POLITICS, Latest Updates
Upper house endorses resolution to reclaim Nepali territory
Upper house endorses resolution to reclaim Nepali territory
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The upper house of parliament on Thursday directed the government to settle boundary issues with India, unanimously endorsing a resolution motion that demands the reclaiming of the Nepali territories of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura from encroachment by the Indian side.
Jan 03, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Govt orders sugar mills to clear all dues to farmers within 3 weeks
Govt orders sugar mills to clear all dues to farmers within...
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The government has vowed to resolve the payment issue of sugarcane within three weeks.
Jan 03, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Bitter struggle behind sweet sugar
Bitter struggle behind sweet sugar
KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Sugarcane is crushed to make sugar that sweetens our mouth. But the difficulties that sugarcane farmers in Nepal have had these last few years speak in volumes about their bitter struggle.
Jan 03, 2020
SPORTS
All-rounder Kandel humbles depleted Province 5 in opening match
All-rounder Kandel humbles depleted Province 5 in opening ma...
KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Player-of-the-match Dipesh Kandel picked up a six-wicket-haul to help Province 1 notch-up an astonishing win of 68 runs against Province 5 during the opening match of Manmohan Memorial National One-Day Cricket Tournament being held at Inaruwa Cricket Ground in Inaruwa on Thursday.
Jan 03, 2020
SPORTS
EPL underlines exclusivity of foreign players
EPL underlines exclusivity of foreign players
KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Nepal’s most lucrative franchise T20 league Everest Premier League (EPL) has underlined the exclusivity of foreign players to be involved in the league to freshen up the things for the upcoming season of league to be held in Kathmandu.
Jan 03, 2020
WORLD
Taiwan's military chief among eight dead in helicopter crash
Taiwan's military chief among eight dead in helicopter crash
TAIPEI, Jan 2: Taiwan’s top military official was among eight people killed on Thursday, after a helicopter carrying them to visit soldiers crashed in a mountainous area near the capital Taipei, the defence ministry said.
Jan 02, 2020
SPORTS
Vidal bonus dispute clouds Barca's derby preparations
Vidal bonus dispute clouds Barca's derby preparations
BARCELONA, Jan 2: La Liga leaders Barcelona will be looking to preserve their two-point lead over Real Madrid when they visit local rivals Espanyol on Saturday but their preparations have been hit by a legal battle with their own midfielder Arturo Vidal.
Jan 02, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Bitter struggle behind sweet sugar
Bitter struggle behind sweet sugar
KATHMANDU, Jan 1: Sugarcane means raw material for sugar. And, sugar tastes sweet. However, the very sugar these days features the bitter struggle of sugarcane farmers. Yes, the farmers for having been unpaid for years for their harvest sold to the sugar mills are now staging days-long sit-in at the...
Jan 02, 2020
WORLD
Australian authorities steer mass evacuation as wildfires raze holiday towns
Australian authorities steer mass evacuation as wildfires ra...
BATEMANS BAY/MELBOURNE, Jan 2: Tens of thousands of holiday makers fled seaside towns on Australia’s east coast on Thursday ahead of advancing bushfires, as military ships and helicopters began rescuing thousands more trapped by the blazes.
Jan 02, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Four killed, four injured and one missing in Karnali jeep mishap
Four killed, four injured and one missing in Karnali jeep mi...
BAJURA, Jan 2: Four people died, four others sustained injuries and one went missing when a jeep met with an accident in Karnali Corridor at Bandhu of Himali Rural Municipality-7 on Thursday afternoon.
Jan 02, 2020