Kathmandu, Jan 18: Madhusudan Acharya was elected the chairman of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) by defeating his nearest rival Mihika Dhakhwa in the voting process. Acharya got 191 votes while Dhakhwa managed 164 votes. The elections of NATTA held Sunday...
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Jan. 17:(AFP) – At least 13 people were killed when a suicide bomber struck the home of a prominent politician in Jalalabad Sunday, officials said, in the second deadly attack in the eastern Afghan city in less than a week. The Taliban...
TEHRAN, Jan. 17:(AFP) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday hailed the lifting of international sanctions on his country following the entry into force of last July’s momentous nuclear deal with major powers. “We Iranians have reached out to the world in a sign...
Tanahun, Jan 17: A youth died when he was attacked with Khukuri after a scuffle at Byas Municipality-2 in Tanahun district last night. Two others were injured in the incident. DSP Rakesh Singh said that the deceased is Dinesh Thapa of Byas Municipality-2. Critically...
Bhaktapur, Jan 17: An octogenarian died after a fire broke out from the LP gas leakage at Layakur in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality-1 last night. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Prabin Lal Shrestha of Metropolitan Police Circle said that Kanchha Sipai, 88, died of burn...
Kathmandu, Jan 16: The three major parties have decided to forge common understanding about the demands of the agitating Madhesi Front. The meeting of the senior leaders along with the taskforce held at Prime Minister’s official residence at Baluwatar today decided to make a...
Saudi Arabia, Jan 16: With authorities of both Nepal and Saudi Arabia deciding to agree on basic principles of the draft, the labour agreement is likely to be reached between both the countries. In a meeting held in Saudi Arabia, a technical team led...
RAIPUR, India, Jan. 15 : (AFP) – Four Maoist rebels have been killed in a gun battle with police in a forest in central India’s Chhattisgarh state, security forces said Friday. Police said the shoot-out happened early Friday morning in Bijapur, around 470 kilometres...
TOKYO, Jan. 15 :(Xinhua) The death toll of a tour bus crash in Japan’s central Nagano Prefecture early Friday has risen to 14, according to the latest local media reports. Japan’s top government spokesperson Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a press conference that...
Phalebas (Parbat), Jan 15: Four children of Kushma Municipality in Parbat have gone missing for three days. The missing are Abhishek Sharma, 14, Devendra Sarki, 15, Krishna Prasad Shrestha, 14, and 14-year-old Sunil GC. The family members said that they had left their houses...
Bhaktapur, Jan 14: The Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB), Sanothimi, has published the results of Grade 11 exams. As per the result, a total of 49.20 percent students have passed the exams. There were a 243,731 regular students who had appeared in the exams,...
JAKARTA, Jan. 14:(AFP) – Suicide attackers struck the Indonesian capital Thursday, with a series of explosions and gunfire that tore through a Starbucks cafe and shook an embassy district in the Muslim-majority nation. At least seven people were known to have died — including...