APF Club and Sudur Paschim made a winning start at Lalitpur Mayor Women’s Championship held at T.U International Cricket Stadium, Kathmandu
The 3rd edition of Buddha Drama Festival is scheduled from March 27 in Kathmandu. Altogether, seven plays will be staged in the festival.
Mohammad Basir of Raniapur, Balarampur District, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was 80 years old when his eyes gradually became blurred, impairing his vision. Basir went to th
Former skipper of the Nepali national football team Sujal Shrestha announced his retirement from international football on Thursday. Before leaving for Sydney, Australia, Shrestha announce
The Australian government on Thursday released the wording of a referendum question that promises the nation's Indigenous population a greater say on policies that effect their lives.
Speaker of the House of Representatives Devraj Ghimire has said that political instability has hindered development works. Commenting on the situation in which the Pri
A team of Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC) met President Ram Chandra Paudel and wished him a successful tenure. During the meeting at the President’s Office in Sheetal Niwas on Thursday, the NCC delegation led by its president Rajendra Malla drew the attention of President Paudel to the present economic situation of the country.
Actress Lindsay Lohan, rapper Akon and several other celebrities have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle claims they promoted crypto investments to their millions of soc
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is commemorated on March 24 every year. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) theme for World TB Day 2023 is 'Yes! We can end TB!'. It aims to inspire hope and encourage high-level leadership, increased investments, faster uptake of new guidelines, adoption of innovations and accelerated action to combat the TB epidemic. This year i
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Narayan Kaji Shrestha has said that the country immediately needed to increase productivity, capacity of capital expenditure and reduce trade deficit to lead it on the path of prosperity.
There is no doubt that the media is one of the most important parts of any society. Besides providing fresh information to the people, it has also helped in ending wars, quelling strife an
With an aim to benefit millions of Nepali migrant workers employed in foreign land or self-employed and their families, the Social Security Fund (SSF) has launched contribution-based s
It is a well-established fact that many actions need to be taken instantly to cope with the effects of climate change on lives and livelihoods of people. In recent years, countless international conferences were organised in different parts of the world to tackle issues related to climate change.
The first daily fast of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan began Thursday, as hundreds of millions of Muslims worldwide enter a four-week period of worship. The observance comes at a time when numerous countries and governments across the Middle East are taking tentative steps towards calming enduring conflicts and crises made more acute by the costly war in Ukraine and a devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria that killed over 52,000 people.
Global shares were mixed Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate, while noting the end may be near for its economy-crunching hikes to interest rates. France’s CAC 40 declined 0.3% in early trading to 7,112.95, while Germany’s DAX slipped 0.2% to 15,183.25. Britain’s FTSE 100 dipped 0.5% to 7,532.54. U.S. shares were set to drift higher with Dow futures up 0.5% to 32,430.00. S&P 500 futures added 0.7% to 3,999.75.