SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Former lawmaker Karki sent to jail
Former lawmaker Karki sent to jail
KATHMANDU, Sept 5: Former lawmaker, who was convicted in a corruption case by the court, Dol Bahadur (DB) Karki, has been sent to jail on Thursday.
Sep 05, 2019
WORLD
UK government gives up trying to stop Brexit delay bill in parliament
UK government gives up trying to stop Brexit delay bill in p...
LONDON, Sept 5: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government abandoned attempts in the upper house of parliament to block a law aimed at stopping the country from leaving the European Union without a deal.
Sep 05, 2019
WORLD
North Korea tells United Nations to cut international aid staff: letter
North Korea tells United Nations to cut international aid st...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 5: North Korea has told the United Nations to cut the number of international staff it deploys in the country because the world body’s programs have failed “due to the politicization of U.N. assistance by hostile forces,” according to a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
Sep 05, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Agriculture Minister hospitalized after suffering from Dengue
Agriculture Minister hospitalized after suffering from Dengu...
KATHMANDU, Sept 5: Agriculture Minister Chakrapani Khanal has been admitted to Grande International Hospital in the capital after suffering from Dengue, sources said.
Sep 05, 2019
SOCIETY
Nepalgunj-Lucknow friendship bus to be operated
Nepalgunj-Lucknow friendship bus to be operated
NEPALGUNJ, Sept 5: Nepal-India friendship bus service will be operated from Nepalgunj to Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state of India.
Sep 05, 2019
My City, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Music
Feds: Man sold rapper Mac Miller drugs before overdose death
Feds: Man sold rapper Mac Miller drugs before overdose death
A Los Angeles man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he sold counterfeit opioid pills to Mac Miller two days before the rapper died of an overdose.
Sep 05, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Nepal, Singapore agree to set up bilateral consultative mechanism
Nepal, Singapore agree to set up bilateral consultative mech...
KATHMANDU, Sept 5: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, who is currently visiting the Maldives, held separate meetings with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mauritius Nandcoomar Bodha, and the Assistant Foreign Minist...
Sep 05, 2019
WORLD, TECHNOLOGY
Facebook, tech firms meet with U.S. intelligence on 2020 election security
Facebook, tech firms meet with U.S. intelligence on 2020 ele...
Sept 5: U.S. technology companies including Facebook Inc, Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft Corp and Twitter Inc met with U.S. intelligence agencies on Wednesday to discuss security strategies ahead of the November 2020 election.
Sep 05, 2019
DIASPORA, Latest Updates
Three Nepali belonging to same family die in road accident in United States
Three Nepali belonging to same family die in road accident i...
UNITED STATES, Sept 5: Three Nepali nationals belonging to the same family died in a road accident in the United States on Tuesday afternoon.
Sep 05, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
External sector worsening despite economic growth
External sector worsening despite economic growth
KATHMANDU, Sept 5: Though the Nepali economy has been growing in the last three fiscal years at a pace higher than the average growth rate of the last decade, some of the macroeconomic indicators, particularly related to the external sector, are worsening.
Sep 05, 2019