POLITICS
Thapa, Gurung, Bidari elected Upper House thematic committee chairs
Thapa, Gurung, Bidari elected Upper House thematic committee...
KATHMANDU, Aug 29: Chairs of three thematic committees, out of four, under the National Assembly (NA) have been elected unopposed.
Aug 29, 2018
WORLD, Lifestyle
Air pollution can put a dent in solar power
Air pollution can put a dent in solar power
Study finds lost revenue can be millions of dollars annually, suggests ways to quantify haze-related reductions in solar panel output.
Aug 29, 2018
WORLD, Lifestyle
Bees get hooked on harmful pesticide: study
Bees get hooked on harmful pesticide: study
Bumblebees acquire a taste for food laced with a pesticide known to harm them, according to a study suggesting the chemicals pose an even greater threat to pollinators than previously thought.
Aug 29, 2018
Lifestyle
The lightest laptops in 2018
The lightest laptops in 2018
Need a portable computer? These are the 5 lightest laptops you can buy
Aug 29, 2018
POLITICS
Nepal insists on socio-economic transformation in BIMSTEC ministerial-level meeting
Nepal insists on socio-economic transformation in BIMSTEC mi...
KATHMANDU, Aug 29: The 16th ministerial level meeting of the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) has kicked off in the Capital.
Aug 29, 2018
ECONOMY, WORLD
Colombia to create fund to help coffee growers amid low prices
Colombia to create fund to help coffee growers amid low pric...
BOGOTA, Aug 29: The Colombian government will place $34 million (100 billion pesos) in a fund to help coffee farmers hurt by low international prices, the finance minister and the head of the nation’s coffee growers’ federation said on Tuesday.
Aug 29, 2018
ECONOMY, WORLD
India's soybean output may rise 20 percent in 2018/2019 - industry official
India's soybean output may rise 20 percent in 2018/2019 - in...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29: India’s soybean output is set to jump about 20 percent to over 10 million tonnes in the 2018/2019 crop year that starts in October, an industry official said on Wednesday.
Aug 29, 2018
My City
Sunny Leone to debut in Nepali movie
Sunny Leone to debut in Nepali movie
Bollywood actor Sunny Leone has been cast, alongside actor Bikkie Joshi, in the upcoming Nepali feature film -- ‘Password’. The movie also features Anup Bikram Shahi, Pari Rana, Buddhi Tamang, Rabindra Jha, Prabin Khatiwada, Bikrant Basnet, Chhultin Gurung and Lisa Sunuwar, stated the press release.
Aug 29, 2018
SOCIETY
One dead, one goes missing in Trishuli truck plunge
One dead, one goes missing in Trishuli truck plunge
DHADING, Aug 29: A truck en route to Naryangadh from Kathmandu skidded off the road and plunged into the river last night, killing one and leaving three others injured.
Aug 29, 2018
WORLD
Sri Lanka: Over 100 bodies found in mass grave in Mannar
Sri Lanka: Over 100 bodies found in mass grave in Mannar
CARACAS, Aug 29: So far 100 bodies have been pulled from Sri Lanka’s second largest mass grave in Mannar, believed to be remnants of the country’s recent civil war, archaeologists say. “We have found 101 people and already moved 96 individual skeletons from the trench,” said Raj Somadeva, archaeolog...
Aug 29, 2018