SOCIETY
‘Little Pandit’ at Pashupatinath (with photos)
‘Little Pandit’ at Pashupatinath (with photos)
KATHMANDU, Aug 26: Marking 'Janai Purnima', also known as 'Rishi Tarpani', thousands of devotees worship Lord Shiva at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu and at Kumbheswar in Lalitpur and other Shiva temples across the country and take holy dips in ponds and lakes and rivers.
Aug 26, 2018
SPORTS
Delayed registration results in no chance for two players to attend Asian Games
Delayed registration results in no chance for two players to...
KATHMANDU, Aug 26: Two Nepali athletics players reached Indonesia to participate in the ongoing 2018 Jakarta Palembang Asian Games have been deprived of joining the competition due to delayed registrations. Nepali sports office bearers failed to notice that whether the registrations of names of thos...
Aug 26, 2018
SOCIETY
‘Odd-even’ system in valley for BIMSTEC summit
‘Odd-even’ system in valley for BIMSTEC summit
KATHMANDU, Aug 26: To ease the traffic pressure in the Kathmandu valley during the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division has imposed ‘odd-even’ system for the vehicles starting from August 29 till August 31.
Aug 26, 2018
WORLD
Russian MoD: Foreign specialists arrived in Syria to stage chemical attack
Russian MoD: Foreign specialists arrived in Syria to stage c...
MOSCOW, Aug 26: Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that according to information received earlier in the day by the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation from local residents, foreign English-speaking specialists arrived in the Habit settlement, which is located in...
Aug 26, 2018
SPORTS
Patient Fabinho adapting to 'intense' Premier League
Patient Fabinho adapting to 'intense' Premier League
Aug 26: New Liverpool signing Fabinho is eager to make his Premier League debut but the Brazilian midfielder is aware that he must first adapt to the Merseyside club’s robust playing style under manager Juergen Klopp.
Aug 26, 2018
SOCIETY
Two girls below 14 raped in separate incidents
Two girls below 14 raped in separate incidents
KATHMANDU, Aug 26: Two girls, aged 14 and 12 have been raped in separate incidents in the country.
Aug 26, 2018
POLITICS
Sher Bahadur Deuba questions govt's intention in Kanchanpur incident
Sher Bahadur Deuba questions govt's intention in Kanchanpur...
KATHMANDU, Aug 26: Chairperson of Nepali Congress, Sher Bahadur Deuba has urged all leaders to rise above politics to save daughters and girls in the country. Addressing the federal parliament today, Deuba, former prime minister, questioned the motive of the government's delay to initiate investiga...
Aug 26, 2018
WORLD
Iran’s parliament sacks finance minister in blow to Rouhani
Iran’s parliament sacks finance minister in blow to Rouhani
TEHRAN, Aug 26: Iran’s parliament has voted to sack the finance minister, dealing another blow to President Hassan Rouhani as he faces mounting discontent over the economy.
Aug 26, 2018
SOCIETY
Curfew imposed again at local level in Kanchanpur
Curfew imposed again at local level in Kanchanpur
BHIMDATTANAGAR, Aug 26: Curfew order has been imposed at Bhimdatta municipality of Kanchanpur. Tensions have run high here since the murder of 13-year-old Nirmala Pant of Kholti of Bhimdatta municipality-2. Her body was retrieved from a sugarcane field on July 27.
Aug 26, 2018
SOCIETY
IN PICTURES: Janaipurnima 2075
IN PICTURES: Janaipurnima 2075
KATHMANDU, Aug 26: The tagadharis or those who wear the 'Janai' (the sacred thread) around their bodies from the left shoulder change the sacred thread today after having a haircut and a bath on the occasion of 'Janai Purnima', also known as 'Rishi Tarpani'.
Aug 26, 2018