POLITICS
Indecisive meeting pushes party merger deadline
Indecisive meeting pushes party merger deadline
KATHMANDU, April 17: The Party Unification Coordination Committee meeting at Prime Minister’s concluded that CPN UML and Maoist Center would not form a merger on April 22.
Apr 17, 2018
SOCIETY
Nepal elected member of UN Women executive board
Nepal elected member of UN Women executive board
KATHMANDU, April 17: Nepal has been elected as a member of the executive board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women).
Apr 17, 2018
Lifestyle
Caffeine might help people with heart troubles, research says
Caffeine might help people with heart troubles, research say...
Drinking coffee and tea every day may actually benefit people with heart troubles.
Apr 17, 2018
POLITICS
Deuba urges CM Poudel not to shift capital of province 3
Deuba urges CM Poudel not to shift capital of province 3
HETAUDA, April 17: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has urged Dormani Poudel, Chief Minister of Province 3 not to shift the province capital from Hetauda to other location
Apr 17, 2018
SOCIETY
Promises made, promises delayed: Khotang sans textbooks in English
Promises made, promises delayed: Khotang sans textbooks in E...
KHOTANG, April 17: While the new academic session has already begun across the country, textbooks in English language are yet to be supplied in schools of Khotang.
Apr 17, 2018
SOCIETY
US senators lobby for TPS extension of Nepali nationals
US senators lobby for TPS extension of Nepali nationals
United States, April 17: Twenty three senators have signed a petition urging the United States administration to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation granted to Nepalis living in the country after the devastating April 2015 earthquake. At present, 8,000 Nepalis are under TPS which...
Apr 17, 2018
SOCIETY
Donors pledging huge reconstruction funds skip NRA meet
Donors pledging huge reconstruction funds skip NRA meet
KATHMANDU, April 17: Some international donors that had pledged billions of rupees for post-earthquake reconstruction in Nepal but are yet to provide the pledged amounts to the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) did not attend a meeting summoned by NRA on Monday.
Apr 17, 2018
SOCIETY
SSP Dhiraj Pratap Singh heads crime division
SSP Dhiraj Pratap Singh heads crime division
KATHMANDU, April 17: The Ministry of Home Affairs has appointed Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dhiraj Pratap Singh as chief of Metropolitan Police’s crime division.
Apr 17, 2018
WORLD
Group accused of gang raping, killing Kashmiri girl plead not guilty
Group accused of gang raping, killing Kashmiri girl plead no...
NEW DELHI, April 17: Eight men accused of raping and murdering an eight-year-old Kashmiri girl pleaded not guilty Monday to the horrific crime that has sparked revulsion and brought thousands to India´s streets in protest.
Apr 17, 2018
Lifestyle
The Times and The New Yorker Share the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
The Times and The New Yorker Share the Pulitzer Prize for Pu...
April 17: Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on Monday to the news organizations that drove two of the biggest stories of the year: the high-stakes investigation into President Trump’s relationship with Russia and the consequential reckoning about the treatment of women by powerful men.
Apr 17, 2018