SPORTS
Happy Mustafa feels Nepal has great future in cricket
Happy Mustafa feels Nepal has great future in cricket
DHANGADHI, April 8: The United Arab Emirates skipper Rohan Mustafa is in Dhangadhi, Nepal representing home team Team Chauraha Dhangadhi under the captaincy of Sompal Kami. It won a nail-biter eight-over per side match against Rupandehi Challengers by three runs to secure its place in the playoffs o...
Apr 09, 2018
SPORTS
Nerolac, Sher Bahadur Memorial sign sponsor deal
Nerolac, Sher Bahadur Memorial sign sponsor deal
KATHMANDU, April 9: Kansai Nerolac Paints (KNP) has agreed to become the main sponsor of the fourth National Club Volleyball Championship which will be organized by Sher Bahadur Khadka Memorial Foundation.
Apr 09, 2018
ECONOMY
Middlemen feast on farmers’ hard work in Baitadi
Middlemen feast on farmers’ hard work in Baitadi
BAITADI, April 8: Devanand Pandeya of Jarga village in Dashrath Chand Rural Municipality-4 carries his agricultural products to Gothala Pani Market in a bamboo basket (doko) every day. But he cannot fix the price of his produce; he has to sell at whatever price local traders determine. These traders...
Apr 09, 2018
ECONOMY
Laxmi Cares completes 10th annual mountain bike rally
Laxmi Cares completes 10th annual mountain bike rally
KATHMANDU April 9: : Laxmi Cares, an NGO managed by the staffers of Laxmi Bank Limited, has conducted the 10th Laxmi Cares Mountain Bike Rally on Saturday
Apr 09, 2018
ECONOMY
Huawei announces new Y series phones
Huawei announces new Y series phones
KATHMANDU, April 8: Huawei has introduced its new iteration of Y series phones loaded with features like intelligent 4 Camera and FullView Display in Huawei Y9 2018 and Intelligent Dual Camera with FullView Display in Huawei Y7 Pro in Nepali market.
Apr 09, 2018
ECONOMY
‘No reason to cheer new project announcements’
‘No reason to cheer new project announcements’
KATHMANDU, April 8: Nepal and India have signed agreements of three projects -- electric railway line connecting Raxaul to Kathmandu, inland waterway for connectivity, and a partnership project in agriculture -- on Sunday.
Apr 09, 2018
SOCIETY
Two youths of same village return home in coffins
Two youths of same village return home in coffins
MYAGDI, April 8: Budhi Bahadur Pariyar, 29, of Malika Rural Municipality-2, Beligaun had promised his wife Pabitra that he would return home from Malaysia during next Dashain with new clothes for her. Unfortunately, his dream has been shattered. The whole village was grief-stricken when he returned...
Apr 09, 2018
SOCIETY
DEO launches campaign to bring all children to school
DEO launches campaign to bring all children to school
KHOTANG, April 8: The District Education Office (DEO), Khotang, has launched a campaign to make it compulsory for all parents to send their children to school.
Apr 09, 2018
SOCIETY
Foreigner celebrates Janku, a Newari's tradition of reaching old age
Foreigner celebrates Janku, a Newari's tradition of reaching...
BHAKTAPUR, April 8: The public has been observing foreigners celebrating many festivals including Holi, Gai Jatra and Bhai Tika. On Sunday, the locals of Bhaktapur got a rare chance to see a foreigner celebrating Janku, a Newari festival celebrated when a man or woman of the Newar community turns 77...
Apr 09, 2018
ECONOMY
Country’s first irrigation system now a ‘flood risk’
Country’s first irrigation system now a ‘flood risk’
SAPTARI, April 8: The first irrigation system, Chandra Irrigation System, was established by the Rana regime in 1920s. The then Rana Prime Minister, Chandra Shamsher is reported to have been so much interested by the infrastructures in England that upon his return he constructed many crucial infrast...
Apr 09, 2018