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Headlines

- Govt, Sadhbhawana talks positive: Minister Poudel
  
  The ongoing dialogue between Rajendra Mahato-led Sadbhawana Party and the government has moved ahead in a positive direction, said the government spokesperson on Sunday.
- Baidya men capture property of UCPN (Maoist) central member
  
  Cadres of Mohan Baidya-led CPN-Maoist have captured the property of UCPN (Maoist) central member Ninu Chapagain in Bhojpur.
- DoMLI files cases against five 'Dons'
  
  The Department of Money Laundering Investigation (DoMLI) on Sunday move the Special Court against five 'dons' for amassing illegal property.
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Photo Features

Workers engrossed in the maintenance work of an over-head bridge at New Road gate in the Capital on Sunday.

Photographer: Bhavesh Adhikari /eKantipur
Chief Secretary Lila Mani Poudel (3rd from left) and actor Rajesh Hamal (2nd from left) cleaning wastes during the Bagmati Cleaning Campaign at Guheswori in Kathmandu on Sunday.

Photographer: Kaushal Adhikari /eKantipur
Special Court Registrar Dhir Bahadur Chand looks at the charge-sheet file registered against five 'dons' at the Court on Sunday. The Department of Money Laundering Investigation moved the court on Sunday charging the dons of amassing illegal property.

Photographer: Shreedhar Poudel /eKantipur
Students take counsel on the last day of Kantipur-HISSAN Educational Fair at Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu on Sunday.

Photographer: Prakash Timilsena /eKantipur
Players of region no. 7 (Janakpur) celebrate upon taking a wicket against region no. 5 (Nepalgunj) during the U-19 National Women's Cricket Tournament at TU cricket ground in Kirtipur on Sunday.

Photographer: Kaushal Adhikari /eKantipur
Tribal men pose with their weapons as they patrol a road north of Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, on Sunday.

Photographer: REUTERS /Ali al-Mashhadani
People participate in the annual Dance Parade in New York, on Sunday. Over 200 dance groups showcasing 80 unique dance styles and cultures gathered from Broadway to the East Village on Saturday for the 7th Dance Parade.

Photographer: Xinhua /Niu Xiaolei
A woman carries timber for reconstruction in Gucheng Village in Longmen Town, southwest China on Sunday. Villagers who were affected by the earthquake that jolted the region on April 20 are rebuilding their houses with building materials recovered from the ruins.

Photographer: Xinhua /Cui Xinyu
Boys jump into the river to cool off in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar, on Sunday. Temperatures reached over 45 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country.

Photographer: Xinhua /Ahmad Sidique
Couples kiss as they participate in a mass wedding ceremony in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province on Sunday. According to local media, a total of 80 couples attended the ceremony.

Photographer: REUTERS /Stringer

Editorial

Season of fall

As flights are often unavoidable here, air safety is every Nepali’s concern

Opinion

We are the champions
KESHAB GIRI
With their win at the ICC World Cricket League Divison Three, the Nepali team has metamorphosed into a formidable cricketing side
Relax, it’s on auto pilot
HEMANT ARJYAL
Interesting and amusing incidents often take place while up in the air
Foreign hand
JAINENDRA JEEVAN
The President missed his chance to right wrongs
Tools of the trade
DR SWIKRITY UPADHYAY
Without proper equipment and facilities, even trained doctors can be helpless
Power to the pupil
BABU RAM NEUPANE
Quality education will continue to elude us unless a force of qualified teachers is created

Road department demands Rs 1b for widening trade routes
The Department of Roads (DoR) has sought Rs 1 billion in the upcoming budget to speed up trade routes widening work

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National

Man guns down wife
By POST REPORT

LAHAN (SIRAHA), MAY 19 - A 35-year-old man shot dead his wife at their residence in Gadhi VDC-9 in the district on Saturday night.

Capital

Nepali, Indian army personnel summit Everest

KATHMANDU, MAY 19 - The first team of the Mt. Everest Expedition and Sanitation Campaign of army personnel of Nepal and India successfully climbed the Mt. Everest this morning.

Editor's Pick

Pilgrims burns down, ignites old memories, new hopes
By WEENA PUN

KATHMANDU, MAY 18 - The fire that raged since 10 on Thursday night razed hundreds of thousands of books at Pilgrims Book House in the heart of Thamel.

World

Pakistan's Imran blames rival for killing party figure
By AFP

KARACHI , MAY 19 - Pakistani politician Imran Khan Sunday blamed a rival political leader for the killing of a senior member of his party, who was gunned down outside her home

Sports

National squad, ex-player Basnyet honoured
By POST REPORT

KATHMANDU, MAY 19 - The national cricket team which won the ICC WCL Division 3 in Bermuda were felicitated and rewarded with a cash prize of Rs 150,000 by a cricket website CricNP.com on Saturday.

Interview

If RAW is blackmailing the Maoists, all Nepali political forces should rescue them

MAY 13 - After initially agreeing to former Lokman Singh Karki’s appointment as chief of the CIAA, the CPN-UML reversed their position and officially withdrew its support.

Fiction Park »

System, routine and pocket money

Development »

Quest to drive down energy consumption

Entertainment »

Shining stars, a holy river and a rectangular field

Video »

Plane catches fire on landing at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport

The path to Polls
MAY 17

Keep your back straight and your eyes focused on the camera,” directs a young lady to the older woman sitting across from her, gesturing at the laptop on the table between them.

short and sighted: Packing paunches
MAY 17

Few things have tormented me to the degree my inflating belly has come to. Initially, I’d convinced myself it had turned me into—to grab a euphemism—a thinker.