WORLD
Why Uganda is the 'world's fittest country'
Why Uganda is the 'world's fittest country'
Uganda is the most physically active nation in the world, according to a recent report by the World Health Organization. The BBC's Patience Atuhaire went to find out why.
Sep 16, 2018
ECONOMY
Dollar stumbles against majors, Aussie boosted by strong domestic job gains
Dollar stumbles against majors, Aussie boosted by strong dom...
Sept 16: The U.S. Dollar was pressured most of the week by a pair of weaker-than-expected inflation reports and the news that the U.S. had extended an invitation to China to renew trade talks. However, it was able to recover some of its losses on Friday on the back of upbeat U.S. economic data, high...
Sep 16, 2018
SOCIETY
Indian ambassador extends support to improve airport's infrastructure in Humla
Indian ambassador extends support to improve airport's infra...
HUMLA, Sept 16: On Saturday, Humla had an unexpected guest: Manjeev Singh Puri, the Indian Ambassador to Nepal.
Sep 16, 2018
Lifestyle
Cancer spreads from an organ donor to four people in 'Extraordinary' case
Cancer spreads from an organ donor to four people in 'Extrao...
Sept 16: It's well known that organ transplants can pass infectious diseases from donors to recipients in rare cases. But even more rarely, transplants can transmit cancer, as a new case shows.
Sep 16, 2018
Lifestyle
Montana photographer sues Netflix over copyright law
Montana photographer sues Netflix over copyright law
GREAT FALLS, Sept 16: A Montana photographer is suing Netflix, alleging the company violated copyright law by using one of his photos without permission to create storm images for the series “Stranger Things” and the movie “How It Ends.”
Sep 16, 2018
POLITICS
Four different bills presented in NA
Four different bills presented in NA
KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Four different bills related to fundamental rights have been presented in today's meeting of the National Assembly.
Sep 16, 2018
Lifestyle
Children with asthma are less likely to finish school and to work in non-manual occupation...
Children with asthma are less likely to finish school and to...
PARIS, Sept 16: People who suffer with persistent asthma from a young age are more likely to leave school at 16 years old and those who make it to university are more likely to drop out early, according to new research presented today (Sunday) at the European Respiratory Society International Congre...
Sep 16, 2018
WORLD
Pakistan willing to open Afghan land route for India: US envoy
Pakistan willing to open Afghan land route for India: US env...
WASHINGTON: Pakistan approached Afghanistan earlier this year, indicating its willingness to discuss the resumption of trade between Afghanistan and India through the Pakistani land route, says a senior US diplomat.
Sep 16, 2018
SOCIETY
Atawari, festival symbolising family bond begins
Atawari, festival symbolising family bond begins
DHANGADHI, Sept 16: The 'Atawari' festival which is celebrated by the Chaudhary-Dagaura community of the western Terai in Nepal has kicked off from today. The two-day festival symbolising mutual harmony, unity and good family relations is observed majorly in Dang, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchan...
Sep 16, 2018
Lifestyle
NASA launches high-precision satellite to measure polar ice thickness
NASA launches high-precision satellite to measure polar ice...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, lifted off at 9:02 a.m. EDT (6:02 a.m. PDT) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California of the United States.
Sep 16, 2018