Kathmandu / Apr 3: The ‘Mainali Fiction Honour’ has been conferred on fiction writer Bijaya Sagar. At the 37th fiction day organised by Nepal Academy and Literary Journalists Association on Tuesday, the award instituted in memory of noted fiction writer Guru Prasad Mainali was handed to literary writer Sagar. On the occasion, literary figure Geeta […]
Alisha Sijapati / Kathmandu: Living in a house with three different generations—a 93-year-old grandmother, a 53-year-old father and 27-year-old me—I grew up listening to old Nepali songs. These classics are not just favourites in my household but they also continue to resound across the nation, played on laptops and bluetooth speakers through Youtube, and are […]
Kathmandu / Feb 18: Nepalaya’s micro event series, Paleti is all set to resume after an interval, on Friday. The first show of this series will be held this Friday, 22nd of February, Nepalaya said in a statement today. Paleti series was first organised by Nepalaya in 2005 with the aim of presenting solo performances […]
Kathmandu / Feb 7: The Creative Arts Festival, 2019 organized under the aegis of the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), Department of Architecture and Other Creative Arts has commenced here today. NAFA chancellor Kanchha Kumar Karmacharya inaugurated the festival at NAFA hall today. On the occasion, chancellor Karmacharya said that the festival would be […]
Raman Budhathoki / Kathmandu : I am old enough now, I can be on my own,” I vividly remember saying before leaving for my college dorm to pursue for my Bachelor’s degree. I was pretty excited about moving to Dhulikhel and being on my own—to experience being an adult. Why wouldn’t I be excited? It […]
Phidim / Jan 18: Not in its customary fashion, Nepathya, started the Phidim concert in a different note, lead singer Amrit Gurung remembered lyrics of Ramesh and Manjul written during insurgency before asking the audience ‘I am with Dr KC’ are you’? In reply, the audiences affirmed, and Amrit Gurung again raised the question of […]
Kathmandu / Jan 1: The ‘Narayan Gopal Youth Music Award’ this year is to be conferred on youth singer and music composer Ajar Jangam. The meeting of the Award Selection Committee chaired by its President and senior lyricist Bishwa Ballav has decided to award Jangam with this Award, according to the National Youth Service Fund, […]
Kathmandu / Dec 30: A leading American business school, the Bentley University at Waltham, Massachusetts has decided to use Kul Chandra Gautam’s memoir: “Global Citizen from Gulmi: My Journey from the Hills of Nepal to the Halls of the United Nations” as a reference book in a Graduate course on Global Studies for its Masters […]
Kathmandu / Dec 8: Miss Mexico Vanessa Ponce de Leon has won the coveted title of Miss World 2018. In the Miss World 2018 contest held in Sanya, China on Saturday, Miss Vanessa has crowned the Miss World title. Miss Thailand became 1st Runner Up. A total of 118 countries across the world had taken […]
Kathmandu / Dec 3: Miss Nepal Shrinkhala Khatiwada has edged closer to the Miss World Final 2018 after winning the multimedia award on Monday, organisers informed. Khatiwada who is vying for Miss World 2018 crown in Sanya, China secured a win over other two multimedia award finalists- Mexico and Kenya and bagged a place in […]