Alanna Petroff / Aug 19: The start of 24-hour weekend service on London’s Tube is set to boost the capital city’s thriving night-time economy. The annual economic benefit from “Night Tube” service is expected to peak at 77 million pounds ($101 million) within the next 15 years, and help create 2,200 new jobs, according to […]
Ken Croswell / Aug 19: An exuberant galaxy is running on empty, consuming gas so fast that it may stop forming stars in just 8 million years – the blink of an eye, cosmically speaking. M82 (pictured above) is one of the nearest “starburst” galaxies, lying just 12 million light years away. Although much smaller […]
Bhaktapur / Aug 20: Changunarayan Temple, enlisted in the list of World Heritage Site, is at high risk of landslide. The temple is at the high risk after landslide occurred from east and west of the temple. Locals are worried after initiative was not taken to control the landslide in a long-term manner. Priest Chakradharanand […]
Kanchanpur / Aug 20: A team of forest security guards has arrested three persons on the charge of hunting deer from Khalla of Bhimditta Municipality in Kanchanpur district on Friday. They are Kailash Katayat, Ratansingh Budha and Jagadish Budha of Khalla. The team had arrested them along with the dead deer, said Assistant Forest Officer […]
Kathmandu / Aug 19: The National Cricket Team which had been to the Netherlands to play in the ICC World Cricket League has returned home today morning. The team had played two matches with Netherlands in the fourth round of the ongoing League. It had won in one match against Namibia and faced seven-wicket defeat […]
Kathmandu / Aug 19: The humorists and satirists have suggested the political leaders not to make politics a profession to assemble property. Speaking at a programme organized in the capital city on the occasion of the Gai Jatra on Friday, they said the politics must not be made a profession to earn money. The humour […]
Lalitpur / Aug 19: Chief Executive Officer of the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA), Sushil Gyawali has underpinned joint resolve and patience for the reconstruction of the structures damaged by the earthquake. Addressing a programme organised by an organisation called Hami here today, Gyawali said the NRA is providing the first tranche of the grant to […]
Portugal / Aug 19: Nepali migrants living in Portugal have come to the rescue of people of Syangja district in Nepal whose houses were burnt down in a fire outbreak at Pelakot VDC four months ago. The Syangja Sahayog Samaj Portugal has donated Rs 50,000 to the fire victims. A team including the Samaj Chairman […]
Kathmandu / Aug 19: The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has resumed Kathmandu-Dubai direct flight after a gap of around four years. Earlier the service was halted due to a lack of aircraft. The service formally resumed on Thursday when an aircraft belonging to the national flag-carrier with 158 passengers onboard took off for Dubai at […]
Kathmandu / Aug 19: Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, Bimalendra Nidhi, who is currently on India visit, paid a courtesy call on Indian President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Friday. DPM Nidhi, who is visiting India as a special envoy of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, paid the country call on Indian President, […]