Kathmandu / Nov 9: Bhaitika — the last day of the five-day Tihar festival marked today. It is the day when sisters put tika on the forehead of their brothers, wishing for their prosperity and long life. The celebration of Bhaitika is associated with different interesting elements with symbolic meanings. Varieties of items are required […]
Banke / Nov 9 : Abdul Wahid Mansuri ‘Chunna’ is a Muslim. Although a Muslim, he enjoys every festival celebrated by the Hindus. A native of Nepalgunj, Chunna has been putting on tika during the Dashain and Tihar, the biggest and second biggest festivals respectively of the Hindus, since the last 20 years. The tika […]
Kathmandu / Nov 9: A festival that marks the affectionate brother-sister relationship in the Maithali communities, Sama-Chakeva, has begun from today. On the first day of the 10-day festivity, the womenfolk collect clay and make and decorate the idols of Sama-Chakeva with various colors. They later submerge in the pond or river or in the […]
Kathmandu / Nov 8: Govardhan Pooja is being marked by Hindus throughout the country on the fourth day of Tihar festival, today. Govardhan Pooja is observed today by making small hillock out of cow dung representing the Govardhan Parvat (mountain). This ritual is linked to the Hindu God, Lord Krishna, who according to the legend […]
Nuwakot / Nov 8: Provincial Assembly member of Nuwakot district, Badri Mainali, has provided Rs 90,000, his two-month salary, to two landslide victim families of the district. Mainali provided Rs 45,000 each to the family of Kumar Shahi and Naba Bahadur Shrestha of Suryagadhi rural municipality-2. All the properties of both families were damaged after […]
Rajesh Khanal / Kathmandu: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has revised the loan-to-value ratio on auto loans for private vehicles to 50 percent from the existing 65 percent. It means that the banks and financial institutions can now provide their customers with up to 50 percent as loan against the actual valuation of vehicles. Earlier, when […]
Kathmandu / Nov 7: Hindus across the country are observing Laxmi Puja on the third day of Tihar festival that began from Monday. People worship cows early in the morning and Goddess Laxmi in the evening wishing for prosperity in personal life as well as business on this day also called Gai Tihar. People celebrate […]
Kathmandu / Nov 7: Nepal Oil Corporation has supplied adequate quantity of fuel to the petrol stations for preventing shortage of petroleum products during the Tihar period. Eight hundred fifty thousand litres petrol and 450 thousand litres diesel was distributed to various petrol pumps in the Kathmandu Valley and periphery from NOC’s Thankot depot today, […]
Pokhara / Nov. 06: Pokhara Paltan defeated Chitwan Rhinos by three wickets and four balls to spare to lift the Namaste Pokhara Premier League in Pokhara Stadium on Tuesday. Man of the match Ravi Inder Singh blistering innings of 90 runs off just 58 deliveries studded with thirteen fours and three towering sixes propelled his […]
Kathmandu / Nov. 06: The domestic stock market has formally gone online from today. Minister for Finance Yubaraj Khatiwada initiated the online system here today. Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) started the online trading based on a fully automated system on the direction of the Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON), the regulator of securities market. The […]
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