POLITICS, Latest Updates
Newly appointed IGP Thakur Gyawali assumes office (with photos)
Newly appointed IGP Thakur Gyawali assumes office (with phot...
KATHMANDU, Feb 12: Newly appointed Inspector General of Nepal Police Thakur Prasad Gyawali assumed his office on Wednesday morning.
Feb 12, 2020
WORLD
Taiwan says it didn't need China's permission for WHO meeting
Taiwan says it didn't need China's permission for WHO meetin...
TAIPEI, Feb 12: Taiwan’s presence at a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting this week on the new coronavirus was the result of direct talks between the island and the body, and did not require China’s permission, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Feb 12, 2020
WORLD
Philippine President Duterte terminates military pact with US
Philippine President Duterte terminates military pact with U...
MANILA/WASHINGTON, Feb 12: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday announced the termination of a two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States (VFA), delivering on threats to downgrade an alliance important to U.S. interests.
Feb 12, 2020
SPORTS, Latest Updates
Khawash reaches 50-goal mark as title race goes down to the wire
Khawash reaches 50-goal mark as title race goes down to the...
KATHMANDU, Feb 12: Captain Bharat Khawash scored his 50th top flight goal as Tribhuvan Army Club moved a step closer toward the title after it defeated Brigade Boys Club 3-0 to stay ahead of second-placed Machhindra Club in the ongoing Martyr’s Memorial A-Division League in Lalitpur on Tuesday.
Feb 12, 2020
WORLD
Iran woman dies of suspected coronavirus infection: state daily IRAN
Iran woman dies of suspected coronavirus infection: state da...
DUBAI, Feb 12: An Iranian woman has died of a suspected coronavirus infection, the state daily newspaper IRAN reported on Wednesday, without citing any sources.
Feb 12, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Phuyal appointed Bagmati province's physical infrastructure development minister
Phuyal appointed Bagmati province's physical infrastructure...
HETAUDA, Feb 12: Rameshwor Phuyal has been appointed the physical infrastructure development minister for the Bagmati state government.
Feb 12, 2020
WORLD
White supremacist propaganda spreading in United States, anti-bias group says
White supremacist propaganda spreading in United States, ant...
NEW YORK, Feb 12: Incidents of white supremacist propaganda distributed across the nation jumped by more than 120% between 2018 and last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League, making 2019 the second straight year that the circulation of propaganda material has more than doubled.
Feb 12, 2020
Editorial
Lessons from Delhi
Lessons from Delhi
With counting still underway as we write this, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is set to return to power in New Delhi with a thumping majority. As of this writing it is leading in over 60 of the 70 seats, with BJP trailing far behind. The Indian National Congress is nowhere to be seen. AAP chief Arvind Ke...
Feb 12, 2020
OPINION
Investing in infrastructure
Investing in infrastructure
An international expert on transport and highway engineering, after making a visit to major road infrastructures in Nepal, commented that there is no single stretch of road in Nepal that is worth of calling a highway. According to this expert, there are certain parameters for any road to be called h...
Feb 12, 2020
WORLD
Australia's 'black summer' provides glimmer of hope for climate policy action
Australia's 'black summer' provides glimmer of hope for clim...
MELBOURNE, Feb 12: Australia’s deadly wildfires have opened up a small window of opportunity for the country to break a decade-long impasse on climate policy, as some politicians and big business push for major change.
Feb 12, 2020