'Former crown prince improving gradually'

KATHMANDU, FEB 27 - The health condition of Former Crown Prince Paras Shah , who is currently undergoing treatment at the Samitivej Hospital in Bangkok after suffering from a major heart attack , is said to be improving gradually.According to a press release published by Dr Parinya Kunawut of Samitivej Hospital on Wednesday it is said that some movements have been observed in his limbs. "His condition...

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11-year-old girl commits suicide

BIRATNAGAR: A girl committed suicide by consuming poison in Morang district on Monday evening. The deceased has been identified as Himali Dahal (11) of Indrapur-7 at Birat Chowk in the district, according to the District Police Office, Morang. She died while undergoing treatment at Koshi Zonal Hospital, said police. Further investigation into the case is underway...

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Egypt hot air balloon crash kills 19 tourists

CAIRO: A hot air balloon crashed near the Egyptian town of Luxor on Tuesday, killing 19 tourists who were aboard, a spokesman for companies that operate balloon flights in the area told Reuters. Spokesman Ahmed Aboud added that one tourist and the balloon pilot had survived the crash, which happened after a gas explosion at 1,000 feet. He said the tourists were from a variety of countries but...

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Bangkok Hospital docs requested to join Paras treatment

KESHAV P. KOIRALAKATHMANDU: A team of doctors from the Bangkok Hospital has been requested to assist with the treatment of Nepal's former Crown Prince Paras Shah, the Samitivej Hospital said on Monday evening.After suffering a massive cardiac arrest six days ago, the 42-year-old wayward royal is receiving treatment at the Sukhumvit-based Samitivej Hospital in a comatose state.In a medical bulletin...

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Banks rush to NRB for cash due to tight liquidity

KATHMANDU, FEB 25 -A tight liquidity situation in the bank ing sector has prompted a number of bank s to obtain standing liquidity facility (SLF) from the central bank for the first time in a year. The SLF is a short-term cash injection by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) into bank s and financial institutions (BFIs) facing a short-term liquidity problem or mismatch.NRB charges 8 percent interest on the...

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CJ-led govt influenced by western forces: Gajurel

NEW DELHI, FEB 25 - CPN-Maoist Vice Chairman CP Gajurel said that western forces have had an influence over the current floating proposal to form an election government under the leadership of chief justice.Addressing a program organised by the All India Nepal Ekta Manch at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on Monday, Gajurel said that the idea seems to have come through the European...

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Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project:Half of tunnel work completed

DOLAKHA, FEB 24 - In an encouraging progress, 50 percent of the tunnel construction work on the Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project has (UTHP) has been completed on time. Normally, tunnel construction is considered as the most difficult work on hydropower projects. Of the 16km tunnel to be built, construction of the 8km section was completed on Friday, indicating that the 456MW project developed...

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Major parties meet underway, Regmi not interested

KATHMANDU, FEB 24 - A meeting of the major three political parties has started at the Special Committee for secretariat in New Baneshwor to discuss the formation of an election government under the sitting chief justice. However, the leaders' arrangement to meet Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi today has been canceled following Regmi refusal. It has been learnt that the chief justice refused to...

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Armyman killed bike accident

SANTOSH SINGH SARLAHI, Feb 24: A Nepal Army soldier was killed in a motorcycle accident at Laxminiya, Mohottari on Sunday morning. Bhuwan Bahadur Chingring of Chandranigahapur-based Amardal Battalion was killed when his motorcycle (Ja 5 Pa 2018) lost control and rammed into a bridge in Laxminiya-5 along the East-West Highway. The armyman, who hailed from Bardibas-1, Mahottari, was killed on...

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Madhes leaders want 2008 voter list if polls by mid-June

GANI ANSARI KATHMANDU, Feb 24: At a time when top leaders of the UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress (NC), CPN-UML and United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) are trying to forge consensus on fresh polls, second-rung Madhesi leaders have warned that the latest voters´ list, in which about 11 million voters have been included so far along with their photos and biometrics, will not be acceptable to...

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Paras’ condition deteriorates further

KUALA LUMPUR, FEB 24 - The health condition of former crown prince Paras Shah , who suffered a major heart attack last Tuesday in Bangkok, has deteriorated further and remains critical, doctors involved in his treatment have said. A medical update issued by the Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital, where Shah has been undergoing treatment, said that the patient has developed bleeding in his stomach...

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Anti-corruption protesters rearrested at KATHMANDU

KATHMANDU, FEB 24 - Police arrested four anti-corruption campaigners from Shanti Batika, Ratnapark, in the Capital on Sunday. Anti-corruption campaigners Shyam Lal Sah, Sharada Bhusal Jha, Sangita Thapa and Binod Mandal were arrested at about 9 am from the Batika where they had launched fast-unto-death campaign. The campaigners had also been arrested on Friday in front of the Commission for...

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Norah Jones excited about Oscar performance

Jazz singer Norah Jones, the multiple Grammy winning daughter of sitar legend Ravi Shankar, is all excited about performing at the upcoming Oscars ahead of her first India tour in March. The 33-year-old is set to perform the song Everybody Needs A Best Friend from the soundtrack of Ted at the Academy awards ceremony on Sunday. The track was co-written by Norah and Seth MacFarlane, the director...

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WiMAX :: Wireless Broadband Internet Service

Nepal Telecom (NT) is launching the 4G WiMAX IEEE 802.16e service first time in Nepal. Nepal Telecom proudly offers WiMAX broadband internet service with greater flexibility at unmatched price offer. WiMAX service is available throughout the country. NT as a market leader in Wireless Internet, will enhance its service, coverage and quality by delivering next generation technology to the subscribers....

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Free health camp in Gulmi

GULMI, Feb. 23: Thousands of service recipients have thronged a free health camp at Ranibas of Gulmi district. The specialist health camp is being organized by the Civil Servant Women´s Association, Kathmandu. People from Baglung, Palpa and Arghakhanchi districts have also thronged the free health camp. According to General Secretary of Association Urmila Bhusal, services on heart, maternity...

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Class IX girl gang-raped in West Bengal

A class IX student was gang-raped inside a tea garden in Jalpaiguri district and the accused were arrested, the police said today. The victim girl, along with her friends, were going from Kalchini to Hamiltonganj on cycles when they were chased by three men. While others managed to flee, one failed and the accused picked her up and raped her inside Kalchini Tea Garden last evening, Alipurduar...

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Brokers offer to show flats to 17-year-old girl, rape her

Two real estate agents raped a 17-year-old minor in a hotel on the pretext of showing her property in Kandivli late on Thursday. After receiving a tip-off about their location, the police arrested the duo from Virar yesterday. The victim has been living alone in a rented apartment on Kandarpada, Dahisar (East), ever since her family returned to their hometown. Since she wanted to purchase a...

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Five years on, no justice for British teen raped in India

AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE NEW DELHI, Feb 23: The mother of a British teenager who was raped and left to die on a Goa beach five years ago has blasted India´s "rubbish" legal system over the stalled trial into her daughter´s death. Scarlett Keeling was only 15 years old when her bruised and half-naked body was found on a beach in the Indian resort state of Goa in February 2008. Two men were arrested...

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Traffic police to clean road every Saturday

KATHMANDU, FEB 23 - The Traffic Police on Saturday launched a campaign of washing and cleaning the roads in the Capital. The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division will undertake the campaign every Saturday. Under the campaign, some 300 personnel under the Valley Traffic Police Division will clean the roads for about two hours. As part of the campaign, the Division today carried out road cleaning...

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Task force to hash out legal issues related to CJ-led govt

CHIRANJEEVI DHUNGANA The task force will meet at 2 p.m. this afternoon KATHMANDU: The major political forces have come to an understanding to let the eight-member task force to deal with the nitty-gritty of apparent legal and constitutional hurdles related to the proposed election government that the parties are mulling over to form under Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi. The meeting of UCPN-Maoist,...

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UCPN-M is anti federalist party: Lekhi

KAILALI: Chairman of the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN), Raj Kumar Lekhi said the Unified CPN-Maoist was an anti-federalist force. Speaking at a press conference organised here today, he said the UCPN-Maoist leaders have talked about federalism superficially just to deceive the general public but in reality, they do not want federalism in the country. He said the UCPN-Maoist...

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Nepali rupee gains over Rs 2 against dollar

KATHMANDU, FEB 07 - The US dollar has become cheaper against the Nepali currency, consistently over the last one month.  The value of US dollar has come down by Rs 2.62 in the last 25 days, coming down from Rs 87.90 on January 14, to Rs 85.28 on Thursday as fixed by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB). Pegged with the Indian currency (IC), the value of the Nepali currency against the US dollar...

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Smoker Canadian family cause flight to be diverted

A flight from Halifax, Nova Scotia to the Dominican Republic was diverted to Bermuda after a family of four were found smoking in the washroom. The Sunwing flight was travelling from Halifax to Punta Cana Friday evening. According to police in Bermuda, a passenger informed a flight attendant that people were smoking in one of the aircraft's washrooms. Dave Shellington, a passenger on the plane,...

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Canadian agency to stop work in Nepal

KATHMANDU, FEB 06 - The Canadian Cooperation Office, established in 1987, has decided to wind down its Nepal-based operations. “The Government of Canada decided to wind down its direct country-to-country bilateral development assistance for Nepal on February 28, 2013. This decision is part of a Deficit Reduction Action Plan announced in the Government of Canada ’s 2012 budget,” said the Canadian...

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Present government will exit soon: Oli

KAILALI, FEB 06 - Senior leader of the CPN–UML KP Oli has said that the tenure of the present government will end soon. Speaking at an interaction programme organized in Kailali on Wednesday by the Nepal Intellectual Council Kailali, Oli said, as there is no reason for this government to remain intact, it will soon collapse. The outlet of the present crisis is nothing other than exit of the...

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34 Killed by Heavy Rain

SLAMABAD: Days of torrential rain have killed 34 people in Pakistan, mostly on the northwestern border with Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.The worst-hit region was Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest where 25 people were killed and 57 injured as a result of heavy rain from Sunday to Tuesday, the provincial disaster management authority said. Three soldiers were also reported missing after...

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Two abductors gun down; child rescued

BIRGUNJ, FEB 04 - Police shot dead two persons who were allegedly involved in the abduction of Sulok Agrawal, eight-year old boy of Birgunj .The police said they resorted to firing in retaliation against the abductors .The deceased have been identified as Sanjay Giri and one Bindeshwor, police informed.Giri and Bindeshwor, who were injured in police firing, were rushed to National Medical College...

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Panel to submit report on petro pipeline next week

KATHMANDU, FEB 03 -A technical team entrusted with the task of holding study on the appropriate modality for the Nepal-India cross-border petroleum pipeline is scheduled to submit its report to the National Planning Commission (NPC) next week.The team led by the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies (MoCS) Secretary Lalmani Joshi comprises experts from the Finance and Home Ministries and Public Procurement...

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Three Star champions

POKHARA, FEB 03 -Three Star broke the hearts of 15 thousand home crowd to lift the title of Rara Aaha Golf Cup on Saturday.League leaders Three Star, who had also won the trophy of the mofussil’s most popular football tournament back in 2008 and 2011, edged hosts Sahara 1-0 in the final to emerge champions for the third time.The confident Sahara side who were playing the title decider for the first...

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Subisu has led Nepal into the Internet Age

Sudhir Parajuli, CEO of Subisu Cablenet, was born into a family of bureaucrats. So when he aborted a nascent but promising career in the civil service to become a businessman, he ran into immediate resistance from his relatives.Today, Subisu is one of Nepal's leading information and communications technology firms. Parajuli has no doubts about his career trajectory. "It gives me immense pleasure...

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NT ADSL Service, a review

Introduction Baisak 17, 2065, Nepal Telecom launched its broadband services by use of ADSL 2+ technology to its valued customers. The service is initially available for Kathmandu valley but now it is available in All 75 districts accross the Country. The services will be provided by use of existing copper cable network infrastructure. Initially only high speed Internet Service shall be available...

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ICAN seeks new model

KATHMANDU: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN) has said that ‘one person, one profession’ is the best model for the auditing profession.Speaking at the third Kathmandu district convention of Auditors’ Association of Nepal (AUDAN), president of ICAN Madhu Bir Pande opined that the government should form a separate mechanism if it wants to amend the provision of ‘one person, one...

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Himalayan Bank‚ OMA join hands

KATHMANDU: UAE's financial service provider company OMA and Himalayan Bank are to launch financial transactions jointly.At a press meet organised on Sunday in the Capital to inform about the co-work, UAE Non-Resident Ambassador Mohamed Sultan Abdalla Al Wais expressed the confidence to give relevance to the entry of OMA in Nepal, and he was committed to helping Nepal in her economic development.He...

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Rampant drug abuse amongst school children

PABITRA SUNARKATHMANDU, Feb 3: When Ram Shrestha (name changed) from Bhaktapur was studying in class eight, he started doing drugs under the influence of his friends. Yet, he continued his studies and while pursuing his Bachelor’s degree, he was caught using drugs which got him expelled from the college. For the past three months he has been receiving treatment from Mukti Kendra Rehabilitation Centre...

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