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The Week in Pictures

The Week in Pictures

Cover Photo: Vehicles seen in the muddy road at Boudha, Kathmandu on Tuesday. Photo: Bijay Gajmer

Cover Photo: Vehicles seen in the muddy road at Boudha, Kathmandu on Tuesday. Photo: Bijay Gajmer

Jul 07, 2018

WORLD

Former Pakistan PM sentenced on corruption charges

Former Pakistan PM sentenced on corruption charges

July 7: Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison by a corruption co...

July 7: Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison by a corruption co...

Jul 07, 2018

SOCIETY

Works to upgrade Nepalgunj Stadium in full swing

Works to upgrade Nepalgunj Stadium in full swing

NEPALGUNJ, July 7: Building of new sports infrastructure at the Nepalgunj Stadium, Banke, is going on in full swing in v...

NEPALGUNJ, July 7: Building of new sports infrastructure at the Nepalgunj Stadium, Banke, is going on in full swing in v...

Jul 07, 2018

WORLD

Judge rejects blanket delay to reunite children at border

Judge rejects blanket delay to reunite children at border

SAN DIEGO, July 7: A judge on Friday refused to grant the Trump administration a blanket extension of the deadline to re...

SAN DIEGO, July 7: A judge on Friday refused to grant the Trump administration a blanket extension of the deadline to re...

Jul 07, 2018

WORLD

Eleven killed, at least 45 missing as torrential rain pounds Japan

Eleven killed, at least 45 missing as torrential rain pounds Japan

TOKYO, July 7: At least 45 people are missing as torrential rains that have killed 11 people pounded western and central...

TOKYO, July 7: At least 45 people are missing as torrential rains that have killed 11 people pounded western and central...

Jul 07, 2018

SOCIETY

Mustang mishap: 20 bodies sent to Pokhara

Mustang mishap: 20 bodies sent to Pokhara

PARBAT, July 7: The bodies of the 20 people who died in a road accident in Mustang on Friday have been sent to Pokhara.

PARBAT, July 7: The bodies of the 20 people who died in a road accident in Mustang on Friday have been sent to Pokhara.

Jul 07, 2018

SOCIETY

Jailed for destroying banana farm

Jailed for destroying banana farm

RATNANAGAR, July 7: A man arrested on the charge of destroying a banana farm in Jutpani of Kalika municipality-6 has bee...

RATNANAGAR, July 7: A man arrested on the charge of destroying a banana farm in Jutpani of Kalika municipality-6 has bee...

Jul 07, 2018

Lifestyle

Sacred Games: How India’s first Netflix original came together

Sacred Games: How India’s first Netflix original came together

July 7: Vikram Chandra’s novel Sacred Games tackles all the big themes: crime, friendship, betrayal, love. Most of all,...

July 7: Vikram Chandra’s novel Sacred Games tackles all the big themes: crime, friendship, betrayal, love. Most of all,...

Jul 07, 2018

WORLD

Once hailed by Nehru for its beauty, ‘India’s Switzerland’ lacks access to power, water, healthcare

Once hailed by Nehru for its beauty, ‘India’s Switzerland’ lacks access to power, water, healthcare

In days when even a 12-year-old in an Indian city would be carrying a smartphone and riding to school on a moped, in Bai...

In days when even a 12-year-old in an Indian city would be carrying a smartphone and riding to school on a moped, in Bai...

Jul 07, 2018

Lifestyle

Twitter suspends over 70 million accounts in two months

Twitter suspends over 70 million accounts in two months

Twitter Inc suspended more than one million accounts a day in recent months to reduce the flow of misinformation on the...

Twitter Inc suspended more than one million accounts a day in recent months to reduce the flow of misinformation on the...

Jul 07, 2018