Bhaktapur / March 28: Buddha Krishna Bag Shrestha, 45, of Madhyapur Thimi-8, Bode has announced to pierce his tongue this year to retain the time-honoured tradition of Bisket Jatra of Madhyapur Thimi. At a press conference organized at Korea-Nepal Friendship Hospital here on Wednesday, Shrestha, also an ambulance driver, said that he was ready to […]
Salyan / March 25: A research on music, drama and dance has been launched in all ten districts of Province no 6 with an aim to give continuity to the art forms. Drama and Music Academy’s Academician, Pabitra Gharti Magar, spoke of the necessity for converting the diversity found in the music and arts of […]
Pokhara / March 23: An exhibition of photos taken by the late Toni Hagen, the pioneer of Swiss development cooperation to Nepal, has opened at the International Mountain Museum at Ratopaihra, Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan City-17. The exhibition will run for three months. It includes 105 photos that Hagen clicked at different places in Kathmandu and Pokhara […]
Kathmandu / March 21: A book ‘Decentralization and Practice’ penned by intimate Swiss friend of Nepal, Toni Hagen, has been released in the capital city on Tuesday. The book contains the experience of Hagen during his visit and stay in Nepal and other countries as a development practitioner. It was released by Swiss Ambassador to […]
Kathmandu / March 18: The Prose Writer Shankar Lamichhane Foundation has honoured Akshyar Shiromani Madanmani Dixit here on Saturday. Organising a special programme on the occasion of 41st birth anniversary of the essayist Lamichhane, the Foundation honoured Dixit with shawl and a letter of felicitation. Similarly, the Foundation also awarded senior litterateur Balkrishna Pokharel with […]
Sonam Lama / Kathmandu: “Only a life lived with dignity is worth living” believes sitar maestro, Tara Bir Singh Tuladhar. He has been considered as individual Nepalis artist reference (Essential Scores and Sound Recordings) by the American Library Association. Tuladhar has recorded several music albums, both solo and accompanied by other artists. Nepal Sitar, Sitar […]
Kathmandu / Mar 17: New York Times has enlisted Nepali film director Deepak Rauniyar in its list of the 9 new directors to watch. The nytimes.com has published an article with the title of ‘The 9 new directors you need to watch’ and enlisted Rauniyar and his new movie ‘White Sun’ among the 9. “Set […]
Kathmandu / Mar 17: The fifth edition of Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival kicked off at Nepal Tourism Board in Kathmandu on Thursday, March 16. The opening day of the fest saw the screening of In Search of Devaki, a film by Devaki Bista. The four-day fest, organised by Human Rights Film Center, is […]
Mar 16: U.N. refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie made an impassioned plea on Wednesday for internationalism in the face of wars driving people from their homes and a “rising tide of nationalism masquerading as patriotism”. The Hollywood actress, speaking at the United Nations in Geneva, called for a renewed commitment to the “imperfect” world […]
Parbat Portel / Siliguri: As summer approaches, the nonagenerian litterateur Indra Bahadur Rai will ascend the hills of Darjeeling alone. It is a desire Rai has had for decades, along with his wife, to seek escape from the searing summer-time heat of Siliguri and to soak in the cool breeze of Darjeeling. Rai lost his […]
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