KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Sunita Danuwar was honoured with the the Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy in Taipei of Taiwan

KABUL: Afghanistan says its forces have repelled a Taliban attack on the Kandahar airport that lasted more than 24 hours and killed 50 people, mainly civilians. The Defense Ministry said

JAKARTA: A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia, but officials say there is no threat of a tsunami. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.9 quake

BEIJING: Some Beijing residents use smokestacks to predict smog: Smoke drifting gently upward means stagnant air where smog will accumulate, while smoke blowing away from the mountains indicates fresher winds

BERLIN: A German woman accused of involvement in 10 neo-Nazi murders is expected to testify for the first time Wednesday, ending more than four years of silence. Beate Zschaepe’s statement,

PARIS: A police official says a text message to a woman announcing her son’s death in the November 13 attacks on Paris in which 130 people got killed, led authorities

Kathmandu, Dec 10: UCPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has swung into action to open the long-stalled meeting of the Legislature-Parliament. In this connection, chairman Dahal, who is also the
Gaushala, Dec 10: President of Nepal Press Union Mahottari Chapter and Mahottari district correspondent for Avenues Television Kamlesh Mandal has been bereaved of his mother. Danadevi Mandal passed away at

Pokhara, Dec 10: Minister for Home Affairs Shakti Bahadur Basnet has said that the ongoing problem surfaced in the country would be resolved soon. At a news conference organized by

Lamp margakrsna party today Puratasi (balacaturdasi) relatives of the deceased sat Lamp farming Pashupati premises. Int Mukunda Kalikote