- by Republica
ROLPA, Dec 15: The Rolpa-Pyuthan Joint Struggle Committee has announced a four-day general shutdown of Rolpa and Putyhan districts effective from today in protest of registration of constitution amendment bill to split Province No 5.
- by Republica
BAGLUNG, Dec 15: A fundraising campaign 'One Individual: One Thousand' launched in social media- Facebook- for the institutional development of the oldest library in Dhaulagiri zone has been successful in collecting over Rs 300,000.
- by Republica
TANAHU, Dec 15: A 60-year-old Indian national was found dead at a roadside at Bandipur Municipality-4 in Tanahu district on Wednesday.
KATHMANDU, Dec 15: The ACC U19 Asia Cup between Nepal and host team Sri Lanka is underway at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo on Thursda
- by Republica
BHIMDUTTANAGAR, Dec 15: Of the total 4,029 players across the country vying in 35 games during the forthcoming 7th National Games to be held in Biratnagar, Morang, 492 players have been selected from the Far Western Region.
- by Associated Press
MANCHESTER, Dec 15: Used sparingly by Chelsea during its long run of victories, Cesc Fabregas is providing significant reminders of his enduring value to the English Premier League leaders.
- by Associated Press
Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company's own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.
- by Gopal Sharma/ Manoj Kumar/ Reuters
KATHMANDU/NEW DELHI, Dec 15: India’s scrapping of high-value bank notes last month has dragged down economic growth in neighboring Nepal with trade, remittances and tourist numbers all down, BMI Research, a group company of the Fitch rating agency, said on Wednesday.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 15: Pakistani ambassador to Nepal Mazhar Javed laid foundation stone of a new block of the Bharatpur Eye Hospital on Wednesday. The new block is being constructed with the financial assistance of the government of Pakistan.
- by Devendra Basnet
DANG, Dec 15: Beaten by extreme poverty, Chaturbhuj Chaudhari of Ghorahi decided a cruel fate for his 10-year-old daughter Sharmila, 14 years ago. Responding to suggestion from a relative he agreed to hand over the child to a Kathmandu based well-off family as domestic help. It was agreed that he would be paid Rs 4000 annually for the full time service of the child to the family. In the initial days, she would frequently contact the family members back home. Later, the frequency decreased. And then, she went out of contact.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 15: Vehicle Fitness Center situated at Teku, Kathmandu, has remained unused for three years.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 15: A consortium of banks led by Sunrise Bank Ltd have agreed to finance Langtang Khola Hydropower Project.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 15: Worldlink Communications Pvt Ltd has said that it would provide 2 Mbps unlimited internet plan to its customers for Rs 1150 per month.
- by Narahari Sapkota
GORKHA, Dec 15: Road projects have received the major chunk of budget from Constituency Infrastructure Development Program (CIDP) allocated for Gorkha district.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 15: Nepal's U-19 cricket team will kick off the ACC U19 Asia Cup facing host Sri Lanka on Thursday. Nepal's coach Binod Das will be looking for a win when the two teams face each other against his former mentor Roy Luke Dias at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 15: Janata Bank Nepal Ltd (JBNL) has opened its 38th branch office in Damak of Jhapa district.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 15: Bajeko Masala has announced the launch of its masala products at Big Mart outlets in Kathmandu Valley.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 15: Nepal's number one Ratnajit Tamang became only Nepali male player to make to the quarterfinal of the ongoing BWF Yonex Sunrise International Series 2016 badminton tournament.
- by Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Dec 15: While the major political parties are inching closer toward negotiations on holding local polls under the existing local setup, the government has registered a bill in Parliament to conduct the local polls under the new local structures.
- by Narahari Sapkota
GORKHA, Dec 15: “At a time when we were having severe drinking water crisis, an INGO entered our village and promised to build water taps to rid us from the crisis. Our happiness knew no bounds at that time,” recalled Karna Prasad Paudel, a local of Bahuntar, Palungtar-1 in Gorkha district. “Now if we meet those representatives of the INGO again, all of the villagers will unite and chase them away.”