December 18, 2023 08:00 am
KATHMANDU, Dec 17: The government has imposed restrictions on strikes in 25 essential services.
December 26, 2019 15:43 pm
KATHMANDU, Dec 26: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order not to organise any type of strike in bank offices as the banking sector is the essential sector.
November 20, 2019 18:03 pm
SINGAPORE, Nov 20 : An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said.
August 21, 2019 16:30 pm
TEHRAN, Aug 21: Iran’s president sent a bill to parliament Wednesday that would cut four zeroes from the value of the Islamic Republic’s sanctions-battered currency, the rial, as tensions remain high between Tehran and Washington.
August 14, 2019 17:35 pm
DUBLIN, August 14: Unions representing Ryanair cabin crew in Spain on Wednesday announced plans to hold 10 days of strikes in September unless the Irish airline changes its plans to close several bases in the country.
June 26, 2019 07:17 am
KATHMANDU, June 26: Lightning strikes in Dang and Rupandehi districts on Tuesday evening killed at least six persons—three each in the two districts.
June 11, 2019 11:25 am
HONG KONG, June 11: Hong Kong geared for more protests, including strikes, transport go-slows and even picnics, against a proposed extradition law that would allow people to be sent to China for trial, even as the city’s leader vowed on Tuesday to push ahead with the bill.
April 8, 2019 12:30 pm
LIBYA, April 8: The Libyan National Army (LNA) force of Khalifa Haftar, which backs a parallel administration in the east, last week launched an advance on Tripoli in the west, home to the internationally recognized government.
February 7, 2019 12:00 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 7: A bandh called by Netra Bikram Chand led CPN-Maoist Party’s ANNISU (Revolutionary) has shut down the majority of schools and colleges throughout the country.
July 18, 2018 07:10 am
KATHMANDU, July 18: Dr Govinda KC, senior orthopedic surgeon and professor at the Institute of Medicine (IOM), has been on fast-unto-death for 179 days in total since 2012, as of Tuesday. He has been demanding reforms in the medical sector, under different governments.
June 16, 2018 09:19 am
WASHINGTON/BEIJING, June 16: U.S. President Donald Trump said he was pushing ahead with hefty tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports on Friday, and the smoldering trade war between the world’s two largest economies showed signs of igniting as Beijing immediately vowed to respond in kind.
May 25, 2018 10:42 am
DADELDHURA, May 25: At least 13 persons were injured in lightning strikes in the inner Madhes region of Dadeldhura.
May 5, 2018 19:24 pm
KOHALPUR, May 5: A woman has died after being hit by a vehicle with Indian No. plate at Kohalpur in Banke district.
May 5, 2018 09:05 am
KATHMANDU, May 5: Transport entrepreneurs called off their protest after government hit back hard following yesterday's public transport shutdown. The transport entrepreneurs has released a press statement expressing willingness to resolve issues with the government through dialogue.
April 27, 2018 07:16 am
LONDON, April 27: A late equaliser from French striker Antoine Griezmann gave 10-man Atletico Madrid a precious away-goal advantage over Arsenal as the first leg of their Europa League semi-final at the Emirates ended 1-1 on Thursday.
April 17, 2018 13:30 pm
DAMASCUS, April 17: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government claims that “tens of thousands of Syrians” took to the streets in Damascus to celebrate Syrian Independence Day and mark the regime’s “victory” over this weekend’s airstrikes launched by the U.S. and its allies, suggesting the attack failed to dent the country’s chemical weapons program.
April 15, 2018 09:48 am
President Donald Trump has warned Syria's government the US is "locked and loaded" to strike again if it carries out new chemical attacks.
April 14, 2018 11:13 am
WASHINGTON, April 14: Russia’s ambassador to the United States on Friday warned that there would be consequences for the U.S.-led military strikes on Syria, adding that it was not acceptable to insult Russia’s president.
April 14, 2018 07:31 am
President Donald Trump says he has approved US military strikes against Syrian chemical weapons sites, in collaboration with the UK and France.
April 10, 2018 18:54 pm
SANTIAGO, Chile, Aprril 10: A strong 6.2 earthquake struck Chile’s central region on Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
March 13, 2018 19:05 pm
WASHINGTON D.C., Mar 13: Sagoon, the social commerce platform enabling its users to Connect, Share, and Earn, has announced that it has entered into an agreement for a $5 million investment from HT Overseas Pvt. Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HT Media Limited, one of India’s oldest and largest media companies.
February 27, 2018 15:32 pm
LONDON, Feb 27: Britain would consider joining U.S. military strikes against the Syrian government if there is evidence chemical weapons are being used against civilians, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.
February 25, 2018 10:28 am
BEIRUT, Feb 25: A new wave of airstrikes and shelling on eastern suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus left at least 22 people dead and dozens wounded Saturday, raising the death toll of a week of bombing in the area to 500, as the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria.
February 21, 2018 16:11 pm
BEIRUT, Feb 21: New airstrikes and shelling on the besieged, rebel-held suburbs of the Syrian capital killed at least 10 people on Wednesday, a rescue organization and a monitoring group said.
February 12, 2018 18:18 pm
ACHHAM, Feb 12: A 33-year-old woman has been struck to death at Kamal Bazaar Municipality-2, Ganeshpur in the district.
February 10, 2018 16:31 pm
JERUSALEM, Feb 10: The Israeli military shot down an Iranian drone that infiltrated the country early Saturday before launching a “large-scale attack” on at least a dozen Iranian and Syrian targets in Syria. Israel called it a “severe and irregular violation of Israeli sovereignty” and warned of further action against the unprecedented Iranian aggression.
February 3, 2018 15:48 pm
JANAKPURDHAM, Feb 3: A meeting of the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) held in Janakpurdham to elect parliamentary party leader has concluded inconclusively.
January 18, 2018 15:54 pm
As Supreme Court cleared the path for the release of Padmaavat and stayed the ban on the film imposed by Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, protests are already being reported from various parts of India.
October 10, 2017 14:20 pm
SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct 10: Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes northern Chile, on border with Peru.
August 23, 2017 18:44 pm
DUBAI, August 23: At least 35 people were killed in air strikes that hit a hotel near a Houthi-controlled checkpoint north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday, a medic and a Houthi-run television station said, blaming the attack on Saudi-led coalition forces.
July 20, 2017 08:36 am
LONDON, July 20: Chelsea is set to strengthen its attacking options for its Premier League title defense by signing Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid.
July 18, 2017 09:02 am
LIMA, July 18: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 struck off the coast of Peru on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, though Peru’s Civil defense institute Indeci said there was no risk of a tsunami.
July 11, 2017 10:40 am
KATHMANDU, July 11: The classes in the private schools of the Kathmandu Valley have been affected with the nationwide general strike called by Netra Bikram led Communist Party of Nepal.
July 10, 2017 18:14 pm
LONDON, July 10: Dozens of firefighters have tackled a fire in a building at London's Camden Lock Market — the second time in recent years that the tourist destination has been affected by a serious blaze.
June 11, 2017 15:37 pm
KATHMANDU, June 11: A meeting between the ruling parties and Rastriya Janata Party- Nepal (RJP-N) held in Singha Durbar has ended without striking any deal
May 9, 2017 10:39 am
UDAYAPUR, May 9: Two persons were killed in lightning strikes in the district this morning.
May 5, 2017 09:55 am
JAJARKOT, May 5: A 12-year-old girl was killed and one other injured seriously when a tree fell on them during a storm at Kuse rural municipality-4 in the district on Thursday evening.
May 1, 2017 09:09 am
BEIRUT (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday his country may take further action against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria, as U.S.-backed forces in Syria closed in on the last neighborhoods of a former stronghold of the Islamic State group.
April 25, 2017 12:48 pm
BAJURA, April 25: An aftershock of 4.1 magnitude on the Richter scale struck Bajura late Monday evening.
April 5, 2017 16:27 pm
BEIRUT (AP) — The death toll from a suspected chemical attack on a northern Syrian town rose to 72 on Wednesday as activists and rescue workers found more terrified survivors hiding in shelters near the site of the harrowing assault, one of the deadliest in Syria's civil war.
March 15, 2017 20:06 pm
DAMASCUS, Syria, March 15: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives' vest inside the main judicial building in the Syrian capital on Wednesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding many others, state media said.
March 5, 2017 13:25 pm
Twenty-one civilians were killed in US-led coalition air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria in recent months, officials acknowledged today. The deaths bring to at least 220 the number of civilians unintentionally killed since operations to defeat IS began in late summer 2014, though critics say the real number is a lot higher.
January 20, 2017 11:41 am
SYDNEY, Jan 20: A man deliberately drove into a street crowded with pedestrians in Australia's second-largest city on Friday, killing at least three people and injuring 20 others, police said. Officials said the incident had no links to terrorism.
January 5, 2017 14:10 pm
BAGHDAD, Jan 5: Iraqi officials say a car bombing in a mostly Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad has killed at least eight people.
December 30, 2016 04:44 am
It is believed that eating grapes in synchrony with the ringing of the bell will bring in a year of prosperity and good luck. Eaten one by one with each toll of the bell, thousands of people out celebrating eat it together but only a few eat and finish eating all the grapes on time.
December 20, 2016 17:10 pm
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 struck off the Solomon Islands on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the second powerful tremor in the islands to Australia's north in less than two weeks .
October 17, 2016 13:28 pm
CANBERRA, Australia, Oct 17: A strong earthquake has struck Papua New Guinea, but no injuries or damage were immediately reported, and there was no threat of a tsunami.
October 2, 2016 23:29 pm
BURNLEY, Oct 2: Arsenal scored with virtually the last touch of the game to beat Burnley 1-0 and extend its winning run in the Premier League to five games on Sunday.
October 2, 2016 15:00 pm
KOLKATA, Oct 2: New Zealand pacers hurt India's batting to leave them wobbling at 110 for six at tea as the hosts stretched their second innings lead to 222 on the third day of the second Test in Kolkata on Sunday.
October 1, 2016 14:43 pm
News about surgical strikes has been making the headlines in media on both sides of the border. That’s when a restaurant in India called ‘Burger Singh’ thought it was a good time to offer a special discount on all orders “in light of the surgical strikes” along the Line of Control.