Alisha Sijapati / Kathmandu : Junge, Junge, Junge—I never knew you were so contemptible—were my thoughts after I finished reading Sheeba Shah’s latest historical novel, ‘The Other Queen,’ based on the life of the fifth Shah king’s junior wife—Queen Rajendra Lakshmi. In many school textbooks and historical novels, this ambitious queen is often scapegoated and […]
Kathmandu / Aug 25: The 18th Bagmati River Festival and River Rafting has been organized in a bid to raise public awareness for conservation of river civilization. The rafting was organized by Nepal River Conservation Association and Friends’ Club of Kupandol. Eighteen boats were used in the rafting trip from Kupandol to Sundarighat. Minister for […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The dinosaurs still rule the box office. “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” surpassed expectations to open with $150 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canada theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. While that total didn’t approach the record-breaking $208.8 million debut of 2015′s “Jurassic World,” it proved the 25-year-old […]
Windsor / May 19: Thousands of fans gathered in the English town of Windsor for the lavish royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Saturday, a union that supporters hope will inject new life into a monarchy striving to stay relevant in the modern age. Millions are expected to watch on TV when […]
Ramesh Kumar Paudel / May 18 : There is a boat shaped rock in Madi that is believed to be a remnant of the town’s primordial past. According to the local Tharu community, their ancestors had once used this ‘boat’ for travel and when travelling artist Lalkaji Gurung first heard this story, he immediately set […]
Timothy Aryal / Kathmandu : The newly-opened theatre house in Pokhara, Gandharva Theatre based in Gairepatan, started its second staging on Thursday. Titled Biteka Kura, the new play is an adaptation of a short story written by the Darjeeling-based author Rup Narayan Singh; the play is conceptualised and directed by Pariwartan Karki, who is also […]
Rahul Dhakal / Apr 07: I met Lok Chitrakar at a chya pasal near Patan Dhoka. I was supposed to have met him at his studio a few blocks away, but at the last minute he informed me of the change in locations—the man had been invited there for a media event by an organisation […]
Kathmandu / Apr 06: US Embassy in Kathmandu has invited hip-hop musician Mahogany Jones to Nepal for public concerts. Her band will be performing live concerts for the public free of cost in Jawalakhel and Birgunj next week. According to a press statement issued by the US Embassy, the concerts are expected to help create […]
New Delhi / Apr 05: Bollywood actor Salman Khan was on Thursday sentenced to five years in jail and fined IRs 10, 000 after a Jodhpur court convicted him for the killing of two blackbucks in the two-decade-old poaching case. Fellow actors and co-accused Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam Kothari were given […]
Kathmandu / Mar 2: The pre-schedule program ‘Da-bangg The Tour Nepal’ featuring Indian artists including Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha and Prabhu Deva among others has been postponed. The program was scheduled to be held on March 10 at Tudikhel has been postponed until mid-April. Issuing a notice on a social network on Friday, the organizer, […]
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