- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Shankhamul Futsal and Samakhusi Futsal are set to vie in the summit clash of the ongoing Red Bull National Futsal League. Despite losing the second leg of semifinal to Tahachal Futsal 7-2 on Friday, Sankhamul progressed to the final by aggregate of 11-8. Shankhamul had defeated Tahachal 9-1 in the first leg played on Tuesday.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Departmental team Armed Police Force (APF) and Central Region registered wins in men's Twenty20 cricket tournament that kicked off on Friday under Seventh National Games held in Biratnagar, Morang.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: A three-member women team is set to climb the third highest peak in the world, Mount Kanchenjunga.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: The Supreme Court (SC) is to conduct a rehearing on a writ petition filed against the appointment of Chief (now suspended) of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Lokman Singh Karki on coming January 5.
- by Agence France-Presse
VALLETTA, Dec 23: Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said a total of 109 passengers had been released from the hijacked Libyan plane which landed in Malta on Friday.
- by Associated Press
VALLETTA, Malta, Dec 23: Hijackers diverted a Libyan plane carrying 118 people to the Mediterranean island of Malta on Friday and threatened to blow it up with hand grenades, officials said. Tense negotiations ensued and within a few hours at least 65 passengers were allowed to leave the plane, the prime minister said.
- by Ritesh Tripathi
BIRGUNJ, Dec 23: Police fired four rounds of shots to take a inebriated truck-driver under control at Birgunj on Thursday evening.
- by Republica
GORKHA, Dec 23: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal has said that the preparations are underway to put an end to load-shedding from the country.
- by Associated Press
VALLETTA, Malta, Dec 23: Malta airport says a Libyan plane has landed at the Mediterranean island and that there appear to be two hijackers on board.
- by Agencies
A French woman has revealed she is in love with a robot and determined to marry it.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Nepali Congress senior leaders have made an insistence on holding the three-tier elections with the endorsement of the constitution amendment bill registered in the Legislature – Parliament.
- by Tek Narayan Bhattarai
The hills, hillocks and snow-capped mountains that surround the Kathmandu Valley look quite astonishing.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: President Bidya Devi Bhandari today termed the contribution of the government lawyers as being important for giving justice to the communities without access to justice.
- by Republica
MUSTANG, Dec 23: An overdue census to determine the population of vultures in and around the world-famous Annapurna circuit trek route has started.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Police have begun investigation into the two assailants who assaulted suspended chief commissioner of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Lokman Singh Karki and smeared him with soot.
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Suspended Chief Commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Lokman Singh Karki has shown kindness towards the two youths who smeared his face black yesterday. Issuing a statement on Friday, Karki has also urged the administration to free them.
- by IANS
Film: “Dangal”; Director: Nitesh Tiwari; Cast: Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sana Malhotra, Zaira Wasim, Suhani Bhatnagar, Aparshakti Khurrana, Girish Kulkarni; Rating: ***1/2
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: The government is pressing for coordination among all the state organs in order to bring about a sense of responsibility and duty to eliminate violence against women (VAW).
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has accused the main Opposition, the CPN-UML, of trying to create rift between the hill and Madhes communities.
- by PTI
Emma Stone, who has generated Oscar buzz with her role of a struggling actress in La La Land, says she has been lucky to have been paid the same as her male co-stars despite the gender wage gap in Hollywood.