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Apr 09 2018 | 03:05 pmAmericans world’s biggest TV addicts watching four hours a day
Washington DC: The average person around the world spent nearly three hours a day in front their television last year, according to a report released Monday. Eurodata TV Worldwide said that television...
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Mar 30 2018 | 06:00 pmIraq holds 1st int’l book exhibition in Baghdad after defeating IS
Baghdad: Iraq on Thursday inaugurated the first Baghdad International Book Exhibition after the defeat of the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
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Mar 19 2018 | 03:45 pmSexton, Best…Plath, Yeats: Rugby is poetry in motion for Schmidt
Dublin: Ireland’s Grand Slam winning coach Joe Schmidt has drawn on his former job as an English teacher to reveal that poetry is just as crucial to his team’s success as hours spent discu...
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Mar 04 2018 | 11:47 amNepal holds mass prayers to set new Guinness record
Kathmandu: Thousands of people gathered in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu Saturday afternoon to recite the messages of Lord Gautam Buddha, known as Dhhamapad, to set a new Guinness World Records.
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- Lantern Festival marked in Nepal as part of Chinese New Year celebrations
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Billions to rebuild Nepal being misdirected
Dhunghakharka: Billions of dollars poured into Nepal after a powerful earthquake devastated the country three years ago are being misdirected towards building unnecessary new homes where old ones could have been salvaged, experts warn.
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Renowned mountaineers in Nepal to mark 40th anniv of Everest ascent
Kathmandu: Eight renowned mountaineers who have successfully climbed various mountains of the world including Mount Everest, known as Sagarmatha in Nepal, in 1978 are in Nepal to mark the 40th anniversary of their summit.
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Nepal eyes 1.5 million tourists in 2020
Kathmandu: Nepal aims to welcome 1.5 million tourists in 2020 with one third of them coming from China and India, Nepal’s Tourism Ministry has said.
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Plane crash survivor says surviving the ordeal ‘like miracle’
By Shristi Kafle Kathmandu: Monday was an ill-fated day for Nepal’s aviation as the US-Bangla aircraft, with 71 people on board, crashed while landing at Nepal’s Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).
Opinion
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Biodiversity and sustainable tourism in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
By Janita Gurung and Anu Kumari Lama Biodiversity and tourism linkages Biodiversity is the basis for many tourism activities in th...
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Brexit, a sign of anti-elite revolt: Analysts
PARIS: It was Britain’s poorer and less-educated citizens — angry at not having shared in the economic benefits of a n...
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Apr 24 2018 | 05:24 pmTrial run of Bangladesh-Nepal bus service through India begins
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Apr 24 2018 | 05:20 pmBillions to rebuild Nepal being misdirected
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Apr 23 2018 | 05:23 pmRenowned mountaineers in Nepal to mark 40th anniv of Everest ascent
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Apr 22 2018 | 11:48 pmAircraft skids off runway at TIA a month after fatal crash of US-Bangla plane