POLITICS, Latest Updates
NCP sweeps upper house elections
NCP sweeps upper house elections
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The ruling Nepal Communist Party clean swept the election for 18-member upper house elections Thursday.
Jan 24, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Govt may probe ill-gotten gains stashed in foreign lands
Govt may probe ill-gotten gains stashed in foreign lands
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The government has stepped up moves for amending the Prevention of Corruption Act to allow its anti-corruption agency to investigate property held in foreign countries and retrieve it if it is found to have been acquired through corrupt means.
Jan 24, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Search for missing trekkers to resume in March
Search for missing trekkers to resume in March
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The government suspended the search for the missing trekkers in the Annapurna region on Thursday citing renewed snowfall and difficulties in digging through the hardened avalanche debris. Officials said the search will resume possibly in March. The rescuers have already identified...
Jan 24, 2020
ECONOMY, SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Govt asks Sajha to return Rs 3b meant for buying 300 electric buses
Govt asks Sajha to return Rs 3b meant for buying 300 electri...
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The government has decided to retrieve the Rs 3 billion it had provided to Sajha Yatayat six months ago to purchase 300 electric buses.
Jan 24, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
China not to alter course of rivers flowing into Nepal
China not to alter course of rivers flowing into Nepal
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: China has agreed not to deliberately change or cause to change the course of any trans-boundary rivers flowing into Nepal. This comes under an Agreement on the Boundary Management System reached with Nepal during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Kathmandu in October.
Jan 24, 2020
SPORTS, Latest Updates
Qualification process for ICC Men’s T20 WC 2021 confirmed, Nepal to feature directly in gl...
Qualification process for ICC Men’s T20 WC 2021 confirmed, N...
KATHMANDU, Jan 23: Nepal, along with Zimbabwe, United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, 4 best T20I ranked teams as of 1 Jan 2020, will directly feature in global qualification along with Regional Qualifiers and Bottom 4 teams of T20 World Cup 2020.
Jan 23, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
TRC and CIEDP officers administered oath of office and secrecy
TRC and CIEDP officers administered oath of office and secre...
KATHMANDU, Jan 23: The newly elected officer bearers for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Commission for Investigation on Enforced Disappearance Persons (CIEDP) have taken oath of office and secrecy here today.
Jan 23, 2020
SPORTS
New Barca coach Setien faces stern Valencia test
New Barca coach Setien faces stern Valencia test
MADRID, Jan 23: New Barcelona coach Quique Setien faces the first stern test of his brief tenure when the champions travel to Valencia in La Liga on Saturday.
Jan 23, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
NA election: Singh elected from Province no. 2
NA election: Singh elected from Province no. 2
JANAKPURDAM, Jan 23; Mrigendra Kumar Singh, common candidate of the ruling Nepal Communist Party and Rastriya Janata Party, has been elected to the National Assembly from Province no. 2.
Jan 23, 2020
WORLD
Thai protesters demand action as air pollution clouds Bangkok
Thai protesters demand action as air pollution clouds Bangko...
BANGKOK, Jan 23: Dozens of activists held a rare protest on Thursday over air pollution in Bangkok, a day after Thai officials closed schools due to concern over the impact.
Jan 23, 2020