KATHMANDU : Seven young girls who had gone missing after leaving their homes for the collection of green fodder have been rescued from Sitamarhi of India. The girls, aged between 10 to 18 years, from Dharmapur, Bhangaha Municipality-8 in Mahottari district, were contactless since Tuesday. Acting on the information that the girls were spotted at […]
MYAGDI : The Beni-Jomsom road, which connects the Himalayan district Mustang with the national highway, will remain closed till Thursday. The District Administration Office, Mustang, in a notice stated that the ongoing upgradation work of the road section is likely to take additional time than it was anticipated earlier. “The transport service has remained closed […]
DELHI : Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season after injuring his left shoulder during India’s one-day international series with England, his franchise the Delhi Capitals announced on Tuesday. Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant will captain the side in Iyer’s absence, the Capitals added. Iyer sustained the injury while […]
KATHMANDU : A key idealogue of the ruling CPN-UML, Ghanashyam Bhushal has accused Chairman KP Sharma Oli of being intolerant to those who put forth different views in the party. In his 11-page long clarification letter to Chairman Oli, who is also the prime minister, stated that Oli has already cornered leaders of the second […]
RASUWA : Over 340,000 tourists have visited the Langtang National Park in the past 42 years, according to the statistics maintained by the Park Office. Since the establishment of the park on March 22, 1976 to the end of the fiscal year 2019/20, a total of 340,676 foreign and tourists from SAARC countries have visited […]
MYANMAR : Myanmar protesters held overnight candle-lit vigils after an advocacy group said security forced had now killed over 500 people since a Feb. 1 coup, and as activists on Tuesday launched a new civil disobedience campaign to hurl garbage onto streets. Out of 14 civilians killed in Myanmar on Monday, the Assistance Association for […]
KATHMANDU : Former Captain of Nepali National Football Team, Biraj Maharjan, has announced his retirement from international football. Maharjan, who played the highest number of matches for the national team, formally retired from international football shortly after the final match of the Three Nations Cup, played between Nepal and Bangladesh at Dashrath Stadium in Kathmandu […]
KATHMANDU : Air pollution levels have surged to dangerous levels in Kathmandu and other parts of the country. The pollution levels are especially fatal in the morning and evening hours. Air remains on the ground during morning and evening hours. During the day, it rises up due to which the effects of air pollution are […]
YANGON : Protesters in Myanmar returned to the streets Sunday to press their demands for a return to democracy, just a day after security forces killed more than 100 people in the bloodiest day since last month’s military coup. Protests were held in Yangon and Mandalay, the country’s two biggest cities, as well as elsewhere. […]
KATHMANDU : Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Agni Prasad Sapkota has called on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Speaker Sapkota reached PM Oli’s official residence in Baluwatar at around 11AM on Sunday. The meeting lasted for nearly two hours. According to Speaker Sapkota’s press advisor, Shreedhar Neupane, Oli and Sapkota discussed a host […]