Serena Williams (left) and Venus Williams. Photos: Reuters Serena Williams takes on big sister Venus in the main event of day five at the US Open on Friday, while defending men’s champion Rafa Nadal and women’s champion Sloane Stephens are also in action at Flushing Meadows. The 30th career meeting …

THE HAGUE (AFP) : Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda told international judges Thursday he was a “revolutionary and not a criminal” as arguments drew to a close in his three-year war crimes trial. Ntaganda, aged around 44, is accused of overseeing massacres of Lendu civilians by his rebel army in the …

Kathmandu, Aug 31 (RSS): Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said prosperity in the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation is possible through combined efforts and collaborations among the member states. In his concluding remarks at the fourth BIMSTEC Summit here today, the Prime Minister …

File Photo: Main Canal in Mahakali After twenty-two years of the existence of Nepal India Integrated Mahakali Treaty, finally the Indian side has taken the lead to construct the main canal of Mahakali Irrigation Project under the Treaty. The Treaty mandates the integrated development of the Mahakali River, the boundary …

Kathmandu, Aug 29 (RSS): Chief Advisor of the Interim Government of Bhutan, Lyonpo Tshering Wangchuk, arrived here this morning to participate in the Fourth Summit Meeting of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Ishwar Pokharel received the Bhutanese …

Kathmandu, Aug 29 (RSS): A woman got killed in a road accident near the Bishnumati Bridge in Kathmandu Metropolitan City-13 this morning.  Thirty-two years old Babita Thapa of Dolakha, who was pillion riding on a motorbike (Ba 34 Pa 5415), sustained serious injuries when a tanker (Na 4 Kha 2948) …

Aug 27, 2018 (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that he would put forward new proposals for the European Union to boost its security, saying the bloc must stop depending on American might.  File Photo: Emmanuel Macron (French President) /GettyImages “Europe can no longer rely on the United States …

Rajbiraj, Aug 28 (RSS): The flood-fed Saptakoshi River has inundated around 500 households in Saptari district. Most of the human settlements from Jaminiya to Rampura Malahaniya of Hanumannagar Kankalani municipality and in ward 3 and 4 of Tilathi Koiladi rural municipality have been waterlogged due to flooding in the Saptakoshi …

Photo: Krishu Chhetri (Litterateur) Kathmandu, Aug 28 (RSS): An anthology of poems titled Charako Geet, (Bird’s Song) by Krishu Chhetri has been released. Litterateur Chhetri is the current Nepali consul to the United States of America. Nepali Ambassador to the US, Dr Arjun Kumar Karki, unveiled the new creation by …

File Photo: Bhimphedi-Kulekhani Tunnel Highway Hetauda, Aug 27 (RSS): Province 3 Chief Minister Dormani Poudel has said that the Province Government would construct the Bhimphedi-Kulekhani Tunnel Highway. He said although the government signed an agreement in 2012 with Nepal Infrastructure Development Company to complete the tunnel way within four years, …