KATHMANDU, June 4: Skipper Shakti Gauchan picked up three wickets, opening the bowling for Province 5 and forcing Province 6 to bundle-out for paltry 55 runs in 22.5 overs in the ongoing Inter-provincial Prime Minister Cup at Kirtipur on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Mar 11: As many as 36 persons were arrested in course of the 'sweep operation' undertaken by the Metropolitan Police Sector, Gangobu.

KATHMANDU, Dec 20: The dispute between Nepali Congress (NC) and the CPN-UML over the system for constituting the National Assembly (NA) has delayed authentication of the upper house election ordinance by the president and the formation of the new government.

CHITWAN, Dec 11: CPN-Maoist center Chairman Puspa Kamal Dahal has won with more than nine thousands votes for the House of Representatives from Chitwan-3.

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: CPN-UML candidate Bhawani Khapung, who fought the parliamentary elections with the backing of left alliance, emerged victorious with 21,335 votes. His closest rival Sita Gurung of Nepali Congress got 19,314 votes.

PALPA, Dec 10:   The left alliance has won in all tiers of the election at Palpa.  In the win, the CPN-UML, one of the left alliances has dominated vote counting.

ROLPA, Dec 10: The Left alliance has won in all election tiers in the district. CPN (Maoist Center)’s Barshaman Pun won the House of Representatives election with 40,647 votes. Pun defeated Amar Singh Pu of Nepali Congress.

CHITWAN, Dec 1: The District Police Office has begun search and sweep operation in each constituency as per the Election Security Plan (ESP) in the district.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP), Nov 5: Saudi Arabia has arrested dozens of princes and former government ministers, including a well-known billionaire with extensive holdings in Western companies, as part of a sweeping anti-corruption probe, further cementing King Salman and his crown prince son’s control of the kingdom.

LONDON, April 10: "Harry Potter And The Cursed Child", a stage adaptation of J.K Rowling's fantastical world of witches and wizards, cast a magical spell at the Olivier Awards on Sunday, scooping nine wins at Britain's big night for theatre.

KATHMANDU, Feb 18: Indian players clean swept the double categories of the ongoing Nepal ITF Junior U-18 Tennis Tournament's Circuit Two on Friday as the pair of Aditya Iyer and Piyush S Salekar won the boys doubles title while the pair of Vaidehi Chaudhari and Shivani Swarup became champion in girls doubles.

Anthony Martial and Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice each to help Manchester United ease into the League Cup semi-finals with a 4-1 home victory over West Ham United on Wednesday as Arsenal suffered a 2-0 home defeat by Southampton.

NK Hollywood, Rotterdam, Nov 7: Singers Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber swept the MTV European Music Awards (EMA) by collecting two prizes each at a ceremony that paid tribute to late musician Prince.

BAITADI, July 16: Seven shops were swept away by flood at Chainpur, the district headquarters of Bajhang, on Friday evening.