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Bajura, Aug 25,  A woman dies during childbirth at the district hospital, Bajura. Basanti Nepali of Badimalika municipality-7 died from excessive bleeding, said doctors. Doctors Durga Maharjan and Tikaram Rai used vacuum device to guide the infant out of the birth canal following the mother’s inability to deliver baby normally, said Dr Rohit Giri. The […]

Kathmandu, Aug 24 : Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed deep sorrow over the demise of senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Arun Jaitley. PM Oli tweeted today to express his sadness over the passing away of Jaitley addressing his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. In a tweet he extended condolences to the entire […]

Kathmandu, Aug 24 : Acting Prime Minister Ishwor Pokharel on Saturday stressed the need for initiating the trend of planting trees on the occasion of birthday. “Apart from cutting cakes on the occasion of birthday, the culture of planting trees should be developed. The government will not shy away from taking stern action against forest […]

TEKNAF, Bangladesh, Aug 24, 2019 (AFP) : Bangladesh police said they had shot dead two Rohingya refugees during a gunfight in a refugee camp on Saturday after the pair were accused of killing a ruling party official. Nearly a million Rohingya live in squalid camps in southeast Bangladesh, 740,000 of whom fled a 2017 military […]

Butwal, Aug 24 : Minster for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota has claimed that the government has laid the foundation for country’s prosperity and its outcome would manifest soon. As the struggle for attainment of political rights is over, now is the time for production, construction and development, Minster Baskota said. Production sector […]

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) : The United States is paying the price for launching a trade war, as China is forced to announce the levy of new additional tariffs on U.S. goods. China has announced that it will slap additional tariffs on U.S. imports worth about 75 billion U.S. dollars, covering 5,078 U.S. products with […]

Kathmandu, Aug 24 : A book ‘Nepali Bangmayaka Teen Tara (Three Stars of Nepali Literary World)’ authored by senior journalist Bhairab Risal was launched amidst a programme here today. Ganga Prasad Uprety, Chancellor of Nepal Academy and Pradeep Nepal, Chairperson of Shami Literary Foundation, jointly launched the book composed based on the lives of Mahakavi […]

Abu Dhabi (UAE), Aug 24 : Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Saturday conferred UAE’s highest civilian award ‘Order of Zayed’ on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The award, which is named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding father of the UAE, acquires special significance as it […]

Kathmandu, Aug 24 : The Nepali Congress has expressed sorrow over the demise of Prayagdatta Lekhak, father of Ramesh Lekhak, former minister and NC central member. “I am saddened by demise of Lekhak. He had contributed to democratic movements of Nepal,” said NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba in a statement of condolence on Saturday. He […]

Kathmandu, Aug 24 : The development and technology committee under the House of Representatives has inspected Chabahil-Bouddha-Jorpati-Sanghu and Jorpati-Sundarijal roads. The construction of Chabahil-Sanghu road stretching over 12-km has been left in lurch due to disputes over compensation for acquiring lands for the project. Contracted four years ago, the road is still waiting for expansion […]