ECONOMY
TAAN protests accommodation fee for trekkers
TAAN protests accommodation fee for trekkers
KATHMANDU, Oct 17: Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) has protested the accommodation levy taken from trekkers in Khumbu region of Solukhumbu district.
Oct 17, 2018
WORLD
Fighting in Kashmir’s main city leaves 3 combatants dead
Fighting in Kashmir’s main city leaves 3 combatants dead
SRINAGAR, Oct 17: Anti-India protests and clashes erupted in the main city of disputed Kashmir on Wednesday shortly after a gunbattle between militants and government forces killed at least two suspected rebels and a counterinsurgency police official.
Oct 17, 2018
WORLD
Weeping relatives receive bodies of South Korean climbers
Weeping relatives receive bodies of South Korean climbers
SEOUL, Oct 17: Relatives dressed in black funeral suits wept in grief on Wednesday as the bodies of five South Korean mountain climbers arrived home from Nepal where they had died in a storm last week.
Oct 17, 2018
WORLD
Thai army chief says no need to intervene if politics stable
Thai army chief says no need to intervene if politics stable
Thailand’s new army chief on Wednesday did not rule out another military intervention if there was political conflict after the return of civilian rule in a general election next year.
Oct 17, 2018
WORLD
Pompeo says Saudis committed to complete probe into journalist's disappearance
Pompeo says Saudis committed to complete probe into journali...
ANKARA, Oct 17: Saudi Arabia has committed to conducting a complete investigation into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday before departing the kingdom for Turkey.
Oct 17, 2018
WORLD
Hurricane is blamed for 16 deaths in Florida alone
Hurricane is blamed for 16 deaths in Florida alone
PANAMA CITY, Oct 17: Hurricane Michael killed at least 16 people in Florida, most of them in the coastal county that took a direct hit from the storm, state emergency authorities said Tuesday. That’s in addition to at least 10 deaths elsewhere across the South.
Oct 17, 2018
The Week
Fun with cards
Fun with cards
A guide to some fun card games you can play this Dashain
Oct 17, 2018
SOCIETY
One held on rape charge
One held on rape charge
GULMI, Oct 17: The police have arrested a man on the charge of raping 20-year-old from Ishma rural municipality-3 in the district.
Oct 17, 2018
The Week
Getting your home festival ready
Getting your home festival ready
Readying your home for the festivities needn’t be an elaborate affair especially since you have hundreds of things to do and very little time to finish them all before relatives start pouring in for tika.
Oct 17, 2018
WORLD
Canada to pardon pot possession as it legalizes marijuana
Canada to pardon pot possession as it legalizes marijuana
TORONTO, Oct 17: The Canadian government is ready to pardon those with a pot possession record of 30 grams or less after Canada becomes the second and largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace Wednesday.
Oct 17, 2018