Japan principal of scandal-hit school says he got 1 mln yen donation from PM's wife TOKYO: The head of a Japanese school at the heart of a political scandal received a donation of 1 million yen ($8,980) from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife in 2015, he told parliament in sworn testimony on Thursday. "It was an honour... Women 23 Mar, 2017
THT 10 years ago: Call for victim-friendly anti-trafficking law Kathmandu, March 22, 2007 Survivors of human trafficking today demanded that the provision of providing compensation to the survivors be included in the Human Trafficking Bill, which has been tabled in the parliament. The demand came at the... 23 Mar, 2017
Parliamentary team in Anand Bazaar Dhangadhi, March 22 A parliamentary team today arrived in Ananda Bazaar of Punarbas Municipality to investigate the killing of Nepali national Govinda Gautam allegedly in firing by border guards of Indian Sashastra Seema Bal on March 9. The... Travel 23 Mar, 2017
Multiple injuries, deaths in "terrorist incident" near UK parliament Two dead, others injured in UK parliament 'terrorist incident' LONDON: An assailant stabbed a policeman and was shot by police just outside Britain's parliament building in London on Wednesday in what police described as a "terrorist... Women 22 Mar, 2017
Assailant shot, at least a dozen injured in incident at UK parliament LONDON: An assailant was shot outside the British parliament by armed police, the leader of the House of Commons said on Wednesday after loud bangs were heard and a Reuters photographer saw at least a dozen injured people on a nearby... Women 22 Mar, 2017
PM may embark on China visit without holding Cabinet meet KATHMANDU: As two of his deputies staked a claim over the position of second man, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is scheduled to embark on an official visit to China, failed to hold the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. DPM Kamal Thapa of Rastriya... Travel 22 Mar, 2017
House endorses Bill on Political Parties with threshold provision KATHMANDU: The Legislature-Parliament on Wednesday evening endorsed the Bill on Political Parties, which has provisioned a threshold in general elections for the representation of parties in the Parliament. When put to vote, the House passed the... Travel 22 Mar, 2017
Nepali Congress CWC meet put off KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress has put off the meeting of its Central Working Committee, scheduled for Thursday morning, for three days. In a statement, the party's central office said the CWC will meet at 8:30 am on Sunday, March 26. Reasons for... Horoscopes 22 Mar, 2017
German Cabinet OKs plan to annul homosexuality convictions BERLIN: Germany's Cabinet has approved a bill that will annul the convictions of thousands of gay men under a law criminalizing homosexuality that was applied zealously in post-World War II West Germany. The measure approved Wednesday foresees... Women 22 Mar, 2017
Govt told to launch reconstruction fund within a month KATHMANDU: The Development Committee of the Parliament on Wednesday told the concerned government bodies including the National Reconstruction Authority to set up a reconstruction fund within a month as mentioned in the law. Summoning the NRA... Travel 22 Mar, 2017
South Korea's Park goes home after 14-hour interrogation in graft probe Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye left prosecutors' offices early on Wednesday after being questioned in an investigation into a corruption scandal that brought an early end to her political career. Park did not respond to reporters'... Women 22 Mar, 2017
India tries to fix Iran trade payments as Trump hardens line Trade settlement mechanism between India, Iran breaks down Fears of US sanctions mean banks still largely shun Tehran Funds in Iran's India account depleted to just $305 million India, Iran seek European bank to settle trade in... 22 Mar, 2017
