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South Korea honors Nepali professor for flourishing apiculture

Nepali Professor Dr Ratna Thapa being honored by the South Korean University for his remarkable research in apiculture. His research was instrumental in reducing mortality rates of the bee. (Photo: Meen Prakash Uprety)

Seoul ,South Korea. A Nepali professor has been awarded a prestigious honor by the South Korean government for his remarkable research in apiculture. Department of

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CJ Regmi should not resign for heading election government, Nilambar says

KATHMANDU: At a time when some Nepali Congress leaders were seeking Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi’s resignation before giving him the leadership of an election government, former President of the

Blasts at Iraqi market kill 5 south of Baghdad

BAGHDAD: An Iraqi official says a pair of car bombs has exploded at a livestock market in the south of the country, killing five and wounding dozens. The head of the provincial council,

A look at India’s Kumbh Mela festival

ALLAHABAD, India: Once every 12 years, tens of millions of Indians gather for one of Hinduism’s holiest celebrations at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythic Saraswati rivers.

Baidhya seek property from Prachanda as agreed before

KATHMANDU: The CPN-Maoist has taken exception to the UCPN (Maoist)’s dilly-dallying to share party’s property with the CPN-Maoist–the most hardliner community party in the country. Meeting with the UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa

Regmi should resign from CJ to head election government: KC

NUWAKOT: Nepali Congress leader Arjun Narsingh KC, who is opposing the idea of the CJ-led government after the parties’ decision, today said that Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi should resign

34 killed in Bangladesh after court orders Islamist leader hanged

DHAKA: At least 34 people were killed in Bangladesh in a wave of violence on Thursday as Islamists reacted furiously to a ruling that one of their leaders must hang

‘Big four very near to consensus on CJ-led government’

KATHMANDU: Leaders of major political parties have claimed that they have reached a consensus regarding an election government, UCPN (Maoist) leader and member of the political taskforce Krishna Bahadur Mahara

Pope Benedict quits Vatican with promise to obey successor

VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict left the Vatican on Thursday after pledging unconditional obedience to whoever succeeds him to guide the Roman Catholic Church at one of the most crisis-ridden periods

Puspa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda"
Seven years after Badarmude incident, Prachanda in public apologizes for wrongdoing

CHITWAN: Better late than never! Seven years after the infamous Badarmude incident, UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda on Thursday asked for apology to the victims by seeing them