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Teachers injured in the accident

Teachers injured in the accident
29 September, Kathmandu: 11 teachers were injured in a van accident near Bohoretar in Sunkosi rural municipality of Sindhuli under the BP highway. Teachers coming to Kathmandu were injured when an electric vehicle coming from Sindhuli towards Kathmandu met with an accident around 7:50 this morning. The injured were taken to Dhulikhel Hospital and the driver was detained by the... Read More

Türkiye to export natural gas to Moldova

Türkiye to export natural gas to Moldova
29 September, Kathmandu: Türkiye and Moldova signed a deal for the export of natural gas to the latter via pipeline, the Turkish Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS) announced Thursday. The agreement between BOTAS and Moldova’s East Gas Energy Trading envisages the export of 2 million cubic meters of natural gas daily since Oct. 1, the Turkish company said in a statement.... Read More

Pakistan: Litmus Test for Climate Justice

Pakistan: Litmus Test for Climate Justice
28 September, Pakistan: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that Pakistan, which suffered from devastating floods a year ago, is a litmus test for climate justice. “There is nothing natural about a disaster on this scale, or about the fires, storms, and droughts wreaking havoc elsewhere,” he told a General Assembly briefing on the Pakistan floods, stressing that the shift... Read More

PM extends best wishes on Indra Jatra festival

PM extends best wishes on Indra Jatra festival
28 September, Kathmandu: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said advancing towards social justice, good governance and prosperity by promoting religious tolerance, national unity, social goodwill and emotional bond is the national agenda of the hour. Extending his best wishes on the occasion of the Indra Jatra festival today, the head of the government expected that the festival would inspire... Read More

EU tells Apple chief to ‘open up’ to rivals

EU tells Apple chief to ‘open up’ to rivals
27 September, Brussels : The EU’s digital chief Thierry Breton told Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday that the iPhone maker must open up its products to competitors as part of Brussels’ tough curbs on tech behemoths. Earlier this month, the European Union unveiled a list of the digital giants, including Apple, which will face new rules under the Digital... Read More

Prime Minister Dahal in Lhasa

Prime Minister Dahal in Lhasa
27 September, Kathmandu: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is on an official visit to China, has reached Lhasa from Chongqing today. Prime Minister Dahal landed at Gongar Airport in Lhasa, an autonomous region of China, through Sichuan Airlines at around 12:00 local time. Prime Minister Dahal was given a grand welcome at Gongar Airport. According to the schedule, Wang... Read More

UN chief calls for elimination of nuclear weapons

UN chief calls for elimination of nuclear weapons
27 SEPTEMBER, UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for the elimination of nuclear weapons. “On this International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, we remind ourselves of a fundamental truth: the real only way to prevent the use of nuclear weapons is to eliminate them,” he told a high-level plenary meeting of the UN General... Read More

Strong Earthquake Shakes Central Indonesia

Strong Earthquake Shakes Central Indonesia
26 September, Jakarta : An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck off North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Tuesday morning, but did not trigger giant waves, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The weather agency earlier released the earthquake’s magnitude of 6.3 before they revised it. The quake occurred at 08:39 a.m. local time (0139 GMT)... Read More

Lawmakers incompetent to deliver, argues Chairman KC

Lawmakers incompetent to deliver, argues Chairman KC
26 September, Kathmandu: “The harrowing fact at present is: major political parties’ character and behaviour have caused disappointment and discontent among people towards the loktantra and republic which we got with hard struggles.” It is what Chairman of Rastriya Janamorcha, Chitra Bahadur KC, asserts. He blames incompetence of lawmakers behind delayed and slack implementation of constitution and federalism. The nature... Read More

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov to visit North Korea next month

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov to visit North Korea next month
25 September, New York : Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that he will visit North Korea in October as part of follow-up measures to the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong earlier this month, Yonhap News Agency reported. He made the remarks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in... Read More