SPORTS
Nepal U-15 women’s football team to leave for Bhutan today
Nepal U-15 women’s football team to leave for Bhutan today
KATHMANDU. Aug 7: The Nepal U-15 women’s team will leave for Bhutan on Tuesday to participate in the second SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship that starts from Thursday. The first edition of the tournament was held in Bangladesh, where the host defeated India to lift the title.
Aug 07, 2018
SPORTS
Special course for volleyball coaches starts
Special course for volleyball coaches starts
KATHMANDU, Aug 7: A special training course for volleyball coaches, which got the status of the country’s national game recently, has started from Monday. According to the National Sports Council (NSC), the five-day course is being held for the first time in Nepal. According to the National Sports...
Aug 07, 2018
SOCIETY
Rural roads: Repaired in winter but unfit for monsoon
Rural roads: Repaired in winter but unfit for monsoon
Ilam/Tehrathum, Aug 7: Ganesh Rai, chairperson of Maijogmai Rural Municipality-4 issued a notice a month ago stating that tractor and heavy vehicles had been banned on dirt roads. The notice stated that the roads were in a poor state owing to the heavy rainfall and therefore his office was restricti...
Aug 07, 2018
TECHNOLOGY
Air quality machines to be back in operation shortly
Air quality machines to be back in operation shortly
KATHMANDU, Aug 7: Air quality mapping machines, which stopped working months ago, are likely to come back into operation within a month.
Aug 07, 2018
SOCIETY
Tipper help killed in accident, two others injured
Tipper help killed in accident, two others injured
NUWAKOT, Aug 7: A person died when a tipper met with an accident in Kakani of Nuwakot on Monday morning.
Aug 07, 2018
SOCIETY
Applications open for Chevening Scholarships
Applications open for Chevening Scholarships
KATHMANDU, Aug 7: Applications for prestigious Chevening Scholarships have opened from August 6 to November 6, the British embassy in Kathmandu said. The applications are to be submitted via www.chevening.org/apply.
Aug 07, 2018
SOCIETY
Journalists appeal for release of Bangladesh activist
Journalists appeal for release of Bangladesh activist
KATHMANDU, Aug 7: A group of journalists in Kathmandu on Monday appealed for the release of a photographer and cultural activist Shahidul Alam from custody by Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
Aug 07, 2018
SOCIETY
Rural municipality offers incentives to boost local population
Rural municipality offers incentives to boost local populati...
TEHRATHUM, Aug 7: Worried over the increasing migration of locals to the southern plains, Chhatar Rural Municipality has announced a Rs 100,000 cash award to each family moving into the local unit, along with an additional grant of Rs 500,000 for starting a new business.
Aug 07, 2018
POLITICS
Province 2 govt asked to wait until Citizenship Act amended
Province 2 govt asked to wait until Citizenship Act amended
KATHMANDU, Aug 7: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has asked the government of Province 2 not to issue citizenship certificates to the children of those who received their own citizenship by birth until a bill for the amendment of the Nepal Citizenship Act 2007 is endorsed by the federal parliame...
Aug 07, 2018
SOCIETY
Heavy rains to continue today, monsoon weakens from Wednesday
Heavy rains to continue today, monsoon weakens from Wednesda...
KATHMANDU, Aug 7: The incessant rainfall experienced in some parts of the western, central and eastern regions on Monday is likely to continue on Tuesday as well, the Meteorology Forecasting Division (MFD) has warned. Since the past few days, the country has been experiencing a strong monsoon patter...
Aug 07, 2018