KATHMANDU: Despite their announcements earlier, the 33 political parties including the CPN-Maoist have withdrawn the program of general shutdown called for Monday, confirmed CPN-Maoist leader
BIRGUNJ: Normal life in southern plains of the country is crippled from early this morning due to a shutdown enforced by Sadbhavana Party putting forth different 10-point demand. The party
ROLPA: Eight inmates have managed to escape from the Rolpa prisonhouse on Sunday night by digging nearly eight meters tunnel. Most of them were jailed for their crime convict on
Gabon: Thousands of Gabonese people marched to protest ritual killings, in which people are murdered so their body parts can be used in amulets to bring good luck. Sylvia Bongo
Bangladesh: A seamstress who survived 17 days before being rescued from a collapsed garment factory building outside of Bangladesh’s capital was panicked, dehydrated and suffering from insomnia as she recovered
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and
KATHMANDU: Despite massive protest from different sections of civil society and political parties, Acting Chief Justice Damodar Prasad Sharma today administered oath of office and secrecy to Lok Man Singh
LALITPUR: Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) Yubraj Khatiwada has stressed for utilizing the remittance in productive sector for capital formation at home. At a program on remittance policies
Bangladesh: Hundreds of garment factory workers who survived a building collapse in Bangladesh protested for compensation, as the death toll from the country’s worst-ever industrial disaster passed 700. The police
MOSCOW/BEIRUT: Russia and the United States agreed to bury their differences over Syria and to try to convene international talks with both sides in the civil war to end the