ECONOMY
British Airways cancels flights from London after global IT outage
British Airways cancels flights from London after global IT...
LONDON, May 27: British Airways canceled all its flights from London's two main airports until Saturday evening after a global computer system outage caused massive delays and left planes stuck on runways.
May 27, 2017
POLITICS
Govt in mood to postpone election: Oli
Govt in mood to postpone election: Oli
POKHARA, May 27: CPN-UML KP Sharma Oli has accused the government for planning to postpone the second phase of the local level elections.
May 27, 2017
POLITICS, ELECTION
Some 100,000 staff to be deputed on poll duty besides security personnel
Some 100,000 staff to be deputed on poll duty besides securi...
KATHMANDU, May 27: The Election Commission has stated that it was going to deploy around 100,000 employees besides the security personnel for the second-phase local level election to be held on June 14.
May 27, 2017
POLITICS
PM Dahal to inaugurate fast-track project tomorrow
PM Dahal to inaugurate fast-track project tomorrow
BARA, May 27: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is all set to inaugurate the much-talked fast-tract project that connects Tarai and Kathmandu on Sunday.
May 27, 2017
WORLD
UK lowers terror threat level to ‘severe’ as more arrested
UK lowers terror threat level to ‘severe’ as more arrested
MANCHESTER, May 27: Britain reduced its terrorism threat level a notch, from “critical” to “severe,” as authorities said major progress has been made in unraveling the plot behind the Manchester bombing.
May 27, 2017
POLITICS
Acharya named as Sajha Party's spokesperson
Acharya named as Sajha Party's spokesperson
KATHMANDU, May 27: The Sajha Party has nominated Prof Dr Surya Raj Acharya as its spokesperson.
May 27, 2017
SOCIETY
Summit Air crashes at Lukla Airport, captain dies (Update)
Summit Air crashes at Lukla Airport, captain dies (Update)
SOLUKHUMBU, May 27: A Summit Cargo Air (Goma Air) plane has crashed at Tenzing Hillary Airport on Saturday afternoon.
May 27, 2017
POLITICS
PM tables govt policies and programs in House
PM tables govt policies and programs in House
KATHMANDU, May 27: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Saturday tabled a copy of the government's policies and programs which was unveiled by President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
May 27, 2017
POLITICS
Parliamentary panel formed to probe alleged irregularities in polls
Parliamentary panel formed to probe alleged irregularities i...
KATHMANDU, May 27: A meeting of the Legislature-Parliament has formed a five-member special committee to probe into the alleged irregularities in the first phase of local level polls.
May 27, 2017
SOCIETY
35 metric tonnes of waste extracted from rivers, Ring Road area
35 metric tonnes of waste extracted from rivers, Ring Road a...
KATHMANDU, May 27: A total of 35 metric tonnes of garbage was extracted from Kathmandu valley-based major rivers and Ring Road area.
May 27, 2017