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Rabi Lamichhane to testify on cooperative fund misappropriation allegations on August 23

KATHMANDU: The Parliamentary Inquiry Special Committee, which is investigating the alleged misappropriation of cooperative funds, will question Rabi Lamichhane, Chairman of the Rastriya Swat...

Two arrested after detonating IED at Mahendra Multiple Campus in Ghorahi
Crime

Two arrested after detonating IED at Mahendra Multiple Campus in Ghorahi

KATHMANDU: Two individuals have been arrested after they detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), also known as a Sutali Bomb, at Mahendra Multiple Campus in Ghorahi this morning. Acc...

Domestic buffalo in Makawanpur kills tiger
Society

Domestic buffalo in Makawanpur kills tiger

KATHMANDU: In a rare incident, a domestic buffalo in Manahari, Makawanpur, killed a tiger that had ventured out of Chitwan National Park (CNP). The buffalo, owned by Bal Bahadur Rai of Manah...

British adventurer Joshua Bregman skied off Mera Peak Illegally to set record
National

British adventurer Joshua Bregman skied off Mera Peak Illegally to set record

KATHMANDU: On April 11, 2024, British adventurer Joshua Bregmen, 34, broke the world record for the highest altitude ski-BASE jump when he illegally skied off Mera Peak in the Mount Eve...

Biden presses Netanyahu for Gaza truce amid ongoing hostilities
International

Biden presses Netanyahu for Gaza truce amid ongoing hostilities

US President Joe Biden put pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday over the need for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, but both Israel and Hamas remained s...

Nepal set to lift TikTok ban
Entertainment

Nepal set to lift TikTok ban

KATHMANDU: There will soon be an end to Nepal's ban on the TikTok video-sharing website. The ban was first put in place last year by the administration of former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal...

Commercial banks’ lending rates drop to 30-month low
Economy and Business

Commercial banks’ lending rates drop to 30-month low

KATHMANDU: As of mid-July, lending interest rates from Nepal's commercial banks had fallen to 9.93 percent annually, the lowest level in thirty months. This is the first time that the averag...

Price of gold sees a decrease of Rs.1,100 per tola today
Economy and Business

Price of gold sees a decrease of Rs.1,100 per tola today

KATHMANDU: The price of gold has decreased by Rs.1,100 per tola today.


On Thursday, 22nd August 2024, according to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers Associatio...

Sri Lanka to offer visa-free access to citizens of 35 countries, including Nepal
International

Sri Lanka to offer visa-free access to citizens of 35 countries, including Nepal

Beginning on October 1, 2024, citizens of 35 nations, including Nepal, will be able to enter Sri Lanka without a visa. This new policy is a component of Sri Lanka's drive to implement a visa-exempt...

PM Oli’s Q&A session in today's HoR meeting
Politics

PM Oli’s Q&A session in today's HoR meeting

KATHMANDU: At today's House of Representatives (HoR) meeting, which is scheduled to start at 1 PM at the Federal Parliament Building in New Baneshwar, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will be av...

Police confirm suspicious object in Chandragiri is not a bomb
National

Police confirm suspicious object in Chandragiri is not a bomb

KATHMANDU: The police have clarified that the object found in Chandragiri Municipality, Kathmandu, is not a bomb, as was initially feared. The suspicious item, discovered in the yard of a ho...

Woman found dead in Mahottari, family accuses in-laws of dowry-related murder
Crime

Woman found dead in Mahottari, family accuses in-laws of dowry-related murder

KATHMANDU: A 20-year-old lady called Rina Devi Rai was discovered dead in Mahottari under strange circumstances. On May 1, Rina, a resident of Ramoul in Jaleshwar Municipality's Ward 8, was...