WORLD
U.S. judge sends ex-Trump campaign head Manafort to jail until trial
U.S. judge sends ex-Trump campaign head Manafort to jail unt...
WASHINGTON, June 16: U.S. President Donald Trump’s former election campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was sent to jail pending trial on Friday after being charged with witness tampering, the latest episode in his long fall from grace.
Jun 16, 2018
ECONOMY
All 7 provinces table budgets, programs for FY2018/19
All 7 provinces table budgets, programs for FY2018/19
KATHAMNDU, June 15: All seven federal provinces have tabled their budgets and programs for the next fiscal year in their respective provincial assemblies. Province 3 has the highest budget amount of Rs 35.61 billion while Gandak Province has tabled a budget of Rs 24.02 billion, the lowest.
Jun 16, 2018
POLITICS
Govt may miss deadline for passing fundamental rights
Govt may miss deadline for passing fundamental rights
KATHMANDU, June 16: As the constitutional deadline for enacting laws concerning 31 fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution inches closer, the government is likely to miss it for lack of timely preparations.
Jun 16, 2018
SOCIETY
Foot track to be built on the banks of Firke River
Foot track to be built on the banks of Firke River
POKHARA, June 15: The newly-elected representatives of Pokhara Lekhnatah Metropolitan City have expedited the work for a foot track on the banks of the local Firke River.
Jun 16, 2018
SOCIETY
Art festival to highlight domestic workers' woes
Art festival to highlight domestic workers' woes
KATMANDU, June 15: Pourakhi Nepal on Friday organized an art festival to highlight the woes of domestic workers in Nepal and abroad.
Jun 16, 2018
SOCIETY
Gangamaya's autobiography unveiled
Gangamaya's autobiography unveiled
KATHMANDU, June 15: An autobiography of Gangamaya Adhikari, who has been struggling for justice against the murder of her son Krishna Prasad Adhikari by Maoists during the insurgency, was launched amid a function in Kathmandu on Friday.
Jun 16, 2018
SOCIETY
Kalikot hospital put plaster cast on child's wrong hand
Kalikot hospital put plaster cast on child's wrong hand
KALIKOT, June 15: In a case of sheer negligence, doctors at the District Hospital, Kalikot have put plaster cast on the left hand of a four-year-old child who had broken her right hand.
Jun 16, 2018
SOCIETY
Confucius Institute to be set up at TU
Confucius Institute to be set up at TU
KATHMANDU, June 15: Tribhuvan University and East China University of Technology (ECUT) have signed an agreement to establish Confucius Institute at the central office of Tribhuvan University.
Jun 16, 2018
SOCIETY
UNHCR representative presents credentials to minister
UNHCR representative presents credentials to minister
KATHMANDU, June 15: The newly-appointed UNHCR Representative in Nepal Bushra Halepota presented her credentials to Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali on Friday. Bushra, who just arrived in Nepal to take up her new assignment as UNHCR Representative in Nepal, began her career with the UN in...
Jun 16, 2018
SOCIETY
Ministry prepares to abandon 'suffocating' prefab building
Ministry prepares to abandon 'suffocating' prefab building
KATHMANDU, June 15: While millions of people displaced by the Gorkha earthquake of 2015 continue to live in makeshift shelters, the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security (MoLESS) is planning to abandon a newly-constructed building inside Singha Durbar after a few ministry staffers compla...
Jun 16, 2018