- by Associated Press
MUNICH, July 23: An 18-year-old German-Iranian man opened fire in a crowded Munich shopping mall and a nearby McDonald's Friday night, killing nine people and wounding 16 others before killing himself, the chief of police in the Bavarian capital said Saturday.
- by Kamal Pariyar
KATHMANDU, July 23: The drugs treatment and rehabilitation centers mushrooming along with the increment in drug users across the country have remained rampant in lack of effective monitoring, governance and required guidelines, risking the lives of the thousands of patient.
- by Kuvera Chalise
KATHMANDU, July 23: The government has to refund the taxes collected since the last one week -- or the beginning of the current fiscal year on July 16 -- as Finance Bills presented by the incumbent government were rejected by Parliament on Friday.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 23: Nepali rupee lost 21 paisa against US dollar this week as the Indian currency, with which rupee is pegged, lost value against the greenback.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 23: The government has decided to provide 700 ropanis of land to Bir Hospital, the country's oldest hospital, at Duwakot, Bhaktapur district.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 23: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index climbed up 53.09 points this week to close at 1,798.83 points on Thursday.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 23: The Industrial Promotion Board (IBP) is undecided on Ncell's capital increment proposal even though it has already been 10 months since the operator submitted its plan for approval.
- by Rudra Pangeni
KATHMANDU, July 23: Two hydropower projects with combined installed capacity of 75 MW, promoted by two Chinese state-owned companies, are preparing to start generation in the coming few months.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 23: The government has introduced 'clean feed' policy for foreign television channels.
- by Gyan P Neupane
KATHMANDU, July 23: As part of the government's plan to rescue and rehabilitate street children, the Central Child Welfare Board (CCWB) has so far rescued 200 children languishing in various streets of the Kathmandu valley this year.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 23: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has stressed need for creating victim friendly laws to ensure justice to those who suffered abuses during insurgency period.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 23: The Good Governance and Monitoring Committee of the parliament on Friday instructed Chief Commissioner Lokman Singh Karki and other officials of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to appear at the committee on Sunday to discuss on the CIAA's intervention in the entrance exam of Kathmandu University School of Medicine.
- by Dhurba Dangal
SINDHUPALCHOWK, July 23: Continuous floods in the Bhotekoshi River and land erosions caused by it have already washed away 85 houses so far in Sindhupalchowk district.
- by Bidhya Rai
BHOJPUR, July 23: Women of Okhre -9 at Bhojpur district have constructed a wooden bridge at Bantang River on their own. After failing to get it done by local authorities or men in the village, the brave women took up the responsibility themselves. Lack of a bridge over the river had not only made the locals' life difficult, but had also resulted in human casualties a number of times while crossing the risky river.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 23: Worried by the news reports about the deteriorating health condition of Dr Govinda KC, cine artists reached the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) to draw the attention of the government to the just demands of Dr KC, whose fast-unto-death entered its 13th day on Friday.
- by Republica
Nepal is highly vulnerable to climate change. All its major rivers are snow-fed, originating in the high Himalayas bordering China’s Tibet. As the snow cover up in the mountains steadily recedes, less water flows into the rivers downstream during the winter season.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, July 23: Orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC, who is on a fast-unto-death since the last 13 days, may need intensive care, doctors attending to him said.
- by Biswas Baral
Nepali Congress had a role in convincing New Delhi that there was no option to making Dahal prime minister again
- by Siromani Dhungana
KATHMANDU, JULY 23: A huge share of public spending is simply misallocated among scattered projects that have long stopped delivering results.
- by Hitesh Karki
When asked about the ‘key’ to Iceland team’s success, players attributed it to special bonding between them