WORLD
South Carolina congressional candidate seriously injured in car crash
South Carolina congressional candidate seriously injured in...
June 24: South Carolina Republican congressional candidate Katie Arrington, who ousted incumbent U.S. Representative Mark Sanford in a primary this month, was seriously injured in a car crash that killed the driver of a second vehicle, her campaign said on Saturday.
Jun 24, 2018
SOCIETY
CAN to provide scholarship for IT study
CAN to provide scholarship for IT study
BIRATNAGAR, June 24: The Computer Association of Nepal (CAN) is to provide scholarship amounting Rs 18.3 million in total for the deserving students opting to study information technology.
Jun 24, 2018
WORLD
Turks vote for president, parliament in crucial test for Erdogan
Turks vote for president, parliament in crucial test for Erd...
ISTANBUL, June 24: Turks began voting on Sunday for a new president and parliament in elections that pose the biggest ballot box challenge to Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party since they swept to power more than a decade and a half ago.
Jun 24, 2018
SOCIETY
Half dozen Buddha statues stolen from Thasong Choling Stupa
Half dozen Buddha statues stolen from Thasong Choling Stupa
DOLPA, June 24: Half dozen of Buddha statues have been stolen from Thasong Choling Stupa in She-phoksundo rural municipality of Rigmo village, Dolpa.
Jun 24, 2018
POLITICS
PM Oli applies brake on his railway dream
PM Oli applies brake on his railway dream
KATHMANDU, June 24: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said that it would take time for the much hyped railway to come to Nepal, despite claiming that a monorail would ply in Kathmandu’s roads within five years.
Jun 24, 2018
Lifestyle
‘Game of Thrones’ co-stars Kit Harington, Rose Leslie wed
‘Game of Thrones’ co-stars Kit Harington, Rose Leslie wed
LONDON, June 24: Former “Game of Thrones” co-stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie married Saturday with a church service and a celebration at the bride’s ancestral castle in Scotland.
Jun 24, 2018
SOCIETY
Maithili classes started in four schools in Mahottari
Maithili classes started in four schools in Mahottari
MOHOTTARI, June 24: Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Giriraj Mani Pokharel, has inaugurated Maithili classes at four schools in Mahottari district.
Jun 24, 2018
WORLD
Saudi women gear up for new freedom as driving ban ends
Saudi women gear up for new freedom as driving ban ends
RIYADH, June 24: Women in Saudi Arabia took to the roads at midnight on Sunday, ushering in the end of the world’s last ban on female drivers, long seen as an emblem of women’s repression in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom.
Jun 24, 2018
WORLD
Zimbabwe’s leader escapes bomb blast in Bulawayo
Zimbabwe’s leader escapes bomb blast in Bulawayo
Several ministers and others hurt in apparent assassination attempt
Jun 24, 2018
Lifestyle
Zsa Zsa, the English bulldog, wins World’s Ugliest Dog title
Zsa Zsa, the English bulldog, wins World’s Ugliest Dog title
PETALUMA, June 24: A 9-year-old English bulldog was named the winner of the 2018 World’s Ugliest Dog contest in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Jun 24, 2018