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Finance Minister Koirala says budget to focus on development not slogans

Minister for Finance Shankar Koirala has said that the upcoming budget would give top priority for mega projects, energy sector, tourism and export. He said,

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Car bombs at market in central Iraq kill 14

BAGHDAD: Back-to-back car bombings at a market in central Iraq killed at least 14 people on Monday, officials said, the latest in a spike in violence that has ravaged the country in

Nepal Vice President Parmananda Jha
Nepal’s Vice President Jha returns from China visit

KATHMANDU: Vice President Parmananda Jha returned home late night on Sunday after completing his six-day official visit to the People’s Republic of China. Upon his arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport

Famous writer Iain Banks dies of cancer aged 59

Author Iain Banks has died aged 59, two months after announcing he had terminal cancer, his family has said. Banks, who was born in Dunfermline, Fife, revealed in April he

India polls: BJP ‘star’ Narendra Modi to lead campaign

Controversial Indian politician Narendra Modi has been chosen to lead the main opposition party’s campaign for elections due next year. The Gujarat chief minister is seen as a rising star

2 Koreas talk in border village after tensions

SEOUL, South Korea: Government delegates from North andSouth Korea held a marathon session of preparatory talks Sunday at a “truce village” on their heavily armed border aimed at setting ground

German tourist found dead in Rukum after nine months

RUKUM, June 10: The body of a German citizen, Myareno Menechhiti, 53, has been found recently at Ranmamaikot VDC in the district. The locals found the body in course of collecting

Fire in Charikot guts houses, hotels; properties worth 16 million gutted to cinder

DOLAKHA: A heavy fire broke out in Charikot, Dolakha, destroying at least six houses and properties worth million rupees last night. No human casualty has been reported in the fire.

Iran says it sets up space monitoring center

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran said Sunday that it set up its first space tracking center to monitor objects passing in orbit overhead. Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said the center was

Obama pressed Chinese leader on cybersecurity

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif.: President Barack Obama used an unusually lengthy and informal desert summit to present Chinese President Xi Jinping with detailed evidence of intellectual property theft emanating from his