ECONOMY
Government issues survey license to 36 projects with over 100 megawatts capacity
Government issues survey license to 36 projects with over 10...
KATHMANDU, Nov 5: The government has so far issued survey licenses to hydroelectricity projects with the combined capacity to generate 24,656 megawatts power.
Nov 05, 2018
SPORTS
Mo or Marv from Home Alone?: Salah statue slammed for freakish form
Mo or Marv from Home Alone?: Salah statue slammed for freaki...
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Nov 5: A statue of Mohamed Salah recently unveiled in his native Egypt has been ridiculed for its freakish ‘likeness’ to the Liverpool forward, with fans insisting it bears more resemblance to Marv from the popular movie Home Alone.
Nov 05, 2018
ECONOMY
Stock market formally switching to online system from tomorrow
Stock market formally switching to online system from tomorr...
KATHMANDU, Nov 5: The domestic stock market is formally switching to an online system.
Nov 05, 2018
WORLD
Iran foils apparent Israeli cyber attacks on communication infrastructure
Iran foils apparent Israeli cyber attacks on communication i...
TEHRAN, Nov 5: Iran says it has successfully thwarted a wave of cyber attacks apparently staged by Israel to target the country's communications infrastructure, saying it will certainly follow up on the “hostile” scheme via international mechanisms.
Nov 05, 2018
SOCIETY
10 killed as jeep veers off the road in Dolpa
10 killed as jeep veers off the road in Dolpa
KATHMANDU, Nov 5: Ten people were killed and two others were rescued alive when an overcrowded jeep veered off the road into the Tholo Bheri River in Dolpa, according to Bhupendra Thapa, chief district officer.
Nov 05, 2018
WORLD
Iran president warns of 'war situation' as sanctions resume
Iran president warns of 'war situation' as sanctions resume
TEHRAN, Nov 5: Iran greeted the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions on Monday with air defense drills and an acknowledgement from President Hassan Rouhani the nation faces a "war situation," raising Mideast tensions as America's maximalist approach to the Islamic Republic takes hold.
Nov 05, 2018
WORLD
Appeals filed for 2 Myanmar journalists in secrets case
Appeals filed for 2 Myanmar journalists in secrets case
YANGON, Nov 5: Lawyers for two Reuters journalists sentenced in Myanmar to seven years in prison for possession of official documents are appealing the verdict, the news agency said Monday.
Nov 05, 2018
SOCIETY
Devotees throng Kageshwori Mahadev Temple in Kathmandu on Kaag Tihar
Devotees throng Kageshwori Mahadev Temple in Kathmandu on Ka...
KATHMANDU, Nov 5: Devotees have crowded Kageshwori Mahadev Temple in the northeastern belt of Kathmandu Valley to mark Kaag Tihar, the first day of five days Tihar festival.
Nov 05, 2018
ECONOMY
Arun III's construction satisfactory: FinMin
Arun III's construction satisfactory: FinMin
SAKHUWASABHA, Nov 5: Minister for Finance, Dr. Yubaraj Khatiwada said that it would still take some time to review the ongoing construction of Arun III hydropower. Khatiwada said so while talking to journalists in Khadbari, the district headquarter.
Nov 05, 2018
POLITICS
Curbing corruption should be common agenda: CIAA chief Ghimire
Curbing corruption should be common agenda: CIAA chief Ghimi...
BHIMDUTTANAGAR, Nov 5: Chief Commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Navin Kumar Ghimire, has said that curbing of corruption should be the common agenda of the government, civil society and the entire state mechanism along with the CIAA.
Nov 05, 2018