POLITICS, ELECTION
Maoist Center gets double the votes of UML in Bharatpur Metropolis-26
Maoist Center gets double the votes of UML in Bharatpur Metr...
CHITWAN, May 24: CPN (Maoist Center) candidate Gyan Prasad Khanal has been elected as ward chairperson of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-26.
May 24, 2017
SOCIETY
Votes counting of Changunarayan Municipality to resume at 5 pm
Votes counting of Changunarayan Municipality to resume at 5...
BHAKTAPUR, May 24: The vote counting of Changunarayan Municipality which was halted since last Friday is resuming from Wednesday 5 pm.
May 24, 2017
SOCIETY
Sneha’s Care Foundation: A home to stray dogs
Sneha’s Care Foundation: A home to stray dogs
KATHMANDU, May 8: Sneha’s Care Foundation was established by Sneha Shrestha with a view to providing protection for stray dogs that have been reduced to live a difficult life on the streets.
May 24, 2017
WORLD
Having previously clashed, Trump and Pope Francis meet
Having previously clashed, Trump and Pope Francis meet
VATICAN CITY, May 24: President Donald Trump met with Pope Francis, the famously humble pontiff with whom he has publicly clashed, concluding his tour of the ancestral homes of the world's three largest monotheistic religions.
May 24, 2017
SOCIETY
Damak to have world's tallest statue of Buddha
Damak to have world's tallest statue of Buddha
DAMAK, May 24: Jhapa's Damak will have the world's tallest statue of Lord Buddha. For the project, a detailed project report has been at its final stage, said executive officer at the Damak Municipality, Yubraj Dahal.
May 24, 2017
POLITICS
PM to address the nation at 4pm
PM to address the nation at 4pm
KATHMANDU, May 24: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is set to address the nation from his office in Singhadurbar at 4pm today (Wednesday).
May 24, 2017
POLITICS
Parliament meeting postponed till Thursday
Parliament meeting postponed till Thursday
KATHMANDU, May 24: Parliament meeting scheduled for 11 am on Wednesday has been postponed until 4pm on Thursday. As leaders from ruling and opposition could not develop a consensus on resuming House meeting despite holding several rounds of talks, Speaker Onsari Gharti postponed the Parliament meeti...
May 24, 2017
POLITICS
Report blames police weakness in Malkot shootout
Report blames police weakness in Malkot shootout
KATHMANDU, May 24: The firing that took place on the day of the first-phase of local level election on May 14 at Malkot of Kalikot to which the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) candidate for ward chairperson lost his life was due to failure on the part of police administration to properly deal with...
May 24, 2017
POLITICS
PM's resignation still uncertain as UML sticks to House obstruction plan
PM's resignation still uncertain as UML sticks to House obst...
KATHMANDU, May 24: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's plan to step down from the government to pave ways to Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba to become new prime minister is still yet limbo as the main opposition CPN-UML said that it would obstruct parliament meeting citing controversial...
May 24, 2017
SOCIETY
4 bodies found inside tent at the highest camp on Everest
4 bodies found inside tent at the highest camp on Everest
KATHMANDU, May 24: Sherpa rescuers have found the bodies of four climbers inside a tent on the highest camp on Mount Everest, raising the death toll this climbing season to 10, authorities said Wednesday.
May 24, 2017