SPORTS
Khadka appointed brand ambassador by EEVS
Khadka appointed brand ambassador by EEVS
KATHMANDU, Aug 15: The captain of Nepal national cricket team Paras Khadka has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the Expert Education and Visa Services (EEVS), amid a function held in Kathmandu on Tuesday. The Kathmandu-based education foundation has helped more than 300 Nepali students to g...
Aug 15, 2018
SPORTS
Veteran cricketer Gauchan felicitated
Veteran cricketer Gauchan felicitated
KATHMANDU, Aug 15: Veteran cricketer Shakti Gauchan, who retired from international cricket earlier this month, was felicitated by the Expert Education and Visa Services (EEVS) amid a function held in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Gauchan’s felicitation was organized during the ceremony to assign Nepal nati...
Aug 15, 2018
SOCIETY
India gifts books, ambulances and buses
India gifts books, ambulances and buses
KATHMANDU, Aug 15: India on Wednesday handed over 30 ambulances and six buses to hospitals, charitable organizations and educational institutions on the occasion of India’s 72nd Independence Day.
Aug 15, 2018
SPORTS
Prez lauds cricketers, says she wants problems in cricket to end soon
Prez lauds cricketers, says she wants problems in cricket to...
KATHMANDU, Aug 15: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has felicitated the Nepal national cricket team amid a lunch held at Sheetal Niwas in Kathmandu on Tuesday. The president urged the government to ensure capacity building, security, and better living standards of the sportspersons.
Aug 15, 2018
SPORTS
Japan defeats lackluster Nepal in Asian Games
Japan defeats lackluster Nepal in Asian Games
KATHMANDU, Aug 15: Nepal has succumbed to a narrow 1-0 defeat at the hands of Japan in football at the Asian Games in Indonesia on Tuesday. At the Wibawa Mukti Stadium in Palembang, Nepal had to face a defeat after Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma scored his side’s goal in the seventh minute of the match, and N...
Aug 15, 2018
SOCIETY
Lawmakers call for stringent action
Lawmakers call for stringent action
KATHMANDU, Aug 15: Speaking in the special hour of the House of Representatives meeting today, lawmaker Ghanshyam Khatiwada of the Communist Party of Nepal condemned the incident of the poisoning of the drinking water at the Jaante Secondary School at Jaante of Morang district yesterday.
Aug 15, 2018
WORLD
Pennsylvania priests abused over 1,000 children: Report
Pennsylvania priests abused over 1,000 children: Report
HARRISBURG, Aug 15: A priest raped a 7-year-old girl while he was visiting her in the hospital after she’d had her tonsils removed. Another priest forced a 9-year-old boy into having oral sex, then rinsed out the boy’s mouth with holy water. One boy was forced to say confession to the priest who se...
Aug 15, 2018
WORLD
Afghan officials: Taliban attack kills 30 troops
Afghan officials: Taliban attack kills 30 troops
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug 15: Afghan officials say a Taliban assault on two adjacent checkpoints in the northern Baghlan province has killed 30 soldiers and police.
Aug 15, 2018
POLITICS
Consumer Protection Bill 2018 tabled in Parliament
Consumer Protection Bill 2018 tabled in Parliament
KATHMANDU, Aug 15: The Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 has been tabled in the parliament on Wednesday.
Aug 15, 2018
SOCIETY
Fifty seven injured as overcrowded bus veers off road
Fifty seven injured as overcrowded bus veers off road
NUWAKOT, Aug 15: An overcrowded bus veered 50 meters off the road injuring 57 passengers on board at Bidur municipality-9, Nuwakot. Of those injured, eight are critical.
Aug 15, 2018