WORLD
Brazil presidential candidate Bolsonaro recovering after stabbing
Brazil presidential candidate Bolsonaro recovering after sta...
BRAZIL, Sept 9: The sons of seriously wounded right-wing Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro — who was in hospital Saturday after his campaign trail assault — said he was making progress, as they took his campaign reins.
Sep 09, 2018
WORLD
The Ocean Cleanup project sails out to sweep Pacific plastic
The Ocean Cleanup project sails out to sweep Pacific plastic
Sept 9: A supply ship towing a long floating boom designed to corral ocean plastic has set sail from San Francisco for a test run ahead of a trip to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Sep 09, 2018
WORLD
UNHCR chief hails Pakistan for hosting millions of Afghan refugees
UNHCR chief hails Pakistan for hosting millions of Afghan re...
PESHAWAR, Sept 9: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi on Saturday appreciated the government of Pakistan for hosting millions of Afghan refugees for almost four decades and said their voluntary repatriation would continue.
Sep 09, 2018
SOCIETY
Man arrested with leopard skin
Man arrested with leopard skin
DAILEKH, Sept 9: Police have arrested a smuggler while trafficking a set of leopard skin from Aathbis municipality-2, Dailekh.
Sep 09, 2018
SOCIETY
Two held with tiger canines
Two held with tiger canines
RASUWA, Sept 9: Police arrested two smugglers while trafficking four sets of tiger canines from Rasuwagadhi, the border between China and Nepal.
Sep 09, 2018
WORLD, Lifestyle
In Assam, Muslims are warming up to family planning methods
In Assam, Muslims are warming up to family planning methods
The Muslim community in Assam is slowly warming up to family planning methods Muslims constitute nearly 35 per cent of Assam’s 33 million people and the high birth rate among the community is a major source of friction over the state’s most volatile issue—undocumented immigrants, especially those fr...
Sep 09, 2018
SOCIETY
Bodies of six missing passengers retrieved
Bodies of six missing passengers retrieved
KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Bodies of all the six passengers who had gone missing in a boat capsize at Begnas Lake has been recovered. Yesterday, a boat carrying ten passengers had overturned after it lost balance while rescuing a five year boy, Prachin Paudel.
Sep 09, 2018
WORLD
Conflicts evident as India searches for killer tiger
Conflicts evident as India searches for killer tiger
PANDHARKAWADA, Sept 9: The first victim was an older woman, discovered facedown in a cotton field with huge claw marks dug into her back. The next was an older male farmer, his left leg torn off.
Sep 09, 2018
POLITICS
Gen Thapa appointed as new army chief
Gen Thapa appointed as new army chief
Kathmandu, Sept 9: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday appointed Purna Chandra Thapa as the new Chief of Army Staff on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.
Sep 09, 2018
SOCIETY
Country celebrates 153rd birth anniversary of Motiram Bhatta
Country celebrates 153rd birth anniversary of Motiram Bhatta
KATHMANDU, Sept 9: The 153rd birth anniversary of Nepali litterateur Motiram Bhatta, an eminent national personality, is being celebrated across the country.
Sep 09, 2018