ECONOMY
Nepal-Tibet trade hit for lack of road and other facilities
Nepal-Tibet trade hit for lack of road and other facilities
DARCHULA, Oct 20: Trade with Tibet through the Tinkar transit point has come to a standstill for the past few years for lack of access road and customs office.
Oct 20, 2018
WORLD
Afghans vote amid chaos, corruption and Taliban threats
Afghans vote amid chaos, corruption and Taliban threats
KABUL, Oct 20: Afghans voted on Saturday in parliamentary elections overshadowed by chaotic organization, allegations of corruption and violence that have forced a postponement of the vote in the strategic southern province of Kandahar.
Oct 20, 2018
ECONOMY
Herbal farming improving socio-economic status of Kanchanpur women
Herbal farming improving socio-economic status of Kanchanpur...
KANCHANPUR, Oct 20: A group of women engaged in the herbal farming at Beldandi in Shuklaphanta Municipality in Kanchanpur district has been achieving economic independence thereby uplifting their socio-economic status since their herbal farming began to thrive.
Oct 20, 2018
SOCIETY
Three metric tonnes trash removed from river
Three metric tonnes trash removed from river
KATHMANDU, Oct 20: Three metric tonnes of garbage was removed from the river today as part of the ongoing campaign of cleaning the Manohara and Hanumante rivers even during the festival period.
Oct 20, 2018
SOCIETY
Read Only Access to citizenship database for certain govt service providers
Read Only Access to citizenship database for certain govt se...
KATHMANDU, Oct 20: Government has approved the Read Only Access Work Procedure Guidelines to the citizenship database to certain government service provider agencies.
Oct 20, 2018
SOCIETY
Youth hacked to death
Youth hacked to death
URLABARI, Oct 20: A youth was murdered at Shukrabare of Pathari Sanishchare-8 in Morang district last night.
Oct 20, 2018
WORLD
Brazil election battle rages over Facebook's WhatsApp
Brazil election battle rages over Facebook's WhatsApp
BRASILIA, Oct 20: Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) WhatsApp messaging service became the frontline in Brazil’s bitter presidential campaign on Friday, as front-runner Jair Bolsonaro angrily denied accusations he had encouraged widespread misinformation campaigns on the platform.
Oct 20, 2018
SPORTS
Wozniacki seeks repeat at wide-open WTA Finals
Wozniacki seeks repeat at wide-open WTA Finals
SINGAPORE, Oct 20: The women’s tennis season concludes at the WTA Finals in Singapore next week and, like a majority of tournaments during the 2018 campaign, picking a winner from a wide-open field seems a near impossible task.
Oct 20, 2018
SOCIETY
Fire guts house
Fire guts house
RUKUM EAST, Oct 20: Property worth Rs 250 thousand was destroyed when fire gutted a house at East Rukum at 11.30 pm on Friday. Cash Rs 55 thousand, food grains, utensils and clothes in the thatched-roofed house of Gyanu Budha were destroyed by fire at local Rumalbara.
Oct 20, 2018
SOCIETY
PM Oli offers Dashain Tika to HIV-infected 23 children
PM Oli offers Dashain Tika to HIV-infected 23 children
KATHMANDU, Oct 20 : Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his spouse Radhika Shakya offered Dashain Tika to 23 children infected with HIV on the occasion of Badadashain festival.
Oct 20, 2018