KATHMANDU, July 17:  The balance of payment (BoP) position of the country has slightly improved in the eleventh month of the current Fiscal Year 2017/18, but still remains on the negative side. According to the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the overall BoP turned into a deficit of Rs 4.34 billion in the eleventh month of the current Fiscal Year 2017/18 that ends on Tuesday. The deficit was Rs 18.9 billion in the tenth month.

KATHMANDU, July 6: Sandeep Lamichhane’s Montreal Tigers got first win of the tournament by 15 runs in a match played against Edmonton Royals on Thursday in Maple Leaf Cricket Club, Toronto, Canada. The 17-year-old continued to impress with bowling figures of 4-1-16-1 which brought him the post-match award for the most economical bowler of the match.

SINDHULI, July 4: Nawaraj Gole of Kamalai Municipality in Sindhuli district does not like to step out of his home these days. Due to excessive rainfall, all the roads resemble ‘paddy fields’.

PALPA, May 18: Human settlements in rural areas in Palpa are gradually becoming deserted due to rampant migration of people to urban areas.

SIRAHA, May 16: Like a scene of an arid desert, hundreds of acres of arable lands in Siraha district wear desolate looks, either fully forsaken by the landowners or just awaiting the approaching monsoon for paddy plantation. However, a few kilometers from Lahan Municipality via Postal Highway, some plots of farms managed by a small squatter community belonging to the underprivileged Musahar group in Bhagwanpur Rural Municipality-1 stands out.

Commuters turn to carpooling

May 5, 2018 03:58 am

KATHMANDU, May 5: As the protesting transport cartels shut down vehicular movement nationwide on Friday, the general public turned to the environment-friendly practice of carpooling to get around the transportation problem.

KATHMANDU, April 2: CPN (Maoist Center) leader and Minister for Forest and Environment Shakti Basnet said that the left alliance government will be converted into a majority government after the formal unification between the two communist parties on April 22.

DOLPA, Mar 4: Angry over the shifting of Dolpa's Thulobheri Municipality's center from Dunai to Juphal, agitating locals have intensified protests which are increasingly turning violent.

GAUR, Feb 19: CPN (UML) leader and former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that the 'turn by turn' system should not be established to the post of Prime Minister.

GAUR, Feb 19: CPN (UML) leader and former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that the 'turn by turn' system should not be established to the post of Prime Minister.

Curfew in Dhankuta, protesters burn regional admin office, seven injured.· Police fired tear gas in Dipayal, 13 injured

PACHTHAR, Dec 26: The audience's presence is sufficient to showcase football craze in Panchthar district. In the ongoing ninth Falgunanda Gold Football competition, the crowd has turned in 1,000s to support their sides. See the crowd and craze in pictures.

KATHMANDU, DEC 23: Her Turn Girls Support Community hosted a national conference on ‘Gender Based Violence- Urban Voice for Rural Issues’ at Thames International College, Old Baneshwar on Friday. The conference had a presentation session by 17 young female fellows, who were selected for five months’ fellowship in September 2017.

67 percent turn out across the country

December 7, 2017 20:29 pm

KATHMANDU, Dec 7: The Election Commission has said that the voter turnout for Thursday's second phase of election to the House of Representatives and Provincial Assemblies was more than 67percentt. The highest turnout was recorded in Gulmi with 71 percent.

Theater kid aspires to turn film star

December 3, 2017 08:45 am

KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Due to his chatty and funny nature in classroom, Laxman Ishar’s ECA teacher had admitted him in drama class when he was in Grade III. Laxman used to do mimicry of his school teachers when he was just a kid. He got the opportunity to hone his acting skills in his drama class. This gradually made him realize that he had the potential to become an actor.

SINDHUPALCHOWK, Nov 26:  Keeping aside their reconstruction works, residents of Sindhupalchowk have turned in to cast their votes in excitement. As of 1:30 PM, around 50% of votes have been cast, the Office of the Chief Election Officer said.

Many in Baitadi refuse to turn in arms

November 6, 2017 07:10 am

BAITADI, Nov 6: The members of the general public in Baitadi district have shown disinclination to the appeal of the District Administration Office to turn in the legal firearms with them in view of the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections taking place in the district on November 26.

BAITADI, Nov 5: The members of the general public in Baitadi district have shown disinclination to the appeal of the District Administration Office to turn in the legal firearms with them in view of the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections taking place in the district on November 26.

Turn Your Mobile Into Your Wallet

October 24, 2017 07:55 am

KATHMANDU, Oct 24: Mobile phones have replaced many aspects of our life. Smartphones have penetrated our life so much that we now turn to our phones for almost everything whether it's for clicking pictures or to check time, to mark a date or take notes, and to communicate with our friends and family. Meanwhile, a new trend has dawned where mobile phones are also changing the way we pay our bills.

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How can you turn from Gold to Platinum

September 25, 2017 11:59 am

Royal Club: The Perks of Flying with Buddha Air The act of flying frequently can be mundane. The process of checking-in/checking-out, boarding and getting out of airplanes, when done one too many times, could pass as cumbersome. In order to make the process rewarding, Nepal’s leading airlines company, Buddha Air offers what is called the Royal Club: Frequent Flyer Program. Becoming a Royal Club member makes flying fun again.

MUMBAI, August 26: She is a successful producer, entrepreneur, interior designer, mother of three children and wife of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. Gauri Khan says filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, impressed by her work, has urged her to design film sets and turn art director.

SEOUL, August 15: Even as North Korea presented leader Kim Jong Un with plans to launch missiles into waters near Guam and “wring the windpipes of the Yankees,” both Koreas and the United States signaled their willingness to avert a deepening crisis Tuesday, with each suggesting a path toward negotiations.

MUMBAI, August 2: Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan starrer Abhimaan was an iconic film and there is no doubt about it. Thus, when their son Abhishek Bachchan and daughter in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were offered the film’s remake, they turned it down saying, ‘Abhimaan should not be touched.’

MAIAMI, July 29: They have played Super Bowls, World Series and NBA championships in Miami but on Saturday, one of soccer's great rivalries will be the hot ticket when Real Madrid and Barcelona meet in a rare El Clasico away from Spanish soil.

KATHMANDU, July 7: With more than one-third of the lawmakers not yet returning to the capital after the June 28 local polls, deliberations in  parliament on the fiscal year's budget  have turned into a dull affair.

KATHMANDU, June 21: Megh Raj KC on Tuesday turned down the offer from All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) to manage the Nepali U-23 national football team.

EC expects 80% voter turn out

May 14, 2017 12:01 pm

KATHMANDU, May 14: Election Commission has expected that eighty percent of the total voters will turn out in the first phase of local level elections.

LONDON, May 12: A large cyberattack crippled computer systems at hospitals across England on Friday, with appointments canceled, phone lines down and patients turned away.

KATHMANDU, April 6: With the deadline of the Indian government to respond to an offer of providing exchange facility of up to Indian rupees (IRs) 4,500 expiring last week without any formal response from the government, the fate of demonetized Indian banknotes held by Nepalis now hangs in balance.

KATHMANDU, March 30: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has urged the public to deposit licensed arms at the local police offices by April 27 in view of the upcoming local polls.

After failing to repeal Obamacare, Republicans in the U.S. Congress quickly pivoted on Friday to President Donald Trump's next priority: overhauling the federal tax code, but their plan has already split the business community.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Although the government started distributing the second tranche of the reconstruction grant some four months ago, less than one percent of the earthquake victims have taken the amount so far.

KATHMANDU, Dec 2: The main opposition party CPN-UML has concluded that conspiracies are hatched to push the country into a perpetual imbroglio and instability through the constitution amendment bill.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Saturday urged users of its Galaxy Note 7 phones to turn in their handsets as soon as possible as part of a recall aimed at limiting the damage caused by the fire-prone devices.

KATHMANDU, Aug 28: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal today said efforts will be undertaken to develop Barpak, the epicenter of the massive earthquake of April 25, 2015, as an international tourist destination.

JHAPA, Aug 11: Nepal is losing an opportunity to turn bilateral trade with Bangladesh in its favor with each passing year.

KATHMANDU, July 30: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index gained 79.1 points this week to close at 1,881.45 points on Thursday--the last trading day of the week.

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JHAPA, June 23:Early on Wednesday, security personnel deployed at the border transit point of Kakarbhitta in Jhapa district prevented a group of women from entering India. Police suspected that they were being trafficked and started interrogating them.