Baitadi / Aug 22: The Gaura Festival has begun in the Far-West including Baitadi today. The festival, one of the most famous in the region, normally falls in the Nepali month of Bhadra (August/September) according to lunar calendar and is also celebrated in some districts in the Mid-West as well as Kumaun in India. On […]
Bhaktapur / Aug 21: The traditional Mahakali Nach (a religious dance) that dates back to 300 years BC has resumed after a gap of seven years. Although the dance halted previously for want of budget to make necessary arrangements, the local youths have come to its rescue and resumed it with donations collected from the […]
Parbat / Aug 21: A door-to-door campaign has been launched to set up National Invention Centre. The Magsaysay award winner, Mahavir Pun, took the decision to launch the campaign after he did not receive support from the government after repeated request. The era belongs to science and technology so the country cannot run without it, Pun […]
Kathmandu / Aug 20: Former Chairperson of Council of Ministers Khil Raj Regmi has been honoured with the ‘Asia’s Dignitary Man of the Year’ title by the US-based organizaiton, We Care for Humanity (WCH). He was awarded “Asia’s Dignitary Man of the Year” at the We Care for Humanity’s 3rd Global Officials of Dignity Awards, […]
Kathmandu / Aug 20: Dr Govinda KC, who has been fighting against the anomalies and aberrations in the medical education and health sector joined a demonstration held in front of the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar today. Addressing a gathering of demonstrators on the occasion, Dr KC warned that he would sit for a […]
Kathmandu / Aug 19: The National Cricket Team which had been to the Netherlands to play in the ICC World Cricket League has returned home today morning. The team had played two matches with Netherlands in the fourth round of the ongoing League. It had won in one match against Namibia and faced seven-wicket defeat […]
Kathmandu / Aug 19: The humorists and satirists have suggested the political leaders not to make politics a profession to assemble property. Speaking at a programme organized in the capital city on the occasion of the Gai Jatra on Friday, they said the politics must not be made a profession to earn money. The humour […]
Prasanna Pokharel / Gorkha: Locals of Gorkha – the epicenter of the 25 April 2016 earthquake – have expressed their outrage to the INGO’s acts of haphazard spending of aid money in the district. People vented their ire at the INGOS’ activities of distributing relief to accessible people, rampant distribution of relief and reconstruction support […]
Kathmandu / Aug 18: Nain Singh Mahar has been elected as President of the Nepal Students Union (NSU). Chief Election Officer, Bharat Prasad Kharel informed that Mahar won the election with 1334 votes. His nearest rival Manojmani Acharya got 1209 votes. Similarly, Kundan Kafle and Saroj Thapa have been elected as general secretaries. The 11th […]
Bhaktapur / Aug 18: The locals in Bhaktapur in association with the Guthi Sansthan Office in Bhaktapur performed Ghintang Ghisi Dance on the occasion of Janai Purnima. The dance which started from the Bhakapur Durbar Square today noon will come to an end by evening after the dancers tow around the City shaking their legs. […]