SPORTS, Latest Updates
Sayed breaks national record
Sayed breaks national record
KATHMANDU, Aug 24: Sayed Hamza Shah set a new record in swimming breaking the record created by Aanand Lepcha twenty years ago.
Aug 24, 2019
SOCIETY
Shortage of dengue test kit hampers intervention efforts
Shortage of dengue test kit hampers intervention efforts
CHITWAN, Aug 24: The shortage of dengue test kits here has hindered the medical interventions against the disease.
Aug 24, 2019
WORLD
Trump heaps another 5% tariff on Chinese goods in latest tit-for-tat escalation
Trump heaps another 5% tariff on Chinese goods in latest tit...
WASHINGTON/BEIJING, Aug 24: U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday lashed back at a new round of Chinese tariffs by heaping an additional 5% duty on some $550 billion in targeted Chinese goods in the latest tit-for-tat trade war escalation by the world’s two largest economies.
Aug 24, 2019
POLITICS
NC leader Lekhak bereaved of father
NC leader Lekhak bereaved of father
Kathmandu, Aug 24: Nepali Congress (NC) central member Ramesh Lekhak has been bereaved of his father. His father Dr Prayag Dutta Lekhak died on Friday night amidst the treatment at the Norvic International Hospital, Thapathali.
Aug 24, 2019
ECONOMY
Minister Bhattarai stresses on healthy competition for development
Minister Bhattarai stresses on healthy competition for devel...
PHIDIM, Aug 24: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai, has said the strengthening of federalism and republic depended on the success of incumbent government.
Aug 24, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Preservation of public property becoming daunting challenge: DPM Pokharel
Preservation of public property becoming daunting challenge:...
Kathmandu, Aug 24: Acting Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ishwar Pokharel on Saturday said that the preservation of the public properties has become a daunting challenge in the present context.
Aug 24, 2019
WORLD
Indian former FM Jaitley dies at 66
Indian former FM Jaitley dies at 66
NEW DELHI, Aug 24: Arun Jaitley, the former finance minister and a stalwart of the Bharatiya Janata Party, died on Saturday at the age of 66.
Aug 24, 2019
ECONOMY
Homestay in Karnali
Homestay in Karnali
BIRENDRANAGAR, Aug 24: Homestays are to be operated in 16 different places in Karnali. The decision to this end was taken by the Karnali State Ministry of Industry, Tourism, and Environment.
Aug 24, 2019
WORLD
China frees consulate staff as protesters target lampposts
China frees consulate staff as protesters target lampposts
HONG KONG, Aug 24: Chinese police said Saturday they released an employee at the British Consulate in Hong Kong as the city’s pro-democracy protesters took to the streets again, this time to call for the removal of “smart lampposts” that raised fears of stepped-up surveillance.
Aug 24, 2019
WORLD
Trump says he wouldn't stop Fed Chair Powell if he offered to resign
Trump says he wouldn't stop Fed Chair Powell if he offered t...
WASHINGTON, Aug 24: U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday and said he wouldn’t try to stop the chief U.S. central banker if he offered to resign.
Aug 24, 2019