Two-year-old boy killed in accident

- by Republica

INARUWA, Oct 5: A two-year-old boy died today after getting run over by a pick-up van at Laukahi-6 of Sunsari along the east- East-West Highway.

I'd marry Justin Bieber: Britney Spears

- by IANS

LONDON, Oct 5:  Singer Britney Spears, in an appearance on a chat show, quipped she would marry pop star Justin Bieber.

Noncommunicable disease prevention program starts from Kailali

- by Republica

DHANGADI, Oct 5: The government has launched a special program from Kailali for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases.

Hospital services should be people-friendly: Minister Thapa

- by Republica

KANCHANPUR, Oct 5: Health Minister Gagan Kumar Thapa today visited Bhimdattanagar-based Mahakali Zonal Hospital. During the visit, he took stock of the hospital.

Google gets aggressive with new phones, other gadgets

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 5: Google ratcheted up its rivalry with Apple and Amazon by unveiling new smartphones, an internet-connected speaker that channels a digital assistant, and other gadgets the company hopes to make indispensable.

‘I walked all the way to Trishuli just to call my hubby abroad’

- by Nirajan Paudel

NUWAKOT, Oct 5: The Nepal Telecom (NTC) service has been disrupted in 15 VDCs in Nuwakot and Rasuwa districts for the last four days.

IMF lowers Nepal’s growth forecast to 4 percent

- by Sagar Ghimire

WASHINGTON, DC, Oct 4: While the government says Nepal will achieve an economic growth of 6.5 percent in the current fiscal year, the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday projected that Nepal’s growth in the current fiscal year would rebound by only 4 percent.

Minister Thapa urges parliamentarians to support Dr KC's cause

- by Republica

DHANGADHI, Oct 5: Minister for Health Gagan Thaha has sought cooperation from parliamentarians to save life of Dr Govinda KC who is currently staging fast-unto-death for the ninth time.

World Teachers Day being observed today

- by Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: With the theme ' Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status', the World Teachers' Day is being observed across the country organizing various programmes today.

Electronic building permit system launched

- by Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 4: The United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP’s) Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Programme (CDRMP), in collaboration with Kirtipur Municipality, officially launched the Electronic Building Permit System (e-bps) in Kirtipur Municipality on Tuesday.

GENXT unveils HTC phones

- by Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: Bhimsaria Group’s Generation Next Communications Pvt Ltd (GENXT) has unveiled five mobile phone brands from HTC -- Desire 830, Desire 728, Desire 630, Desire 628 and Desire 626 LTE -- for the Nepali market.

Apex Group opens smartphone retail chain

- by Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: Apex Digital -- a part of Apex Group Pvt Ltd -- has started a multibrand smartphone retail chain in Nepal.

Nabil AGM approves dividends

- by Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: The 32nd annual general meeting (AGM) of Nabil Bank Ltd on Tuesday approved 15 percent cash dividend and 30 percent stock dividend from its profit for Fiscal Year 2015/16.

Ncell launches Day Data Packs offer

- by Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: Ncell, on the occasion of Dashain festival, has launched the Day Data Packs offer, giving its subscribers the chance to use the internet at rates of as low as 13 paisa per MB during the day time -- between 5 am to 5 pm.

Subisu sales outlet in Dillibazar

- by Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: Subisu Cablenet, an internet and networking service and television network provider -- has opened a sales outlet -- Subisu Station -- in Dillibazar, Kathmandu.

Jagdamba Steels bags NS Quality Award-2015

- by Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 5:  Shanker Group’s flagship company Jagdamba Steels Pvt Ltd has been awarded the Nepal Standard Quality Award-2015 by the Department of Quality and Standards Nepal for its quality in production and management in 2015.

Prabal Gurung-designed tees are hit among Clinton supporters

- by Agencies

Powerful women have worn the dresses designed by Prabal Gurung, the 37-year-old American fashion designer of Nepali origin. The list includes US first lady Michelle Obama and the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton among others.

Reasons for our procrastination

- by Republica

Evidence suggests that the habit of leaving things until the last minute generally results in low-quality work performance and reduced well-being.

The five basics

- by Ila Sharma

Reforms proposed in Draft Bills should be tabled in parliament in their original form and should on no account be mutilated based on whims and fancies of bureaucrats

To see again

- by Noora Sharma

Imagine being blind. Now imagine being blind and living in one of the remotest parts of Nepal without any prospects of getting the vision back in your eyes.