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Make Nepal Green Again
Make Nepal Green Again
“Hashish and Marijuana sold here - 1st floor,” read the signboard on one of the houses back in 1969 on the Old Freak Street, Kathmandu Durbar Square. Out of many, this signboard tells us a lot about how Nepal was one of the countries where Marijuana was legal when it was illegal in the western count...
Apr 23, 2018
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Providing health care @ Rs 100
Providing health care @ Rs 100
According to the Human Development Report 2015 of UNDP, Nepal has the lowest number of doctors per person in South Asia. Nepal has only two physicians for every 10,000 people, which does not meet the World Health Organization standard of 10 doctors for 10,000 people. This also indicates lack of prop...
Apr 23, 2018
WORLD
Islamic State suicide bomber kills 57 in Afghan capital
Islamic State suicide bomber kills 57 in Afghan capital
KABUL, April 23: An Islamic State suicide bomber attacked a voter registration center in Afghanistan’s capital on Sunday, killing 57 people and wounding more than 100 others, officials said.
Apr 23, 2018
WORLD
4 dead in Waffle House shooting in Tennessee; suspect sought
4 dead in Waffle House shooting in Tennessee; suspect sought
NASHVILLE, April 23: A nearly naked gunman wearing only a green jacket and brandishing an assault rifle stormed a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville early Sunday, shooting four people to death before a customer rushed him and wrestled the weapon away.
Apr 23, 2018
SPORTS
Two injury time goals help Police reach quarters
Two injury time goals help Police reach quarters
ILAM, April 23: The departmental team Nepal Police Club stormed into the quarterfinals of the ongoing fourth International Invitational Tuborg Mai Valley Gold Cup football tournament with the help of two injury time goals from Suman Lama and Rabi Paswan on Sunday.
Apr 23, 2018
SPORTS
South Asian Regional Qualifiers Tournament today
South Asian Regional Qualifiers Tournament today
KATHMANDU, April 23: The South Asian Regional Qualifiers Tournament for the ITF Asia U-12 Team Tennis Championship is being organized by the All Nepal Lawn Tennis Association (ANLTA) today.
Apr 23, 2018
SPORTS
Nepal wins second match
Nepal wins second match
KATHMANDU, April 23: Nepal national volleyball team has kept its semifinal hopes alive after defeating Maldives 3-0 in the ongoing Bangabandhu AVC Central Zone Senior Asian Men’s Championship on Sunday.
Apr 23, 2018
SPORTS
Shrestha wins gold, becomes first Nepali male judoka to defeat Indian opponent after 23 ye...
Shrestha wins gold, becomes first Nepali male judoka to defe...
KATHMANDU, April 23: Indra Bahadur Shrestha spared the blushes of host Nepal by winning a gold medal in the ongoing eighth South Asian Judo Championship on Sunday. The nineteen-year-old defeated Babar Hussain of Pakistan in the final to clinch Nepal’s second gold in the tournament, which sealed Nepa...
Apr 23, 2018
SPORTS
Taekwondo under selection controversy
Taekwondo under selection controversy
KATHMANDU, April 23: As the dates for the South Asian Games (SAG) and Asian Games are on the horizon, taekwondo has been dragged into dispute concerning the selection of players for the games.
Apr 23, 2018
Interview
I have many fond memories in Nepal: Prof. Parag Pathak, mini Nobel Prize winner
I have many fond memories in Nepal: Prof. Parag Pathak, mini...
The John Bates Clark Medal is awarded annually by the American Economic Association (AEA) to “that American economist under the age of forty who is judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge.” Parag Pathak, 37, is a professor at Massachusetts Institute o...
Apr 23, 2018