SOCIETY

‘Urgent efforts needed to protect women and girls’

‘Urgent efforts needed to protect women and girls’

KATHMANDU, Aug 19: Disaster-affected women and girls are at heightened risk of rape, exploitation, and abuse, according...

KATHMANDU, Aug 19: Disaster-affected women and girls are at heightened risk of rape, exploitation, and abuse, according...

Aug 19, 2018

WORLD

Muslim pilgrims ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage

Muslim pilgrims ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage

The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws millions of visitors each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in...

The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws millions of visitors each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in...

Aug 19, 2018

SOCIETY

Flood sweeps bridge at Barhabise

Flood sweeps bridge at Barhabise

CHAUTARA, Aug 19:  Flood and landslide triggered by the incessant rainfall have swept away a concrete bridge over a loca...

CHAUTARA, Aug 19:  Flood and landslide triggered by the incessant rainfall have swept away a concrete bridge over a loca...

Aug 19, 2018

SOCIETY

Fifteen thousand transport employees jobless

Fifteen thousand transport employees jobless

KATHMANDU, Aug 19: The Nepal Transport Workers Association has said that the decision of the government to dissolve tran...

KATHMANDU, Aug 19: The Nepal Transport Workers Association has said that the decision of the government to dissolve tran...

Aug 19, 2018

TECHNOLOGY

Mexico faces challenges of the future in robotics World Cup

Mexico faces challenges of the future in robotics World Cup

CARACAS, Aug 19: The 'First Global Challenge 2018' featured the next generation of young engineers and robotics technici...

CARACAS, Aug 19: The 'First Global Challenge 2018' featured the next generation of young engineers and robotics technici...

Aug 19, 2018

WORLD

140 Saudi-led forces killed in Yemen in 48 hours

140 Saudi-led forces killed in Yemen in 48 hours

TEHRAN, Aug 19: According to Yemeni sources, at least 140 forces affiliated with Saudi-led coalition were killed in a co...

TEHRAN, Aug 19: According to Yemeni sources, at least 140 forces affiliated with Saudi-led coalition were killed in a co...

Aug 19, 2018

WORLD

'Everything is business': Rohingya crisis presents economic opportunity

'Everything is business': Rohingya crisis presents economic opportunity

BANGLADESH, Aug 19: Captain Min Min, a Buddhist from Myanmar, looks on as a stream of Muslim Rohingya labourers zig-zag...

BANGLADESH, Aug 19: Captain Min Min, a Buddhist from Myanmar, looks on as a stream of Muslim Rohingya labourers zig-zag...

Aug 19, 2018

WORLD

Fresh 6.3 magnitude earthquake rocks Indonesia's Lombok island: USGS

Fresh 6.3 magnitude earthquake rocks Indonesia's Lombok island: USGS

INDONESIA, Aug 19: A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday, sending people fleei...

INDONESIA, Aug 19: A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday, sending people fleei...

Aug 19, 2018

SPORTS

Sun up early for China with 1st Asian Games gold medal

Sun up early for China with 1st Asian Games gold medal

JAKARTA, Aug 19: Sun Peiyuan has won the first gold medal awarded at the 18th Asian Games, winning wushu's changquan dis...

JAKARTA, Aug 19: Sun Peiyuan has won the first gold medal awarded at the 18th Asian Games, winning wushu's changquan dis...

Aug 19, 2018

Lifestyle

Child passive smoking 'increases chronic lung risk'

Child passive smoking 'increases chronic lung risk'

Non-smoking adults have a higher risk of dying from serious lung disease if they grew up with parents who smoked, accord...

Non-smoking adults have a higher risk of dying from serious lung disease if they grew up with parents who smoked, accord...

Aug 19, 2018