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Nepal’s technocrat cabinet fails to appoint chiefs to constitutional organs

Nepal technocrat government interim electoral

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s incumbent technocrat cabinet on Tuesday failed to pave way for the appointment of chiefs to vacant constitutional organs. Along with that the Khilaraj

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Puspa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda"
UCPN Maoist supremo hopeful of elections by mid-June

KATHMANDU: UCPN Maoist Chairman Puspa Kamal Dahal has claimed that Consituent Assembly elections were still possible by mid July. Speaking at a program organized in the capital, Prachanda said that

Fake SLC examinees held

KATHMANDU: Two fake SLC examiners were arrested from two different exam centres on Tuesday. A fake examinee was arrested from  the Panipokhari-based Bhanubhakta Memorial School and the rest one from

Wave of Iraq blasts kill 56 decade after invasion

BAGHDAD: A wave of bombings tore through Baghdad on Tuesday morning, killing at least 56 people and wounding more than 200, highlighting increasing sectarian tensions in Iraq on the eve

At least 37 killed in India bus accident

NEW DELHI: A bus packed with passengers crashed through a guard rail and fell off a bridge in western India early Tuesday, killing at least 37 people and injuring another

Power still out at damaged nuclear plant in Japan

TOKYO: A power outage has left four fuel storage pools at Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear plant without fresh cooling waterfor nearly 20 hours, raising concerns about the fragility of a facility

Laborers vandalize Ncell office against their termination

KATHMANDU: Laborers affiliated to Nepal’s hardliner political party today vandalized the central office of the Ncell—Nepal’s one of the leading mobile phone service provider—citing they were fired from the job.

Egypt minister: lynchings signal ‘death of state’

CAIRO: Egypt’s justice minister warns the lynching of criminals in the streets by angry citizens signals “the death of the state.” His comments come a day after residents in a

Nepal’s poverty decreasing faster than in India: Oxford University study

KATHMANDU: Nepal is a star performer in reducing the number of poor compared to larger economies such as India, according to an Oxford University study published on Monday. South Asian

Nepal’s 11-member election cabinet gets full shape

KATHMANDU: After political consensus and receiving the name of new ministers from major political parties, Chairman of Nepal’s Interim Election Council of Ministers Khil Raj Regmi today administered the oath