ECONOMY

Coca-Cola to buy UK coffee chain Costa for $5.1 billion

Coca-Cola to buy UK coffee chain Costa for $5.1 billion

Aug 31: Britain's Whitbread Plc said on Friday it had agreed to sell coffee chain Costa to Coca Cola for an enterprise v...

Aug 31: Britain's Whitbread Plc said on Friday it had agreed to sell coffee chain Costa to Coca Cola for an enterprise v...

Aug 31, 2018

POLITICS

Leader Nepal leaves for the US

Leader Nepal leaves for the US

KATHMANDU, Aug 31: Senior leader of Communist Party of Nepal Madhav Kumar Nepal on Thursday night left for the United St...

KATHMANDU, Aug 31: Senior leader of Communist Party of Nepal Madhav Kumar Nepal on Thursday night left for the United St...

Aug 31, 2018

WORLD

Catholic church in Australia rejects mandatory reporting of child abuse discussed in confessional

Catholic church in Australia rejects mandatory reporting of child abuse discussed in confessional

SYDNEY, Aug 31: The Catholic church in Australia on Friday rejected laws forcing priests to report child abuse when they...

SYDNEY, Aug 31: The Catholic church in Australia on Friday rejected laws forcing priests to report child abuse when they...

Aug 31, 2018

WORLD

At least 7 killed in head-on bus crash in New Mexico

At least 7 killed in head-on bus crash in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, Aug 31: A blown tire on a semi-truck may be to blame for a deadly head-on crash with a commercial passenger...

ALBUQUERQUE, Aug 31: A blown tire on a semi-truck may be to blame for a deadly head-on crash with a commercial passenger...

Aug 31, 2018

Lifestyle

Aretha Franklin’s funeral to fuse spirit with star power

Aretha Franklin’s funeral to fuse spirit with star power

DETROIT, Aug 31: Organizers of Aretha Franklin’s funeral insist it will be a service, not a show. Yet the Queen of Soul’...

DETROIT, Aug 31: Organizers of Aretha Franklin’s funeral insist it will be a service, not a show. Yet the Queen of Soul’...

Aug 31, 2018

Lifestyle

Paul Taylor, giant of modern dance, dead at 88 in New York

Paul Taylor, giant of modern dance, dead at 88 in New York

NEW YORK, Aug 31: Paul Taylor, a towering figure in American modern dance who, in a career that spanned more than six de...

NEW YORK, Aug 31: Paul Taylor, a towering figure in American modern dance who, in a career that spanned more than six de...

Aug 31, 2018

POLITICS

HoR postpones election of thematic parliamentary committees

HoR postpones election of thematic parliamentary committees

KATHMANDU, Aug 31: The House of Representatives has postponed election of 10 thematic parliamentary committees until fur...

KATHMANDU, Aug 31: The House of Representatives has postponed election of 10 thematic parliamentary committees until fur...

Aug 31, 2018

SOCIETY

28 arrested for electricity theft

28 arrested for electricity theft

MAHOTTARI, Aug 31: The police have arrested 28 people from various places of the district on the charge of electricity t...

MAHOTTARI, Aug 31: The police have arrested 28 people from various places of the district on the charge of electricity t...

Aug 31, 2018

SOCIETY

Families of those disappeared during Maoist insurgency crying for justice

Families of those disappeared during Maoist insurgency crying for justice

SALYAN, Aug 31: Amrita Bohara, now 25 years old, remembers vividly the image of her father when they shared their last t...

SALYAN, Aug 31: Amrita Bohara, now 25 years old, remembers vividly the image of her father when they shared their last t...

Aug 31, 2018

WORLD

Myanmar dam breach floods 85 villages, thousands driven from homes

Myanmar dam breach floods 85 villages, thousands driven from homes

CARACAS, Aug 31: As many as 85 villages were flooded in Myanmar after a dam failed, unleashing waters that blocked a maj...

CARACAS, Aug 31: As many as 85 villages were flooded in Myanmar after a dam failed, unleashing waters that blocked a maj...

Aug 31, 2018