SPORTS
Nepali cricket team off to Sri Lanka in course of participation in Asia Cup Qualifier
Nepali cricket team off to Sri Lanka in course of participat...
KATHMANDU, Aug 20: Nepali cricket team has left here for Sri Lanka en route to Malaysia to play the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier scheduled to be held from August 29 to September 6. During its stay in Sri Lanka, the Nepali squad will play practice matches with three local clubs there before departing for...
Aug 20, 2018
ECONOMY, WORLD
Business economists say Trump tariffs will harm US: survey
Business economists say Trump tariffs will harm US: survey
UNITED STATES, Aug 20: Business economists overwhelmingly worry President Donald Trump's trade wars will harm the US economy, according to a survey released Monday.
Aug 20, 2018
Lifestyle
Poets, patrons and homosexuality in medieval Ireland
Poets, patrons and homosexuality in medieval Ireland
In recent years, Irish society has undergone sweeping transformations, including legalisation of same-sex marriage and decriminalisation of homosexuality.
Aug 20, 2018
Lifestyle
Rita Ora rocks leopard print for her VMA Kickoff Concert performance with surprise guest L...
Rita Ora rocks leopard print for her VMA Kickoff Concert per...
Aug 20: She's nominated for Best Dance and Best Visual Effects at the 2018 MTV VMAs for her collaboration with the late Avicii on their track Lonely Together.
Aug 20, 2018
Lifestyle
Drugs and late nights: micro-engraver carves out niche
Drugs and late nights: micro-engraver carves out niche
LONDON, Aug 20: Using Botox, beta-blockers and the stillness of the night, Graham Short produces miniature engravings like nobody else.
Aug 20, 2018
POLITICS
Sino-Nepal bilateral agreement implementation process begins
Sino-Nepal bilateral agreement implementation process begins
KATHMANDU, Aug 20: The government has begun a process to implement energy cooperation agreement held with the government of China in a bid to attract more foreign investment and expand hydropower market in the country.
Aug 20, 2018
SOCIETY
Jajarkot people afflicted with transport disruption
Jajarkot people afflicted with transport disruption
JAJARKOT, Aug 20: The transportation has been disrupted along the Khalanga-Panchkatiya road after the landslide damaged it in various places. It is also full of potholes and mud in many places, adding woes to people.
Aug 20, 2018
WORLD
'Blast fishing' thrives in Libya's chaos
'Blast fishing' thrives in Libya's chaos
LIBYA, Aug 20: Residents of Tripoli's seafront wake up most weekends to loud blasts: fishermen using dynamite to maximise their catch, regardless of the damage they are causing to marine life.
Aug 20, 2018
SPORTS
A night with prostitutes in hotel sends Japanese basketball players home
A night with prostitutes in hotel sends Japanese basketball...
JAKARTA, Aug 20: Japan has sent home four players from their Asian Games basketball team for spending the night with women in a Jakarta hotel, the head of the delegation Yasuhiro Yamashita said on Monday.
Aug 20, 2018
SOCIETY
Embankments constructed along two rivers in Kanchanpur
Embankments constructed along two rivers in Kanchanpur
KANCHANPUR, Aug 20: The Shuklaphanta Municipality-4 in Kanchanpur district has constructed two embankments along two local rivers.
Aug 20, 2018