POLITICS
Bid to endorse political report blocked
Bid to endorse political report blocked
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The bid to endorse the joint political report prepared by Nepal Communist Party (NCP) chairman duo KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal hit a snag on Thursday after the dissident leaders of the party opposed it saying the document had failed to accommodate their concerns.
Dec 28, 2018
SOCIETY
Part-time teachers obstruct candidacy filing process at TUTA convention
Part-time teachers obstruct candidacy filing process at TUTA...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: At the ongoing three-day general convention of the Tribhuvan University Teachers’ Association (TUTA), the teachers working on contract basis at the university prevented candidates vying for office bearer positions from filing their candidacies.
Dec 28, 2018
SOCIETY
Kin of 4 who ‘disappeared’ from Bomjom’s ashram file police complaints
Kin of 4 who ‘disappeared’ from Bomjom’s ashram file police...
MAKAWANPUR, Dec 28: Two women and two men allegedly went missing from the ashram of Ram Bahadur Bomjon, known as ‘Little Buddha’ around five years ago, according to complaints filed with police by the kin of the missing against Bomjon.
Dec 28, 2018
ECONOMY
Construction of new Dharahara begins
Construction of new Dharahara begins
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Prime Minister KP Oli on Thursday laid the foundation stone for Dharahara, the iconic tower in Kathmandu that was destroyed in the devastating earthquake of 2015. a.
Dec 28, 2018
ECONOMY, POLITICS
SC issues short-term stay to let Sumargi withdraw USD 7m blocked by NRB
SC issues short-term stay to let Sumargi withdraw USD 7m blo...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government and Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) not to bar businessman Ajeya Raj Sumargi from withdrawing the USD 7 million that he had brought from foreign banks and has been blocked at the central bank for lack of clear sources for the money.
Dec 28, 2018
POLITICS
Serious allegations against CJ nominee Rana at hearings committee
Serious allegations against CJ nominee Rana at hearings comm...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Serious allegations have been registered against Chief Justice-nominee Cholendra Sumsher Rana at the Parliamentary Hearings Committee (PHC) ahead of his confirmation hearings.
Dec 28, 2018
ECONOMY
Trade deficit balloons to Rs 569 billion in first five months
Trade deficit balloons to Rs 569 billion in first five month...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Nepal's trade deficit widened by 36.11 percent to Rs 569.49 billion in the first five months of the current fiscal year 2018/19 compared to same period of the last fiscal year 2017/18 as exports growth fail to catch up the rapidly surging imports bill.
Dec 28, 2018
SPORTS
Manang clinches eighth A-Division League title with two games to spare
Manang clinches eighth A-Division League title with two game...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Manang Marshyangdi Club has clinched the Martyr’s Memorial A-Division League with two games to spare, after defeating Sankata Club 3-1 taking its winning streak to 11 straight games in Lalitpur on Thursday.
Dec 28, 2018
POLITICS
Govt names five career diplomats for envoys, three envoys recalled
Govt names five career diplomats for envoys, three envoys re...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The government has recommended ambassadors from among career diplomats to various five countries including Thailand, Switzerland, Canada, France and Kuwait. A cabinet meeting held last week also decided to recall Nepali ambassadors to South Korea, Spain and Bangladesh appointed by...
Dec 28, 2018
SPORTS
Lamichhane shares highest wicket-taking list in Stars’ first win
Lamichhane shares highest wicket-taking list in Stars’ first...
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The Nepali teenage sensation picked up two wickets of Australian Moises Henriques and English Tom Curran to help Melbourne Stars register its first win of the Big Bash League by five wickets against Sydney Sixers in Sydney on Thursday.
Dec 28, 2018