Russian actor blasts off to attempt a world first: a movie in space

MOSCOW, OCTOBER 06A Russian actress and a film director blasted off for the International Space Station on Tuesday, beating Tom Cruise in the race to shoot the first movie in space...

Govt allocates grants for differently-abled people

KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 5The Ministry of Women, Children, and Senior Citizens has allocated a budget of Rs 35.5 million to 38 non-governmental organisations working to operate welfare p...

Six get life term for smuggling gold, murder

DHARAN, OCTOBER 5District Court today sentenced six people, including main accused Chudamani Upreti, alias Gorey, to life for smuggling 33 kg gold and murdering Sanam Shakya, an al...

Cabinet expansion likely by tomorrow

KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 5The five-party ruling coalition has reached an agreement on sharing Cabinet portfolios.According to CPN (Unified Socialist) leader Beduram Bhusal, his party and...

Nepal reports 762 fresh covid cases, six deaths in 24 hours

KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 05Nepal's coronavirus caseload reached 798,766 on Tuesday with 762 more people testing positive for the infection in the past 24 hours.Meanwhile, the total...

Seven construction companies blacklisted

KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 5The Public Procurement Monitoring Office has blacklisted seven construction companies.The Office issued a notice informing that the companies were blacklisted b...

Shree Airlines plane slips at TIA

KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 5An aircraft belonging to Shree Airlines narrowly avoided an accident at Tribhuvan International Airport, today.The plane was flying to Nepalgunj this morning.Ac...

Gladiators, Rhinos seal berths in playoffs

KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 04Bhairahawa Gladiators and Pokhara Rhinos sealed playoffs berths in the Bajaj Pulsar Everest Premier League here at the TU Stadium today.The Gladiators beat Chi...