Kathmandu / March 12: Litterateur Madanmani Dixit and Prema Shah have been awarded with the Madan Shila Literary Writers Award amid a programme held here on Saturday. The award, which carries a purse of Rs 101,000 and a copper plaque has been conferred to litterateur duo for their literary contribution to Nepali literature and language. […]
Kathmandu / March 12: Folk rock singer Bipul Chettri and ‘Zindagile Hisaab Maagchha’ dominated the 19th Hits FM Music Awards. At the grand finale of the awards show held in Army Officers’ Club in Sundhara on Friday, ‘Zindagile Hisaab Maagchha’, sung by Ajar Jangam, won four awards including Record of the Year. Chettri received three […]
Abhinawa Devkota / March 12: With the cross and prayer halls becoming ubiquitous in my locality, some have started noting with sarcasm that the number of churches in the area might soon exceed the number of temples in the city of gods. Although this remark might be taken for jest, it does point at a […]
Kathmandu / March 11: Music composer Saroj Pyakurel has launched his latest creation – Machhapuchhre Royo Aaja – on YouTube on Wednesday. The latest song is penned by Sudan Dotel while famed singer Swaroop Raj Acharya has sung it. Pyakurel himself has directed the music video while it features Ashok Bhattrai, Sanjay Khatiwoda, Anjal Shrestha […]
Kathmandu / March 10: ‘Rahadani’ released its trailer on YouTube on Wednesday, March 9. The film is based on the topic of foreign employment or the trend of migrating for work. The trailer shows the kind of troubles that actors Dayahang Rai and Ashok Rijal, who plays his brother, have to go through in Malaysia […]
March 05: Tyo Hawa is a music video made by the acoustic duo April Rush. The song and accompanying video was produced by KJC Productions, a production house associated with the Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory in Jhamshikel. The artists behind April Rush are guitarist Rajat Rai and his wife Yankey Ongmu Lepcha. Rajat, who plays guitar […]
March 05: Phakir, a novel by the young journalist and emerging author Bachu BK, is a tale of pain, death, poverty, gender bias, and deprivation. It is a melancholic story written in first person by Goras, our protagonist, and depicts the lives of the people of the Far Western Region who are compelled to migrate […]
March 05: Rupert Murdoch wed former supermodel Jerry Hall in a low-key ceremony in central London on Friday, the fourth marriage for the media mogul. The 84-year-old executive chairman of News Corp and owner of 21st Century Fox Inc, and Hall, 59, smiled happily for photographers after the ceremony at Spencer House, an 18th-century mansion […]
Kathmandu / March 4: The annual Women in Concert is set to take place on the afternoon of March 8 at Lainchour grounds. This year, the musical event has an exciting aspect to it as the organizer, Nirbhaya Foundation, has introduced fresh young musical talents to perform at Women in Concert 2016. Twelve young performers, […]
Kathmandu / February 26 : Organizer Niten Memorial School (NiMS) lifted the winner’s trophy at the 1st NiMS Inter School Dance Competition held at its premises in Dhapasi on Friday. The winning group of talented dancers, through powerful dance moves, presented the story of how a young gang-rape survivor (or any victim of gender-based violence […]