools in Kathmandu.
Dec 06, 2018
SOCIETY
Motorcycle-hit claims pedestrian
Motorcycle-hit claims pedestrian
PALPA, Dec 6: A pedestrian has been killed after being hit by a motorcycle at Damakada in Tansen Municipality-9 on Thursday.
Dec 06, 2018
WORLD
Child marriage costs countries billions in lost earnings: World Bank
Child marriage costs countries billions in lost earnings: Wo...
Respect Ruvimbo Topodzi was 15 and walking home from school in her native Zimbabwe when a 22-year-old man asked her out. She turned him down but it was too late.
Dec 06, 2018
SOCIETY
Sit-in at Shital Niwas demanding justice for Nirmala; few held
Sit-in at Shital Niwas demanding justice for Nirmala; few he...
KATHMANDU, Dec 6: Police have arrested few people while they were trying to stage a sit-in in front of the President’s official residence Shital Niwas in Maharajgunj on Thursday.
Dec 06, 2018
WORLD
Yemen's warring parties to convene for fragile peace talks in Sweden
Yemen's warring parties to convene for fragile peace talks i...
STOCKHOLM, Dec 6: Yemen’s warring parties convene in Sweden on Thursday for U.N.-led peace talks for the first time since 2016 in a small victory for special envoy Martin Griffiths as he attempts to re-launch negotiations to end nearly four years of war.
Dec 06, 2018
SOCIETY
Absenteeism rife among menstruating girl students in Nepalgunj
Absenteeism rife among menstruating girl students in Nepalgu...
NEPALGUNJ, Dec 6: A majority of the girl students in community schools in the Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City were found not attending their schools during their monthly period.
Dec 06, 2018
ECONOMY
Rolpa team submits memo to Province 5 Chief Minister
Rolpa team submits memo to Province 5 Chief Minister
ROLPA, Dec 6: A deputation of Rolpa district has submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister of Province 5, Shanker Pokhrel, protesting over the shifting of some government offices from the district to another place.
Dec 06, 2018
ECONOMY, WORLD
Qatar could give Saudi more headache after leaving OPEC: Bloomberg
Qatar could give Saudi more headache after leaving OPEC: Blo...
TEHRAN, Dec 6: Qatar’s surprise decision to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) might be just a taste of things to come, as some analysts suggest the tiny Persian Gulf country plans to irritate Saudi Arabia even more by leaving the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council ([...
Dec 06, 2018
WORLD
2 US Marine planes with 7 crew crash off Japanese coast
2 US Marine planes with 7 crew crash off Japanese coast
WASHINGTON DC, Dec 6: The US Marine Corps says two of its aircraft were involved in a "mishap" off the coast of Japan, and a search-and-rescue operation is underway. Very few details have been made public after the initial USMC news release.
Dec 06, 2018
WORLD
US Navy sends ship to Russia’s Far East, reportedly prepares to enter Black Sea
US Navy sends ship to Russia’s Far East, reportedly prepares...
MOSCOW, Dec 6: An American destroyer sailed off the Russian coast, near the Pacific Fleet base in Vladivostok, in a first such stunt since the Cold War. Another US ship is expected in the Black Sea soon, amid tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Dec 06, 2018