SOCIETY
Former ambassador Keshab Jha stabbed to death
Former ambassador Keshab Jha stabbed to death
KATHMANDU, Aug 20: Former ambassador to France, Keshab Jha has been found dead at his own residence in Babarmahal.
Aug 20, 2018
My City
Gunla Parva: Drawing the younger lot
Gunla Parva: Drawing the younger lot
KATHMANDU, Aug. 20: On an early Saturday morning, 35 youngsters between the ages of 12 to 33 from Patan marched around the Swyambhunath stupa playing traditional musical instruments on the occasion of Gunla Parva.
Aug 20, 2018
My City
Denying a conjugal detainment
Denying a conjugal detainment
Writing personal experiences is an easy task, but it is difficult to be honest while expressing such situations, especially in public platforms. It needs guts.
Aug 20, 2018
Lifestyle
Thailand's Queen Mother admitted to hospital
Thailand's Queen Mother admitted to hospital
BANGKOK, Aug 20: Thailand’s 86-year-old Queen Mother Sirikit is being treated for influenza at a Bangkok hospital, the Royal Household Bureau said in a statement on Monday in a rare statement on her health.
Aug 20, 2018
WORLD
800,000 people homeless after floods tear through Kerala with more rain on the way
800,000 people homeless after floods tear through Kerala wit...
While the central government has dispatched multiple military units to Kerala, state officials are pleading for additional help. Officials have put initial storm damage estimates at nearly $3 billion. At least 250 people have died in the flooding in a little over a week, with 31 others missing, acco...
Aug 20, 2018
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Work on Gautam Buddha International Airport sluggish
Work on Gautam Buddha International Airport sluggish
The Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) would have been a crowded airport nowadays operating multiple flights a day, if it was constructed in its first deadline. But it is still under construction and the construction is snail paced. Though it is one of the most prioritized ‘national pride pr...
Aug 20, 2018
My City
Sixty monsoon
Sixty monsoon
They say sometimes you need to go through pain
As life is not only about winning but also to lose
They say the water on the river couldn’t be steeped twice
And I couldn’t understand at the moment and remained fooled.
Aug 20, 2018
WORLD
New Pakistan PM Khan calls for austerity; wants bullet-proof cars sold
New Pakistan PM Khan calls for austerity; wants bullet-proof...
PAKISTAN, Aug 20: In his first address to the nation as premier, Khan set out his vision for a “New Pakistan” and spoke at length about the need to reshape the country by introducing an Islamic welfare system, reducing poverty and slashing high debt levels.
Aug 20, 2018
ECONOMY
Bring GBIA into operation within this fiscal year, tourism minister tells CAAN
Bring GBIA into operation within this fiscal year, tourism m...
KATHMANDU, Aug 20: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Rabindra Adhikari, has directed Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) to bring Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) in Bhairahawa into operation within Fiscal Year 2018/19.
Aug 20, 2018
ECONOMY
NEA, API Power sign PPA
NEA, API Power sign PPA
KATHMANDU, Aug 20: Api Power Pvt Ltd has signed power purchase agreement (PPA) with Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for selling 2 MW of solar energy generated by it to the state-owned power utility.
Aug 20, 2018