WORLD
Tunisia delays presidential elections by one week to November 17
Tunisia delays presidential elections by one week to Novembe...
TUNIS, March 30: Tunisia has delayed the first round of its presidential elections by one week to Nov. 17, a spokesman for the elections commission said on Friday.
Mar 30, 2019
SOCIETY
Brief rain forecast in most of places
Brief rain forecast in most of places
KATHMANDU, March 30: The Meteorological Forecasting Division has predicted brief rainfall with thunders in most of places across the country including the Kathmandu Valley due to the impact of low-pressure westerly wind.
Mar 30, 2019
My City, Entertainment, Movies
Tom Hanks in talks to join Elvis Presley biopic
Tom Hanks in talks to join Elvis Presley biopic
American actor Tom Hanks is in negotiations to play the late singer Elvis Presley's iconic manager Colonel Tom Parker in Baz Luhrmann's upcoming directorial based on the life of the legendary musician.
Mar 30, 2019
SOCIETY
Rhinos swept away to India yet to return
Rhinos swept away to India yet to return
CHITWAN, March 30: Three Rhinos that reached India from Nepal after being swept by monsoon floods are yet to be returned home. Thirteen Rhinos have swept away from Nepal to India in the incident that took place two years ago.
Mar 30, 2019
ECONOMY
Investment summit participants upbeat about investing in Nepal
Investment summit participants upbeat about investing in Nep...
The Republica Business Bureau caught up with investors from different countries participating in the Investment Summit 2019 to talk about their interest areas and plans of injecting investment in
the country.
Mar 30, 2019
WORLD
With a piece of paper, Trump called on Kim to hand over nuclear weapons
With a piece of paper, Trump called on Kim to hand over nucl...
WASHINGTON, March 30: On the day that their talks in Hanoi collapsed last month, U.S. President Donald Trump handed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a piece of paper that included a blunt call for the transfer of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and bomb fuel to the United States, according to the documen...
Mar 30, 2019
WORLD
New Silk Road critics are 'prejudiced', China's top diplomat says
New Silk Road critics are 'prejudiced', China's top diplomat...
BEIJING, March 30: China has never forced debt upon participants of its new Silk Road project as “prejudiced” critics have suggested, the country’s top diplomat said on Saturday in a strongly worded defense of a key policy platform of President Xi Jinping.
Mar 30, 2019
SOCIETY
Banke reports 60 road accidents, 37 deaths in eight months alone
Banke reports 60 road accidents, 37 deaths in eight months a...
RANJHA, March 30: Thirty-seven people lost their lives in multiple road accidents in the past eight months in Banke. Among the dead, two are minors and nine are women.
Mar 30, 2019
POLITICS
Nepal pledges to contribute up to 10,000 troops in UN peacekeeping
Nepal pledges to contribute up to 10,000 troops in UN peacek...
KATHMANDU, March 30: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Ishwar Pokhrel addressed the ‘UN Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference on Uniformed Capabilities, Performance and Protection’ as the leader of Nepali delegation at the UN Headquarters in New York on Saturday.
Mar 30, 2019
My City, Entertainment, Music
Diljit Dosanjh unveils his wax statue at Delhi's Madame Tussauds
Diljit Dosanjh unveils his wax statue at Delhi's Madame Tuss...
Diljit Dosanjh on Thursday unveiled his wax figure at Madame Tussauds Museum here and the singer-actor said it was a dream come true for him.
Mar 30, 2019