ECONOMY
WB provides Rs 23 billion concessional loan
WB provides Rs 23 billion concessional loan
KATHMANDU, Oct 11: The World Bank has decided to provide around Rs 23 billion concessional loans to Nepal for the implementation of financial and energy sector reform policy.
Oct 11, 2018
WORLD
Brazil: Woman wearing #NotHim T-shirt attacked by Bolsonaro supporters, Swastika carved in...
Brazil: Woman wearing #NotHim T-shirt attacked by Bolsonaro...
CARACAS, Oct 11: A 19-year-old woman wearing a #NotHim, or #EleNão, T-shirt has been attacked by a group of men claiming to support far-right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro in the Baronesa do Gravataí, Cidade Baixa neighborhood in Porto Alegre Monday.
Oct 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Two arrested with explosive materials
Two arrested with explosive materials
JHAPA, Oct 11: Police have arrested two persons with explosive materials, weapons, and drugs from Kakadvitta in Jhapa.
Oct 11, 2018
Interview
'Not a single tree more than absolutely necessary will be cut down for Nijgadh airport'
'Not a single tree more than absolutely necessary will be cu...
Nijgadh International Airport, which could potentially become the game-changing project of Nepal, is mired in controversy. Conservationists argue the government is trying to destroy the environment in the name of development.
Oct 11, 2018
WORLD
‘Apartheid’? Indian primary school under fire for ‘segregating Hindu pupils from Muslims’
‘Apartheid’? Indian primary school under fire for ‘segregati...
DELHI, Oct 11: A primary school in India is being slammed for subjecting children to an “apartheid” regime amid allegations it is separating Muslims from Hindus during classes.
Oct 11, 2018
VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Valley Pollution Index for Oct 10, 2018
Valley Pollution Index for Oct 10, 2018
Valley Pollution Index for Oct 10, 2018
Oct 11, 2018
WORLD
New Indonesia quake kills 3 in Java village, shakes Bali
New Indonesia quake kills 3 in Java village, shakes Bali
PALU, Oct 11: An earthquake collapsed homes on Indonesia’s Java island, killing at least three people, and shook the tourist hotspot of Bali on Thursday, two weeks after a major quake-tsunami disaster in a central region of the archipelago.
Oct 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Groom calls off wedding after finding about bride's rape
Groom calls off wedding after finding about bride's rape
KAPILVASTU, Oct 11: A twenty-year-old girl's marriage has been called off after she was raped by her neighbors.
Oct 11, 2018
WORLD
Snowden to speak at Israeli conference – with ex-Mossad deputy chief ‘responding’
Snowden to speak at Israeli conference – with ex-Mossad depu...
LONDON, Oct 11: Edward Snowden is expected to speak via video link at a closed conference held in Israel. The event, which expects to hear Snowden touching upon US spying on Israel, will be joined by a former top Mossad official.
Oct 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Health Minister expresses concern over increasing mental health problem
Health Minister expresses concern over increasing mental hea...
KATHMANDU, Oct 11: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population, Upendra Yadav has expressed concern over the increase in the number of mental patients in Nepal every year due to illiteracy, unemployment, migration, social disintegration, poverty and natural disasters.
Oct 11, 2018