SPORTS
JFA Nepal football workshop completed
JFA Nepal football workshop completed
KATHMANDU, March 17: The Junior Football Academy (JFA) Nepal has completed a one-day football workshop on Saturday at the X-cel Futsal center, in Baluwatar.
Mar 17, 2019
WORLD
NZ mosque shootings toll rises to 50, families wait to bury their dead
NZ mosque shootings toll rises to 50, families wait to bury...
CHRISTCHURCH/WELLINGTON, March 17: The death toll in the New Zealand mosque shootings rose to 50 on Sunday when police found another body at one of the mosques, as families waited for authorities to formally identify victims and release their bodies for burial.
Mar 17, 2019
WORLD
Flash floods kill at least 42 in Indonesia's Papua province
Flash floods kill at least 42 in Indonesia's Papua province
JAKARTA, March 17: Flash floods in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua have killed at least 42 people and badly injured 21 others, a local disaster agency official told Reuters on Sunday.
Mar 17, 2019
ECONOMY
Energy tops government’s FDI priority for investment summit
Energy tops government’s FDI priority for investment summit
KATHMANDU, March 17: Energy projects top the government priority for foreign direct investment (FDI) in terms of investment amount, according to the Investment Board Nepal (IBN).
Mar 17, 2019
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Workers denied minimum wage
Workers denied minimum wage
UDAYPUR, March 17: Even after 10 months of the government’s assurance, security personnel of Udaypur Cement Industries Ltd based at Jaljale, Udayapur, have not received their minimum wage.
Mar 17, 2019
ECONOMY
19 airports out of operation
19 airports out of operation
KATHMANDU, March 17: Among the total 49 airports in the country, 19 do not operate regular flight services. With airports stagnant, airfields have transformed into grass fields.
Mar 17, 2019
ECONOMY
Inflation moderates to 4.4%
Inflation moderates to 4.4%
KATHMANDU, March 17: Inflation fell to 4.4 percent in the seventh month of the current Fiscal Year 2018/19 from 5 percent in the corresponding period of the last Fiscal Year 2017/18.
Mar 17, 2019
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Locals in cradle of Maoist insurgency say NO to conflict
Locals in cradle of Maoist insurgency say NO to conflict
(ROLPA, SURKHET, DANG) MARCH 17: Rolpa locals are uneasy these days about the activities of the Biplav outfit. They do not feel the presence of peace . They have not forgotten the harrowing times of the Maoist armed insurgency.
Mar 17, 2019
POLITICS
Feeling cornered, Deuba in last ditch attempt at consensus
Feeling cornered, Deuba in last ditch attempt at consensus
KATHMANDU, March 17: The balance of power in the Nepali Congress appears to be shifting with the dissident factions joining hands to form a formidable alliance against party president Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Mar 17, 2019
POLITICS
Special taskforce to monitor Chand outfit activities
Special taskforce to monitor Chand outfit activities
KATHMANDU, March 17: Nepal Police, in coordination with two other national security agencies, has formed a special task force for monitoring the leaders of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) and issuing orders for their arrest .
Mar 17, 2019