SOCIETY
One way resumes along Narayangadh - Mugling road section
One way resumes along Narayangadh - Mugling road section
RATNANAGAR, Aug 4: The Narayangadh- Mugling road section which was blocked due to a landslide at Ghumaune of Bharatpur Metropolitan City has been opened for one-way traffic after four hours.
Aug 04, 2018
SOCIETY
Special campaign needed to end dowry system
Special campaign needed to end dowry system
LAHAN, Aug 4: Speakers at a programme here have underscored the need of launching special campaign to end dowry which has afflicted the Tarai/Madhes people, especially the women.
Aug 04, 2018
Lifestyle
Lady Gaga collaborator known as Zombie Boy dead at 32
Lady Gaga collaborator known as Zombie Boy dead at 32
MONTREAL, Aug 4: Rick Genest, a Quebec model known for his head-to-toe tattoos and participation in the Lady Gaga music video “Born This Way,” has died, his talent agency said.
Aug 04, 2018
SPORTS
Drug tests for gamers as soccer's eWorld Cup jackpot climbs
Drug tests for gamers as soccer's eWorld Cup jackpot climbs
LONDON, Aug 4: The players finished their soccer matches and huddled waiting to discover who would have to undergo doping tests. The random draw completed, two men went off to provide urine samples.
Aug 04, 2018
Lifestyle
Selfies are apparently driving cosmetic surgery requests
Selfies are apparently driving cosmetic surgery requests
Thanks to apps like Snapchat and Instagram introducing various filters that we can apply during our selfies to make ourselves look silly, look beautiful, and so on, it seems to have created a side-effect which is that it is apparently driving requests from teens for cosmetic surgery that will make t...
Aug 04, 2018
Lifestyle
Broadway performers plan protest outside the White House
Broadway performers plan protest outside the White House
NEW YORK, Aug 4: Rosie O’Donnell and cast members from some of Broadway’s biggest musicals plan to serenade President Donald Trump on Monday — but from outside the White House in protest.
Aug 04, 2018
Lifestyle
The Algonquin Hotel throws a ‘purrty,’ feline fashion show
The Algonquin Hotel throws a ‘purrty,’ feline fashion show
NEW YORK, Aug 4: The “meowdels” wore couture and the crowd was cat-tastic at The Algonquin Hotel’s annual feline fashion show, presided over by the historic Times Square establishment’s 12th resident cat, a ginger boy with a theatrical name, Hamlet VIII.
Aug 04, 2018
SOCIETY
172 wild animals killed in three years
172 wild animals killed in three years
BANKE, Aug 4: Protection and conservation of wildlife continues to become a challenge in Banke national park with the East-West highway and the Sikta irrigation project canal passing through the park.
Aug 04, 2018
SOCIETY
No vehicular movement on Rasuwagadhi border before Aug 16
No vehicular movement on Rasuwagadhi border before Aug 16
RASUWA, Aug 4: Vehicular movement at Rasuwagadhi, the international business border with China has been halted for the month of Shrawan. The bridge at Ghattekhola in Gosainkunda rural municipality-2 has been damaged due to a landslide.
Aug 04, 2018
SOCIETY
Three decades on, Babai Irrigation Project still incomplete
Three decades on, Babai Irrigation Project still incomplete
BARDIYA, Aug 4: At a time when the failure of an ambitious national pride project – Sikta Irrigation Project – has been drawing the headlines, another important project, Bheri-Babai Irrigation Project, shares a similar fate. Even after three decades, it has shown no real progress except for some wor...
Aug 04, 2018