- by Republica
KATHAMDNU, Nov 11: National football team head coach Gyotoku Koji has expressed his confidence in reaching the final of the AFC Solidarity Cup defeating Laos in the semifinal clash on Saturday. Nepal, which progressed to the last four of the competition as Group A winner, will face Group B runner-up Laos at the Negari Stadium in Kuching, Malaysia.
- by PTI
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was today all praise for West Bengal for educating girl children, but questioned the use of Hindi word ‘Mardaani’ (masculinity) to depict female valor in our society.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Saturday held a meeting with CPN-Maoist Center Chair and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
- by IANS
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Friday said the issues of sexual violence and sexual consent have been largely ignored by the Indian film industry, and questioned the absence of an independent word to denote female valor.
- by Republica
POKHARA, Nov 12: CPN (Maoist Center) leader, Barshaman Pun, today claimed that the impeachment proposal against Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Chief, Lokman Singh Karki, will come to a conclusion.
- by Republica
PALPA, Nov 12: The invaluable Shaligram shells found in the Kaligandaki river of Nepal are fast disappearing with people seeking the fossilized stones for religious and commercial use increasing by the day.
- by Reuters
Facebook Inc chief executive Mark Zuckerberg again rejected the idea that the social network affected the U.S. presidential election, saying late Saturday it is "extremely unlikely" news hoaxes changed the outcome.
- by Ashween Neupane
Lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, pride, sloth and greed. No human is free from these qualities.
I am trying to reach to the other side of the greyish brown river which is slowly engulfing me from the inside. My body seems to be strapped with something; I don’t remember anything of it and that didn’t even matter for now. I just wiggle hard to escape out for fresh air but all I can take in is the impure water.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 11: The annual film festival Ekadeshma has been kicked off on Friday where short films from Nepal and around the world are showcased.
- by Mukti Prasad Nyaupane
PALPA, Nov 12: Investment in hotel and hospitality business has increased in the recent years. Hoteliers say that a total of Rs 1 billion has been invested in different hotels in district headquarter and of which few are under construction. The occupancy of the hotels in the city has increased fivefold in the three years from 200 to 1000, according to Palpa Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PCCI). District's hotel industry has so far been received an investment of Rs 3 billion, they said. The district has received more tourists both domestic and foreigners in the recent years and this has boosted confidence of hoteliers.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Tribhuvan University (TU) is likely to appoint dean at the Institute of Medicine on the basis of political interest. This will not satisfy Dr Govinda KC of TU Teaching Hospital, who has warned to launch fast-onto-death strike from Saturday if the dean is not appointed on the basis of seniority.
- by Sangeet Sangroula
KATHMADNU, Nov 12: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has vowed to register the constitution amendment bill in Parliament by Tuesday at the latest even if the main opposition party CPN-UML is not ready to support the amendment.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: The archaeologists from the Department of Archeology (DoA) and Durham University of the UK are conducting archeological study at the foundation of historical the Kasthamandap temple near the Kathmandu Durbar Square from Saturday.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: At a time when Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is chalking out plans to eradicate load-shedding altogether under the leadership of its newly appointed managing director Kulman Ghising, two trade unions of the power utility are playing spoilsport.
- by Nirmal Ghimire
BARDIYA, Nov 12: Public hospitals in Bardiya district have been charging patients against the government's free medicine policy.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: CPN-UML lawmaker Rajan Bhattarai has sought clarification of the government on the Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba's controversial presence in a conference in Goa, India recently.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Lawmakers have insisted on the unity of all major political parties for removing the suspended chief of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Lokman Singh Karki through the impeachment motion.
- by Republica
One of the most pressing problems the residents of Kathmandu Valley have been facing for decades has been power shortage. With the onset of winter the load shedding hours would increase, putting the businesses, educational institutions and individual households in deep trouble.