A nation in pray The missing 24-seater Shree Airlines helicopter that took off from Ghunsa, Kanchanjungha region, Saturday noon for Taplejung, with 20 passengers and four crew members on board, has caused universal anxiety in Nepal. Firstly, the number of passengers is... 24 Sep, 2006
snippets 13 killed in mishap :ISLAMABAD: At least thirteen passengers were killed and nearly 40 injured when two buses collided on Saturday on a highway about 30 km from Islamabad, media reports said. Many of the injured were in critical condition, and the... Women 23 Sep, 2006
BIZ BRIEFS NLIC’s new scheme :KATHMANDU: Nepal Life Insurance Company (NLIC) has launched a new scheme ‘Laxmi Life Insurance’. The scheme is targetted at low income level employees, civil servants, workers and others, states a press release. In this scheme,... 07 Sep, 2006
Rain plays havoc with US Open New York, August 30 :Amelie Mauresmo wiped raindrops from her face and Lleyton Hewitt nearly skidded as bad weather played havoc with the US Open on a stop-and-go Wednesday. All 64 matches were pushed back to Thursday.Only nine matches started, and... 30 Aug, 2006
India to play three matches against Lankans Colombo, August 17 :Sri Lanka’s cricket chiefs and media slammed South Africa on Thursday for pulling out of the tri-series as India looked forward to playing three matches against the hosts.The Proteas abandoned the tri-series on Wednesday, saying... 17 Aug, 2006
Discouraging growth dogs economic situation Kathmandu, July 11:Fiscal year 2005-06 has turned out to be a dismal year in terms of economic performance, due to discouraging growth of agriculture and non-agriculture sector. Agriculture sector was affected by bad weather and non-agricultural... 11 Jul, 2006
PICK OF THE WEEK: Discovery finally takes off The space shuttle Discovery has finally blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in the US. The take-off had twice been delayed by bad weather and there was also a problem with a fuel tank. The seven-strong crew blasted off at just after 7.30 pm UK... Travel Abroad 07 Jul, 2006
Mad plot and screamingly funny Kathmandu:The Ice Harvest is blacker than a witch’s heart and screamingly funny in an actionless way. A lot happens, single, double and triple crosses and you follow, lose track and follow again a mad plot.Says Leslie Felperin of Sight and Sound, a... Travel Abroad 02 Jun, 2006
Asean ministerial meet: Eyeing a single market by 2015 Manila, May 15:Southeast Asian trade ministers began a meeting on Monday to brainstorm ways to speed up economic integration and turn the region into a single market by 2015, five years earlier than planned.Ministers from the 10-member Association of... 16 May, 2006
ASEAN plans joint economic group Manila, May 14:Southeast Asian trade ministers, pressured by China and India’s growing economic might, will gather this week in Manila to chart plans to accelerate their daunting ambition of creating a European-style economic community.During their... 14 May, 2006
Rice production to decline Kathmandu, May 8 :Production of rice, one of the major staple crops of Nepal, is to see a negative growth by 1.88 per cent in the fiscal year 2005-06 compared to the last fiscal. According to preliminary estimates of Nepal Agriculture Research Council... 08 May, 2006
Rain washes out India, England ODI Guwahati, April 9:Cricket fans turned violent after the fifth one-day international between India and England was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to bad weather on Sunday.Spectators threw missiles on to the field and set advertising hoardings... 09 Apr, 2006
