WORLD
Prosecutors again attempt to strip Guatemala's president of immunity
Prosecutors again attempt to strip Guatemala's president of...
GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 11: Guatemala’s attorney general and the U.N.-backed International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) moved on Friday to lift President Jimmy Morales’ immunity so he can be investigated for alleged illicit campaign financing.
Aug 11, 2018
WORLD
Crews battle growing wildfire near homes in California
Crews battle growing wildfire near homes in California
LAKE ELSINORE, Aug 11: Firefighters fought to spare homes Friday from a growing Southern California forest fire, a day after flames came perilously close to neighborhoods and destroyed one house.
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Aug 11, 2018
ECONOMY
Sugarcane farmers criticize government for slashing cane prices
Sugarcane farmers criticize government for slashing cane pri...
KATHMANDU Aug 11: Sugarcane farmers have criticized the government for slashing sugarcane price by reducing the VAT rebate that is paid to farmers. Changing the practice of paying VAT rebate through sugar mills, the government, through a cabinet decision last week, had decided to pay the farmers dir...
Aug 11, 2018
ECONOMY
Weekly volume slumps as stocks decline
Weekly volume slumps as stocks decline
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: The stock market continued its bearish movement on all five trading days this week. The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index started with meager decrement of 1.43 points on the first trading day. Subsequently, the index posted the modest decline in following three sessions. Further,...
Aug 11, 2018
SOCIETY
2 killed, 1 injured in truck plunge
2 killed, 1 injured in truck plunge
CHITWAN, Aug 11: A truck bearing Indian registration number plate fell down from the Jugedi Bridge at Bharatpur metropolitan city-29 early this morning, killing two people and leaving another person critically injured.
Aug 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Body of boy missing in landslide recovered after five days
Body of boy missing in landslide recovered after five days
JAJARKOT, Aug 11: Govinda Pariyar, 13, who had been missing in the debris of a ravaging landslide since last Sunday has been found dead after five days.
Aug 11, 2018
ECONOMY
Nepal, Bangladesh ink energy cooperation deal
Nepal, Bangladesh ink energy cooperation deal
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Nepal and Bangladesh inked a bilateral agreement on cooperation in electricity development, in Kathmandu Friday. This paves the way for opening the market in Bangladesh for Nepal’s hydroelectricity as well as bringing in Bangladeshi investment in this sector. Bangladesh, for its p...
Aug 11, 2018
POLITICS
‘Lokman offered Rs 100 million bribe to then CJ Karki’
‘Lokman offered Rs 100 million bribe to then CJ Karki’
KATHMANDU, Aug11: Almost 20 months after his removal from the post of CIAA chief, it has been claimed that Lokman Singh Karki had offered Rs 100 million to then chief justice Sushila Karki, seeking her favor in a court case. Durga Subedi, husband of Sushila Karki, made the claim in a recently publ...
Aug 11, 2018
SOCIETY
CIAA also forms panel to probe Sikta canal collapse
CIAA also forms panel to probe Sikta canal collapse
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: A day after the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation started investigation into possible irregularities in the construction of the Sikta Irrigation Project, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has also formed a panel to investigate into...
Aug 11, 2018
SOCIETY
Child marriage scrapped after two years
Child marriage scrapped after two years
JUMLA, Aug 11: Two years ago, Gorkha Budha and Mamita Budha of Patarasi Rural Municipality tied the nuptial knot before reaching an eligible age for marriage.
Aug 11, 2018