KATHMANDU, May 11: Nepal national volleyball team open spiker Man Bahadur Shrestha’s rise as a professional player has put the national prodigy among the top candidates to win the upcoming People’s Choice Award in Pulsar Sports Award slated for May 17.

KATHMANDU, March 15: It boils down to the Nepal versus Papua New Guinea (PNG) match in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers (ICC CWCQ) for the much coveted One Day International (ODI) status after both teams missing out on Super Sixes during the group stage. The cross-over playoff match between Group B fourth placed Nepal and Group A fifth placed PNG will decide the fate of the two associate nations at the Old Hararians Sports Club in Zimbabwe on Thursday.

If upcoming Sunday's clash does indeed turn out to be the last North London derby at Tottenham Hotspur's historic White Hart Lane stadium, the stakes could hardly be higher for the protagonists.

KATHMANDU, June 13: A bill at the parliament to amend the Banks and Financial Institutions Act (BAFIA) could pave the way for existing foreign investors who are non-banking and non-financial institutions to retain their stakes in the bank and financial institutions (BFIs) in Nepal.