WORLD
3 Miss America officials resign, 1 apologizes to ex-winner
3 Miss America officials resign, 1 apologizes to ex-winner
NEW JERSEY, Dec 24: The top leadership of the Miss America Organization, implicated in an email scandal that targeted past pageant winners for abuse based on their appearance, intellect and sex lives, resigned on Saturday, with the outgoing president apologizing to a winner whose weight he ridiculed...
Dec 24, 2017
NEPAL
China halts light vehicles to curb gold smuggling
China halts light vehicles to curb gold smuggling
RASUWA, Dec 24: Citing active gold smugglers travelling to and fro from Nepal to China, Chinese authorities have halted motorcycles and light vehicles of Nepal to Kerung border.
Dec 24, 2017
My City
Keeping the tradition alive
Keeping the tradition alive
Purna Maharjan, Arish Maharjan, Rabi Dangol, Prasan Maharjan, Sujan Maharjan and Prajal Maharjan are the members of Shree Kanga Ajima Yetkha Twa, Yetkha, Kathmandu. In this traditional musical band there are 10 members.
Dec 24, 2017
My City
Danfe marks first anniversary
Danfe marks first anniversary
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Danfe Works celebrated its first year anniversary at its outlet in Hasa Pota Ganesthan, Jhamsikhel on Friday.
Dec 24, 2017
My City
Youths’ woes in cinema
Youths’ woes in cinema
POKHARA, Dec 24: Hundreds of youths fly abroad, especially the Gulf countries, every year in search of better employment opportunities and many of them return in coffins. ‘Maan Ta Pardesi’ by Dev Nepal depicts this bitter reality of our country.
Dec 24, 2017
My City
Post-quake pain in soulful sarangi
Post-quake pain in soulful sarangi
Sarangi players as well as father-son duo Chitra Bahadur and Govinda Gandarva have been traveling around various parts of Lamjung and singing songs about the earthquakes of April 2015 and the miseries they caused.
Dec 24, 2017
ECONOMY
Voluntary retirement scheme to cut into govt treasury
Voluntary retirement scheme to cut into govt treasury
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: The golden handshake scheme for civil servants is likely to exert further pressure on the government treasury if all those qualified for voluntary retirement opt for it, officials at the Ministry of Finance said.
Dec 24, 2017
My City
Fragments for Cultural harmony
Fragments for Cultural harmony
The Silence Festival and Carnival of Rock are some platforms where thousands of music lovers gather to enjoy their love for metal music. Moreover, the fandom for metal music has been ever increasing in Nepal. And to support the love, several metal gigs are organized every now and then in Kathmandu....
Dec 24, 2017
My City
My apologies
My apologies
I had been an angel
To my own heaven
I was bestowed,
Beauty and tranquility
Light wings, my assets
Wherever desired, I could take the flight.
Dec 24, 2017
ECONOMY
Trade deficit jumps 12 percent in 1st quadrimester
Trade deficit jumps 12 percent in 1st quadrimester
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Total trade deficit of the country jumped 11.86 percent in the first quadrimester of the current Fiscal Year 2017/18 as imports continue to climb at a faster rate amid a sluggish growth of exports.
Dec 24, 2017