Kathmandu / January 23: The Nepali players winning the title of Bangabandhu Gold Cup Football Championship have been welcomed home grandly on Saturday. The football fans waving national flags and chanting national anthems welcomed the arrival of the team at Tribhuvan International Airport at 3:00 pm. “Whose victory is this? Nepal’s Nepal’s,” the fans greeted […]
Hetauda / January 23: UCPN (Maoist) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal said the construction of Hetauda-Kathmandu tunnel is the top priority of the government. Inaugurating the 49th AGM of Makwanpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry here today, the Chairman Dahal said the project falls in the government priority as it will help create employment opportunity with […]
Kathmandu / January 23: Chief Justice (CJ) Kalyan Shrestha has said that the dispute was not a serious matter if it was settled on time. Addressing the 24th annual general assembly (AGM) of the Nepal Council of Arbitration (NPCA) in Lalitpur today, CJ Shrestha added that the disputes could also surface in developmental phase of […]
January 23: Any good parent wants their kids to stay out of trouble, do well in school, and go on to do awesome things as adults. And while there isn’t a set recipe for raising successful children, psychology research has pointed to a handful of factors that predict success. Unsurprisingly, much of it comes down to […]
January 23: Search giant Google reportedly paid archnemesis Apple $1 billion to remain the default search engine for Apple’s mobile devices, according to a report by Bloomberg News. Bloomberg made the claim based on court documents in a copyright lawsuit filed by Oracle Corporation against Google. Google, which is now under the umbrella company Alphabet, pays […]
January 22: Have you already broken a New Year resolution to kick a bad habit? New research may explain the reason it’s so hard to change that pattern of behavior. Research by Duke University scientists suggests that habits leave a lasting mark on certain circuits in the brain, “priming us to feed our cravings.” The researchers […]
January 22: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed a bill to City Council that calls for embedding all carriage horses with microchips and outfitting carriages with GPS devices. This move would help to ensure that horses could be identified and tracked, a response to claims from the anti-horse-carriage lobby that injured horses […]
New York / January 21: A New York state college student is bringing comfort to kids who need intravenous treatments with a simple invention that gives them “super powers.” Bobby Lenahan, 20, a junior at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, created IV bag covers featuring 10 different super heroes he created to comfort children who […]
Columbus / January 21: The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio is asking the public to help choose a name for a polar bear cub being hand-reared after she was neglected by her mother. The zoo said the cub, one of two born Nov. 6 to mother Aurora, is being raised by zookeepers after her […]
Eagan / January 21: A Minnesota man ticketed for distracted driving had a novel excuse — he was engrossed in a James Patterson novel. The Eagan Police Department said the man was pulled over on Highway 149 when an officer noticed the motorist didn’t appear to be watching the road. The officer asked the man […]