SOCIETY
Chitwan on high alert following bird flu in neighbouring Makawanpur
Chitwan on high alert following bird flu in neighbouring Mak...
Chitwan, March 16: A high alert has been maintained in the district following the manifestation of bird flu in the neighborring Makawanpur district. Import of poultry and its products into the district, a pocket area for poultry, has been tightened, while poultry owners have been asked to maintain b...
Mar 16, 2019
SOCIETY
Master plan to develop Sinja valley in limbo
Master plan to develop Sinja valley in limbo
KHALANGA, March 16: The master plan to develop Sinja valley as a religious, historic and tourist area has been put in uncertainty as no concrete efforts have been made in this regard, complained the local people. Sinja valley is where the Nepali language originated from and is listed on the UNESCO W...
Mar 16, 2019
SOCIETY
Chand-led CPN's politburo member Mohan Karki arrested in capital
Chand-led CPN's politburo member Mohan Karki arrested in cap...
KATHMANDU, March 16: Police have arrested Communist Party of Nepal politburo member Mohan Karki alias Jibanta.
Mar 16, 2019
SOCIETY
Holeri gears up for tourism promotion through literary festival
Holeri gears up for tourism promotion through literary festi...
ROLPA, March 16: Runtighadi Development Conference was organized in Rolpa just a few days ago. As a result, another such function is on the way for the promotion of tourism and literature in the area. Local bodies of Rolpa with the support of other stakeholders are organizing the ‘Rashtriya Akshar M...
Mar 16, 2019
SOCIETY
Roads blacktopped in Parbat
Roads blacktopped in Parbat
PARBAT, March 16: Around two decades ago, Parbat was one of the districts with one of the worst road networks. Though roads have reached people’s doorsteps in many towns and villages nowadays, blacktopping has just started here, and it is being done rapidly.
Mar 16, 2019
SPORTS
Sri Lanka defeats Maldives to reach semifinals
Sri Lanka defeats Maldives to reach semifinals
BIRATNAGAR, March 16: RM Chalani Kumari Ekanayake scored a brace as Sri Lanka women national football team defeated Maldives national football team 2-0 to advance to the semifinals of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship 2019 in the second group B match held at the Shahid...
Mar 16, 2019
SPORTS
Wrestling championship on May 11
Wrestling championship on May 11
KATHMANDU, March 16: Nepal Ring Wrestling Association is set to host MKW Belt and Road Championship Wrestling friendly series with China celebrating the occasion as the friendship festival between the two nations in Kathmandu on Friday. ‘One belt, one road’ is a China sponsored program helping the p...
Mar 16, 2019
SPORTS
Tamang and Shrestha win Downhill Championship
Tamang and Shrestha win Downhill Championship
KATHAMANDU, March 16: Suman Tamang and Nisma Shrestha have won the ninth edition of MTB Downhill Cycling Championship played at National Martyr and Peace Park in Kathmandu on Friday.
Mar 16, 2019
SPORTS
Man Utd to face Messi again in Champions League quarters
Man Utd to face Messi again in Champions League quarters
NYON, March 16: Barcelona will meet Manchester United in the Champions League last eight in a repeat of the 2009 and 2011 finals which were both won by the Catalans, with the help of goals from Lionel Messi.
Mar 16, 2019
ECONOMY
Melamchi’s Italian contractor defaults projects in Kenya as well
Melamchi’s Italian contractor defaults projects in Kenya as...
KATHMANDU, March 16: Two Kenyan dam projects are thrown into uncertainty like Nepal’s Melamchi project, undertaken by Italian contractor Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti di Ravenna (CMC).
Mar 16, 2019