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Kathmandu crashes out of Wai Wai Women's U-19

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KATHMANDU, May 20: Region No 3 (Kathmandu) crashed out of the Wai Wai Women´s U-19 National Cricket Tournament following a seven-wicket defeat to Region No 7 (Janakpur) at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur on Monday.

Kathmandu, which had lost to Region No 2 (Birgunj) on Sunday, elected to bat and put up 66/6 in 20 overs. The match was reduced to 20 overs per side from 25 overs due to rain. Janakpur reached the target in 18 overs losing only three wickets. The victory also kept alive defending champion Janakpur´s hopes of reaching the semifinals. Janakpur had lost to Nepalgunj on Sunday. [More]

	SOCIETY Fender bender: Experimenting with live-in relationships
	BY CILLA KHATRY
	Live-in relationship does provide a remedy for a carefree life free from the hassles of responsibility and commitment which is the very prerequisite of the institution of marriage. Amit Thapa, 28, and Ritu Shrestha*, 27, had been together for two years when their families decided to get them married off. But the two of them had other plans. They wanted to live together for some months before they tied the knot. “Our families were aghast. They couldn’t understand why we couldn’t get married right away,” says Ritu, a Masters-level student who had to convince her parents to let her spend some time with Amit before she decided to take the plunge.

POLITICAL AFFAIRS

Nepal-India Everest team collects 2,000 kg garbage
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Plans to collect 2,000 kg more

KATHMANDU, May 20: The joint Mount Everest Expedition and Sanitation Campaign of army personnel from Nepal and India has collected over 2,000 kg of garbage from around base camp and the routes to the peaks. It plans to spend two more days at base camp to collect more garbage.
According to the Nepal Army´s Directorate of Public Relations (DPR), a first team of the Nepal-India Everest Expedition and Sanitation Campaign successfully climbed Everest at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday. A second team reached the summit on Monday at 7:35 a.m.

Colonel Prakash Jung Karki of the Directorate General of Military Training (DGMT), who is chief liaison officer of the joint expedition, said, “Both teams have climbed the summit but now they plan to collect more garbage.” [More]

Vote counting on as RPP-RJP unity convention underway
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Journalists concerned over SC move
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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

3 more ministries to be involved in NTIS implementation
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KATHMANDU, May 20: The government is engaging three more ministries in promotion of goods and services included in the Nepal Trade Integration Strategy (NTIS)--a government blueprint for export promotion.

Additional ministries to be involved in NTIS implementation are: the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Agricultural Development and the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation. [More]

Chaudhary to invest $75m in S Lanka cement plant
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Imports from Tatopani come to halt
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Illegal Chure crusher plants shut after local protest
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LAHAN, May 20: Illegally-operated crusher plants inside the Kamala river that forms the border between Siraha and Dhanusha districts have been shut down from Monday.

The illegal crusher plants were closed down after hundreds of local people of Bandipur VDC in Siraha district, apparently angry over the local administration´s inaction, seized excavators and tippers used by the plants a day ago. [More]

One dies while cleaning well
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Pangolin body parts smuggling spurts
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LIFESTYLE

Yahoo! looks to Tumblr as elixir for revival
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NEW YORK, May 20: Yahoo! geared up for a major announcement Monday said to be a $1.1 billion deal to take over popular blogging platform Tumblr, a move that could bring a younger, hipper audience to the struggling Internet pioneer.

The deal, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, if confirmed would be the largest for Yahoo! since Marissa Mayer took over as chief executive last year. Neither Yahoo! nor Tumblr commented on the report. [More]

Children yearning for knowledge drawn to libraries
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SPORTS

ANFA fined US$ 6,000 for fans' misconduct
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KATHMANDU, May 20: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has slapped the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) with a fine of US$ 6,000 for the misconduct of Nepali spectators during Nepal´s match against Bangladesh in the Group D qualifiers of AFC Challenge Cup earlier on March 4 at the Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu.

The AFC Disciplinary Committee´s meeting held on May 14 at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia took a decision to the effect holding ANFA liable for the spectators´ misconduct during the match. [More]

Thapa wins triathlon gold in China
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Nepalgunj upsets Janakpur
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INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan court grants Musharraf bail in Bhutto murder
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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, May 20: A Pakistani court Monday granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the murder of Benazir Bhutto, an official said, but the retired general remains under house arrest.

Musharraf has been detained in his farmhouse on the edge of Islamabad since April 19 on charges of conspiracy to murder two-time prime minister Bhutto, who was assassinated in a gun and bomb attack in 2007 in Rawalpindi. [More]

India, China vow to end long-running border dispute
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Pakistani politician gunned down in Karachi
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