Lifestyle
LGBT advocates fear Kavanaugh’s votes on gay-rights issues
LGBT advocates fear Kavanaugh’s votes on gay-rights issues
WASHINGTON, July 19: Gay-rights supporters who thronged the Supreme Court plaza after justices declared same-sex marriage a constitutional right expect to have little to celebrate if Brett Kavanaugh replaces Justice Anthony Kennedy, the author of all the court’s major gay-rights rulings.
Jul 19, 2018
SPORTS
Veteran cricketer Shakti Gauchan to retire after Netherlands ODI
Veteran cricketer Shakti Gauchan to retire after Netherlands...
KATHMANDU, July 19: Nepal veteran bowler Shakti Gauchan has announced on Wednesday that he will retire from the national colors after Nepal’s inaugural ODI against the Netherlands.
Jul 19, 2018
SOCIETY
Dozens injured as demonstrators clash with police in Jumla
Dozens injured as demonstrators clash with police in Jumla
JUMLA, July 19:Dozens including students and nurses have been injured in a clash with security personnel at Karnali Academy of Health Sciences.
Jul 19, 2018
SOCIETY
Fourteen injured in jeep accident
Fourteen injured in jeep accident
BAGLUNG, July 19: Fourteen people were injured, four of them critically, when a jeep they were travelling in met with an accident at Righa of Galgot Municipality-11 in Baglung district on Wednesday evening.
Jul 19, 2018
My City
The Kite
The Kite
The boy stood there,
All alone in the midst,
Gazing upon the sunset,
Jul 19, 2018
SOCIETY
Vehicular movement along Narayangadh-Muglin resumes
Vehicular movement along Narayangadh-Muglin resumes
CHITWAN, July 19: Vehicular movement along Narayangadh-Muglin road section, which was obstructed due to landslide occurred at Ichchhakamana rural municipality-6, has resumed.
Jul 19, 2018
My City
Bizarre food scam
Bizarre food scam
Back in 2008, infants and newborn’s died due to adulteration in their formula milk which further caused 6,200 children to fall sick. It is not uncommon for some unscrupulous producers to indulge in milk adulteration in Nepal as well. Milk is often a subject of fraud for financial gain. Water is the...
Jul 19, 2018
My City
SMS: Digital maintenance service
SMS: Digital maintenance service
The growing trend of youths migrating abroad for foreign employment has led to a scarcity of human resources in Nepal. Contemplating the skill shortage, a group of three young entrepreneurs, Sujeet Regmi, Pukar Acharya, and Kawish Bhakta Shrestha established a digital maintenance company named Sajil...
Jul 19, 2018
SOCIETY
IBN board okays PDA with NepWaste
IBN board okays PDA with NepWaste
KATHMANDU, July 19: Investment Board Nepal (IBN) has approved Project Development Agreement (PDA) document to be signed with NepWaste -- a Nepal-Finland joint venture company -- for implementation of Integrated Solid Waste Management of Kathmandu Valley Package 1.
Jul 19, 2018
ECONOMY
FDI in 170-megawatt solar plant approved
FDI in 170-megawatt solar plant approved
KATHMANDU, July 19: Investment Board Nepal (IBN) has approved a foreign direct investment proposal of Dolma Fund Management, a Mauritius-based company, to set up a 170 MW solar plant in Nepal.
Jul 19, 2018