POLITICS
An alliance with game-changing potential
An alliance with game-changing potential
KATHMANDU, OCT 8: When the left-wing parties, aided by the powerful show of the then CPN Maoist, now the CPN (Maoist Center), a new entrant in the mainstream politics, clinched near two-thirds majority in the first Constituent Assembly (CA) elections in 2008, it came as a dream come true for Nepal’s...
Oct 08, 2017
SPORTS
National futsal squad announced
National futsal squad announced
KATHMANDU, Oct 8: All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has announced 14-member national futsal squad for the upcoming AFC Futsal Championship 2018 Qualification Tournament to be held in Iran from October 15-17.
Oct 08, 2017
SOCIETY
Couple gives birth to seven sons in hope of a daughter
Couple gives birth to seven sons in hope of a daughter
JAJARKOT, Oct 8: Preference for son over daughter is not a new story for Nepali society. From female feticide to giving birth to a number of girls in hope of a son is still a widespread practice. However, a couple in Jajarkot has set a different example.
Oct 08, 2017
SOCIETY
Villagers walk three hours for a paracetamol
Villagers walk three hours for a paracetamol
JUMLA, Oct 8: Locals of Tila Rural Municipality have to walk more than three hours to the nearest health post. Patients with ordinary injuries and problems can walk to the health post, but not those who are seriously ill. The latter have to keep on suffering.
Oct 08, 2017
ELECTION
Old faces to dominate parliamentary, provincial polls nomination
Old faces to dominate parliamentary, provincial polls nomina...
BIRATNAGAR, Oct 8: With the local elections now successfully concluded, the country's attention has shifted towards the parliamentary and provincial elections which will be held simultaneously in two phases on November 26 and December 7.
Oct 08, 2017
POLITICS
FSFN-RJPN poll alliance brings excitement to Madhes
FSFN-RJPN poll alliance brings excitement to Madhes
LAHAN, Oct 8: Aspirants for membership of parliament and the provincial assembly in Province 2 are excited over the decision of the two major Madhes-based political parties to forge an electoral alliance for the upcoming polls.
Oct 08, 2017
SOCIETY
'Dark age' for Jumla folks
'Dark age' for Jumla folks
JUMLA, Oct 8: Mun Bahadur Dangi of Dangiwad village of Jumla never went to school. Neither he had any experience of studying late night using oil lamp. However, he always had a dream to see electricity replacing oil lamps and children of his village studying with ease. Just one and half years ago, t...
Oct 08, 2017
ECONOMY
Flower imports on the wane as production rises
Flower imports on the wane as production rises
KATHMANDU, Oct, 8: Nepal is gradually becoming self-sufficient in flowers.
According to Dilip Bade, senior vice president of Floriculture Association of Nepal (FAN), import of flowers is falling in recent years, thanks to rising in flower production.
Oct 08, 2017
ELECTION
CEC Yadav warns of scraping candidacy of poll code violators
CEC Yadav warns of scraping candidacy of poll code violators
KATHMANDU, Oct 8: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Ayodhee Prasad Yadav has warned of scrapping the candidacy of those candidates who are found breaching the election code of conduct.
Oct 08, 2017
ELECTION
Many aspirants for chief minister in Province 4
Many aspirants for chief minister in Province 4
POKHARA, Oct 8: Many in Province 4 had predicted that the main opposition CPN-UML would field its youth leader Rabindra Adhikari, the president of parliament's Development Committee, in the provincial assembly elections, projecting him as the party's candidate for the post of chief minister of the p...
Oct 08, 2017