ISLAMABAD, July 26: Pakistan’s former cricket star Imran Khan and his party were maintaining a commanding lead Thursday amid slow and tedious counting of ballots from a historic election the previous day that was marred by allegations of fraud and militant violence.

KAZAN, June 30: Teenager Kylian Mbappe scored two goals in four minutes to send a youthful France charging into the World Cup quarter-finals with a thrilling 4-3 win over Argentina on Saturday that sent Lionel Messi’s team home.

Aspiration binds the soul with the body in the process of forming a new life. Existence without aspiration is unthinkable. Imagine a pen without a refill or a mobile without a battery; similarly, we cannot imagine our life without hope and ambition. Aspiration paves a path in darkness providing new hope for living, and exploring an optimistic life.

KATHMANDU, May 13: Ambati Rayudu, 32, Right-hand batsman has led Chennai Super Kings to thrash Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets in the 46th match of ongoing Indian Premier League held at Pune on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, May 8:Teenagers dominated the list for 2018 led by cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane as rising golfer Pratima Sherpa and table tennis prodigy Santoo Shrestha made the final five of the unveiled names on Wednesday by Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF) for the People’s Choice Award of the Pulsar Sports Award scheduled to be declared on May 18. National football team goalkeeper Kiran Chemjong and spiker Man Bahadur Shrestha are the two other nominees in the list.

NEW DELHI, April 28: The 'Bombay school of batting' is something most in Indian cricket circles would swear by to produce results. What transpired at Feroz Shah Kotla on Friday night, however, was two young batsmen regarded as the torchbearers of batting in Mumbai, defying the no-nos in the book of the purists to ignite some hope in Delhi Daredevils camp to get on a roll.

Riding on wonder spinner Rashid Khan's brilliant effort, Sunrisers Hyderabad produced an inspired bowling display to eke out a fighting 13-run win over in-form Kings XI Punjab.

KATHMANDU, March 16: TU College and DAV College have advanced into the final of the ongoing Golden Gate University Cricket Cup T20 Tournament on Friday.

KATHMANDU, March 16: An all-round performance from player-of-the-match Dipendra Singh Airee, who picked up four wickets and scored an unbeaten 50 runs, has propelled Nepal to earn One-Day International (ODI) status.

LONDON, Feb 19:  Dark comedy “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” was the biggest winner at the BAFTA Film Awards, held in London on Sunday, an event which saw the campaign for women’s rights in the entertainment industry take center stage.

KAILALI, Jan13: Seven passengers were critically injured after two passenger buses collided due to poor visibility. The collision occurred at around 8 AM in Gulara of Lamkichuha municipality- 8, Kailali.

LONDON, Jan 9: Cold War monster movie “The Shape of Water” leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, the U.K. equivalent of the Oscars.

A 39 runs cameo promoting himself at number three the Kathmandu Kings XI skipper Farveez Maharoof delivered first win of their campaign in EPL 2017.

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Peshawar opener Israrullah notched up six sixes in his blistering innings of 61 runs from 52 deliveries to give Pokhara Rhinos first win of the tournament by 10 wickets.  He had also taken four wickets earlier in the match.

KANCHANPUR, Dec 10: CPN-Maoist center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Daughter-in-Law, Bina Magar has lead with more than ten thousand votes for the House of representatives in Kanchanpur-1.

KATHMANDU, Dec 9:  Prime Minister and Nepali Congress’s Chairman, Sher Bahadur Deuba is continually leading during vote count of Dadeldhura. Deuba has received 14,724 votes while his rival, Khag Raj Bhatta from Left Alliance has garnered 8,862 votes.

CHITWAN, Dec 9: CPN-Maoist center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has lead for the House of Representatives in Chitwan-3. Former Prime Minister Dahal lead by 2099 votes.

DADELDHURA, Dec 9: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has lead with nearly double votes for the House of Representatives in Dadeldhura.

Left Alliance is leading in Palpa up to 30 percent votes has been counted. In Palpa-1, Dal Bahadur Rana secured 7740 votes where as his rival candidate from Nepali Congress, Bijayraj Ghimire obtained 3069 votes.

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: Nepali Congress's Gagan Thapa is leading Rajan Bhattarai during the vote count in Kathmandu's constituency-4. Earlier, Thapa was trailing behind Bhattarai.  Thapa has now secured 4,207 votes while Bhattarai has received 4,193.‬

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: Rastriya Prajatantra Party's Kamal Thapa is leading during vote counts at Makwanpur-1. Thapa has received 1,341 votes while his opponent, Krisha Dahal of UML has received 1,115 votes.

RAUTAHAT, Dec 8: Rastriya Janata Party is leading in two constituencies, 1 and 3 in Rautahat. RJP is leading in the vote counts against its rivals, Nepali Congress.

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: The left alliance is leading in Constituency 2 and 4 of Kathmandu while the Nepali Congress is leading in Constituency 1. Of the 2045 vote counted, Prakash Man Singh of NC has received 940 votes, assistant election officer, Krisha Nepal said.

PALPA, Dec 8: Votes counting has begun in Palpa-1 where election was held on December 7. According to preliminary results of votes counting Nepali congress is leading in this Constituency.

BARDHIYA, Dec 8: CPN-UML senior leader Bamdev Gautam is leading with nearly double votes in Bardhiya-1.

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: Rastriya Janata Party’s Rajendra Mahato is leading initial vote count against Nepali Congress’s Bimalendra Nidhi at Dhanusha-3. Mahato has received 584 votes while Nidhi has secured 571.

Naya Shakti Party, Nepal(NSPN) coordinator Baburam Bhattarai is taking the lead in the district for the House of Representatives with 207 votes.

BARCELONA, September 13: A mesmeric Lionel Messi scored twice as he inspired Barcelona to a 3-0 win over Juventus to get off to a flying start in Champions League Group D on Tuesday avenging last season’s quarter-final elimination by the Italian champions.

MADRID, September 3: Two brilliant strikes from Isco and a late goal from Alvaro Morata gave Spain a spectacular 3-0 win over Italy, their nearest challengers in Group G, to move into the driving seat for automatic qualification to the 2018 World Cup.

KATHMANDU, August 6: The investment made by the Government of Nepal to help farmers adapt to climate change is having positive impact on the income level of the farmers, reveals new study reports.

LONDON, August 3: The lead actors from the acclaimed London production of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” are boarding the Hogwarts Express for Broadway.

HAMBANTOTA, July 7: Openers Danushka Gunathilaka and Niroshan Dickwella scored their maiden international centuries to help Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by eight wickets in the third one-dayer for a 2-1 lead in the five-match series on Thursday.

ANTIGUA, July 3: West Indies captain Jason Holder took five wickets as they beat India by 11 runs in a low-scoring one-day international on Sunday.

BIRATNAGAR, June 30: Nepali Congress mayoral candidate Bhim Parajuli is taking the lead with 216 votes, compared to 152 votes garnered by CPN-UML mayoral candidate Binod Dhakal.

BHOJPUR, June 29: CPN(Maoist Center) is taking the lead in the race for the mayor of Bhojpur Municipality.

PANCHTHAR, June 29: Nepali Congress candidate Bam Lawati is ahead of CPN-UML candidate Jaya Chemjong in the race for the chief of Kumyayak Rural Municipality.

SHANGHAI, June 28: Oscar is suspended for eight games after a brawl. Carlos Tevez riled fans with a trip to Disneyland while his club are playing. Ezequiel Lavezzi and Hulk deny being anti-Chinese.

Fakhar Zaman capitalized on a lucky escape to strike a superb 114 and lift Pakistan to a commanding total of 338 for four in the Champions Trophy final against arch-rivals India at The Oval on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, May 24: CPN (UML) candidate is leading the vote count in the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) by a tremendous, if not, an irremediable margin.

KATHMANDU, May 23: CPN-UML has been maintaining lead in the mayoral race of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City with 12, 321 votes.

LALITPUR, May 22: Nepali Congress mayoral candidate Chiribabu Maharjan continues to take the lead in the mayoral race of Lalitpur Metropolitan City with 19583 votes, compared to 17648 votes garnered by his closest rival CPN-UML mayoral candidate Hari Krishna Byanjankar.

KATHMANDU, May 20: UML mayoral candidate Bidhyasundar Shakya is taking the lead in the race for the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolis with 17,732 votes, compared to 11,893 votes for his closest rival Nepali Congress mayoral candidate Raju Raj Joshi. Shyakya is leading Joshi by 5839 votes.

KATHMANDU, May 19:  CPN-UML candidate Devi Gyawali is still maintaining lead with 203 votes in the race for the mayoral post of Bharatpur Metropolitan City (BMC).

KATHMANDU, May 19: Nepali Congress candidate Chiribabu Maharjan continued his lead in the vote count of Lalitpur Metropolitan City mayoral post.

KATHMANDU, May 18: UML mayoral candidate Bidhyasundar Shakya is taking the lead in the race for the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolis with 4317 votes, compared to 2472 votes for his closest rival Nepali Congress mayoral candidate Raju Raj Joshi. Shyakya is leading Joshi by 1845 votes.

KATHMANDU, May 17: Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML takes lead in five-five Kathmandu Municipalities in the first phase of local elections.

CHITWAN, May 16: CPN-UML is still maintaining lead in the vote counting of the mayoral elections in Bharatpur Metropolitan City.   According to vote count results as of Tuesday night, UML candidate Devi Gyawali has secured 1, 513 while his rival of CPN (Maoist Center) candidate Renu Dahal has got 1,135 votes.

POKHARA, May 16: As the counting of the votes continues in Kaski, the CPN-UML is leading in all local levels of the district.

CHITWAN, May 16: CPN-UML is still maintaining lead in the vote counting of the mayoral elections in Bharatpur Metropolitan City.   According to vote count results as of Tuesday evening, UML candidate Devi Gyawali has secured 1,373 while his rival of CPN (Maoist Center) candidate Renu Dahal has got only 987 votes.

KATHMANDU, May 16: As the counting of votes of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is underway, the Nepali Congress (NC) is now leading.