NEW DELHI: The Indian government has passed the new Criminal Law Amendment Bill lowering the age for consensual sex from 18 to 16. The word
JHAPA: A man died in a wild elephant trample in Jhapa district this morning. Thirty-six-year old Gopilal BK of Shaninagar was trampled to death by the tusker early this morning.
KATHMANDU: The nationwide shutdown enforced by the Federal Democratic Front, an alliance of fringe ethnic parties led by Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Nepal has affected the normal life across the country
CANADA: Toronto Nepali Film Festival is being organized at Toronto University in Canada on March 8 and 9. The Festival would be held at Innings Town Hall in the University.
KATHMANDU: A meeting of major political forces scheduled for today has been postponed. The meeting was expected to take a final decision to execute the Chief Justice-led government. A source
NEPALGUNJ: Three persons died and six others were injured in a road accident at Mahadevpuri VDC in Banke district along the East-West highway this morning. Two died on the spot
KATHMANDU: Following resignation of executive director of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) Dr Bhagwan Koirala, Prof Dr Bimal Kumar Sinha has been appointed to the post. Dean of the Institute
KATHMANDU: The normal life across the country was crippled except some district due to a general shutdown enforced by Nepal’s radical fringe communist parties on Wednesday. Cadres of the CPN-Maoist,
BERLIN: The United Nations refugee agency says the number of Syrians who have fled their war-ravaged country and are seeking assistance has now reached the one million mark. In a
CARACAS, Venezuela: Hundreds of anguished Venezuelans poured into the streets of downtown Caracas crying, hugging each other and shouting slogans in support of President Hugo Chavezafter learning of his death