Nepal | April 07, 2016

Kathmandu temperature at highest point of year so far

Kathmandu Valley temperature

Denizens of the Kathmandu Valley today witnessed a very hot weather as mercury peaked at 31.2 °C. ...

Kathmandu

Nepali-British held with bullet belt, gun

Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA)

Police arrested a British man of Nepali origin with a bullet belt and a gun from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Thursday....

Nepal

Superintendent’s utter negligence at SLC exam

Students writing their papers in the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examinations. Photo: THT/ File

A grave mistake on the part of a superintendent at the ongoing School Leaving Certificate examination at Narayani Higher Secondary test centre in Karkigaun, Jajarkot, is likely to ruin an examinee’s test....

World

Vietnam elects prime minister amid big challenges

Nguyen Xuan Phuc,

In a formal vote, 446 of the 490 members in the National Assembly voted to install Phuc, 61, as the head of government...

Opinion

  • EDITORIAL: Rising fire risks

    Incidents of fire have occurred more recently as people have started storing highly inflammable products such as petrol, diesel and kerosene inside th...

  • Development graph. Illustration: Ratna Sagar Shrestha/THT

    Envisioning Nepal 2030: Transformative strategies key

    In the Nepalese context, structural problems in the demand side of the economy are equally serious which are often ignored, undermining productive emp...

  • LIGO blows my mind

    February 11 this year proved to be the momentous day for the scientists dedicated to unraveling the mysteries in our universe. ...

  • EDITORIAL: Rising fire risks

    Incidents of fire have occurred more recently as people have started storing highly inflammable products such as petrol, diesel and kerosene inside th...

  • Development graph. Illustration: Ratna Sagar Shrestha/THT

    Envisioning Nepal 2030: Transformative strategies key

    In the Nepalese context, structural problems in the demand side of the economy are equally serious which are often ignored, undermining productive emp...

  • LIGO blows my mind

    February 11 this year proved to be the momentous day for the scientists dedicated to unraveling the mysteries in our universe. ...

Business

Asia shares inch up as oil surges, dollar slips

Electronic boards show the exchange rate between Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar as a police officer (L) controls the traffic in front of a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Asian share markets edged ahead on Thursday after a sharp rise in oil prices whetted risk appetites and boosted Wall Street, with even Japanese stocks regaining a little ground despite a rising yen....

Sports

Entertainment

  • Michelle Rodriguez

    Rodriguez talks Walker’s death

    American actress Michelle Rodriguez, who starred in franchise opposite late actor Paul Walker says she felt jealous that the actor died before her...

  • Kirsten Dunst

    Fashion industry supports Dunst

    American actress Kirsten Dunst says that the fashion industry is the “only industry that supports women” financially....

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