Author: Yogesh Gautam

Ex-PM Koirala passes away

Former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) Sushil Koirala passed away at 11:50pm Tuesday. He was 76. Koirala had been suffering from pneumonia and fever for the last few days. He had failed to inaugurate the Kathmandu district convention of the party on Monday. He passed away at his own residence in Maharajganj, Kathmandu. Prime Minister KP Oli, NC leader Sher Bahadur Deuba and other political leaders have reached Maharajganj to pay final respect to Koirala. Koirala was competing with Deuba to retain his post in the party’s General Convention next month. With his death, the NC is likely...

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Nepal through to quarters after easy wins

Legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane’s 5 for 27, which included a hat-trick, set up Nepal Under-19s’ eight-wicket win over Ireland Under-19s, taking the side into the quarter-finals. Ireland opted to bat first and found their openers back in the pavilion by the 18th over with the score at 42 for 2. Lamichhane then stepped up to carve out the middle order. He dismissed Gary McClintock in his first spell before returning to take a hat-trick in the 32nd over. Lorcan Tucker was caught out at midwicket off the fourth ball of the over; Lamichhane then had Adam Dennison caught behind and...

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Saala Khadoos review: Madhavan delivers a knockout performance in an otherwise average film

here aren’t too many competent sports films in our country, and certainly not too many that can claim to penetrate the hearts and minds of the sports and the sportsperson. Shimit Amin’s Chak De India , in spite of its rabble-rousing nationalism, managed to give us a clear and coherent portrait of the sport and the player. In Saala Khadoos, director Sudha Kongara Prasad gives us an unusual film, where the stereotypical character of the boxing coach meets his match when he picks up a foul-mouthed uncouth boxer for training into championship. There is nothing in the plot to...

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Nepal notches international championship after 23 years

Nepal has won an international football title for the first time in 23 years after a resounding defeat of Bahrain in the final match of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup in Bangladesh. The Nepali national team on Friday defeated Bahrain’s U-23 team 3-0 to win the much awaited Cup. Nepal’s striker Bimal Gharti Magar opened the account just four minutes into the play netting a header from Anjan Bista from a seminal cross crafted by Biraj Maharjan. The second goal came in the 87th minute from Bishal Rai who capitalized on a pass from Anjan Bista. Emerging striker Navayug Shrestha...

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