Venezuela : Deadly clashes broke out in Venezuelan border towns on Saturday, as President Nicolás Maduro blocked humanitarian aid from crossing from Colombia and Brazil. Troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who attempted to collect and transport the supplies. A number of people were shot with live ammunition, human rights groups say….
Kathmandu : President Bidya Devi Bhandari today authenticated three bills endorsed by the both houses of the Federal Parliament. The Head-of-the-State gave assent to the documents in accordance with the Article 113 (2) of the constitution. Those documents are the National Medical Education Bill; the bill to revise an Act to Regulate and Control International…
Kathmandu : Nepal defeated the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to win its third match under the ICC Women T20 World Cup Qualifier Asia-2019 going on in Thailand. In the match held today at Terdthai Cricket Ground, Nepal met a target of 42 runs posted by the UAE in 10.2 overs at a loss of three…
Rupandehi, Feb 22 : Province assembly member of Province-5 Uttar Kumar Oli has passed away. Oli who sustained critical injuries in road accident died at 1.00 am this morning. informed Durlav Kumar Pun, secretary at the province assembly secretariat. He met with accident in Dang while returning home from province assembly meeting on February…
Venezuela,feb 22.Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has announced he is closing the border with Brazil on Thursday night as a row over foreign humanitarian aid continues. The embattled leftist leader went on TV to say that he was also considering shutting the border with Colombia to stop the opposition bringing in relief. He denies any crisis…
JERUSALEM, Feb. 22. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Thursday, a day after a meeting between the two leaders in Moscow was canceled. “They agreed to hold a working meeting in Russia in the near future,” the Israeli office said in a statement, adding the two sides…
ISLAMABAD : Former Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to seven years in prison for corruption Monday, state media reported, the latest conviction in a series of allegations which saw him ousted from power last year. Sharif, a three-time prime minister, has denied all the charges against him and claims he is being targeted…
Kathmandu : The Standing Committee (SC) meeting of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) scheduled for Sunday afternoon was postponed at the eleventh hour. The meeting summoned at 4:30 pm was postponed due to busy schedule of party chairperson and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, according to the party office secretary Krishna Gopal Shrestha. The next…
Sinja : A huge loss of property has incurred due to fire that broke out at Palata Rural Municipality-1, Khada village in Kalikot district on Sunday midnight. The fire occurred in Neupane settlement has not yet come under control. It is informed that the inferno has so far destroyed all 87 houses of the…
Kathmandu : The top leaders of the Nepali Congress have finally agreed on the number of the party office-bearers and their selection process following a long tug-of-war on the party’s draft statute. Party spokesman Bishwa Prakash Sharma said the top leaders have agreed on having one president, two vice-presidents, two general-secretaries, seven joint general-secretaries…
