- by Agence France-Presse
NEW DELHI, Oct 18: At least 22 people have been killed in two separate fires in India, most of them patients who were trapped in the intensive care unit of a major hospital, officials said Tuesday.
- by Agence France-Presse
STOCKHOLM, Oct 18: The Swedish Academy says it has given up trying to reach Bob Dylan, days after it awarded him the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- by Republica
Int’l conference, transformation-oriented education, Kathmandu University
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Oct 18: Attempts to serve Supreme Court (SC)’s notice on Chief Commissioner at the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Lokman Singh Karki finally bore fruits.
- by Agencies
Lee Su Jin, a female dentist from South Korea, is a very strong contender for the title of world’s youngest-looking 48-year-old. Judging by the photos posted on her online social media accounts, you’d think she was a beautiful college girl, but the woman recently revealed that she was born in 1969 and has been practicing dentistry for 16 years.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Oct 18: The ambassador of Nepal to the Republic of Peru, Durga Prasad Bhattarai on Tuesday presented his letters of credence to Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Goddard, amid a special ceremony at the presidential office in Lima.
- by Republica
JAJARKOT, Oct 18: A man here was arrested by the police and sent to prison in a rape case dating back to 32 years ago.
- by Republica
MYAGDI, Oct 18: Minister for Health and Population Gagan Thapa today inspected the district hospital.
- by Agencies
MUMBAI, Oct 18: If industry rumours are to be believed, Bollywood's IT couple has hit a patch of rough weather.
- by IANS
LONDON, Oct 18: Supermodel Kate Moss has reportedly ended her relationship with Nikolai von Bismarck.
- by PTI
Some commonly prescribed blood pressure medications may increase the risk of mood disorders such as depression or bipolar disorder, researchers including one of Indian origin have warned.
- by IANS
“Our study shows that the influences of childhood experiences can be demonstrated even when people reach their 80s, predicting how happy and secure they are in their marriages as octogenarians,” said one of the researchers, Robert Waldinger of Harvard Medical School.
- by PTI
R&B singer Rihanna has surprised fans at the Desert Trip Festival in California when she joined the Beatles star Paul McCartney onstage for a rendition of their song "FourFiveSeconds" with rapper Kanye West.
- by Republica
MAHENDRANAGAR (Dhanusha), Oct 18: For the upcoming state visit by Indian President, Pranab Mukherjee, a grand reception is being planned in Janakpur.
- by Republica
BHOJPUR, Oct 18: A direct transport service between Bhojpur and Kathmandu was flagged off today.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Oct 18: People from Tamang community lead commercial flower farming in the country as one in four commercial farmers come from this community, according to a survey.
- by DB Buda
JUMLA, Oct 18: Traders from different parts of the country are reaching Jumla to purchase potato grown by local farmers.
KANCHANPUR, Oct 18: An endangered species of python was found at Musepani locality of Bedkot Municipality – 6 in Kanchanpur on Monday.
- by Republica
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