SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Mahara supporters chant anti-MCC slogans
Mahara supporters chant anti-MCC slogans
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: Ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) cadres, who reached Dillibazar Prison on Monday afternoon to welcome the release of former speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara chanted strong slogans against the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
Feb 18, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Will Mahara remain influential in left politics?
Will Mahara remain influential in left politics?
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: After spending nearly four months in judicial custody, former disgraced speaker of the House of Representatives Krishna Bahadur Mahara returned home on Monday. He was only suspended from his position as a lawmaker after being accused of attempting to rape an office staffer.
Feb 18, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Ex deputy speaker Tumbahangphe appointed law minister
Ex deputy speaker Tumbahangphe appointed law minister
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: A month after stepping down from the post of deputy speaker of the lower house of parliament, Nepal Communist Party (NCP) leader Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe has been appointed as Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs on Monday.
Feb 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
A good night's sleep after so long for China evacuees
A good night's sleep after so long for China evacuees
BHAKTAPUR, Feb 18: Nepalis evacuated from Hubei province in China and kept in quarantine at Kharipati , Bhaktapur because of the coronavirus outbreak have said that they had a very good night's sleep on Sunday night after one and a half months.
Feb 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Mahara acquitted of charge of rape attempt
Mahara acquitted of charge of rape attempt
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The Kathmandu District Court on Monday acquitted former speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara of a charge of attempted rape.
Feb 18, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Nepal-China trade hit by coronavirus threat
Nepal-China trade hit by coronavirus threat
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: Nepal-China trade volume went down in the last month after the northern neighbor halted the cross-border movement of traded goods because of the coronavirus outbreak. If this situation persists for a longer period of time, a possible shortage of the imported goods will loom and po...
Feb 18, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Underground electric wire installation campaign begins; PM hopeful of beautiful urban sett...
Underground electric wire installation campaign begins; PM h...
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: An ambitious plan of installing underground electric wires in the Kathmandu Valley has formally begun.
Feb 17, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Nepal Oil Corporation slashes price of petroleum products
Nepal Oil Corporation slashes price of petroleum products
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Nepal Oil Corporation has slashed the price of petroleum products to be effective from today.
Feb 17, 2020
WORLD
Ten killed in suicide blast in southwestern Pakistan city of Quetta
Ten killed in suicide blast in southwestern Pakistan city of...
QUETTA, Pakistan, Feb 17: At least 10 people were killed in a suicide blast that targeted a police vehicle in southwestern Pakistan on Monday, officials said.
Feb 17, 2020
My City, Entertainment, Movies
It's been a fulfilling journey: Kareena on 20 years in Bollywood
It's been a fulfilling journey: Kareena on 20 years in Bolly...
Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor says the reason behind her longevity in the film industry, where female actors are reminded of their 'shelf-life', is her loyal fan base that has stayed by her side in her two-decade-long career.
Feb 17, 2020