Kathmandu / January 24: An electric crematorium building has formally come into operation from Sunday. The building was brought into operation by the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT). Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Ananda Pokharel inaugurated the building at a programe organised by PADT here on Sunday. On the occasion, Minister Pokharel said […]
Krishna Sapkota / Kathmandu: Nepal’s largest and oldest political party, the Nepali Congress (NC) is presently standing at a crucial juncture of its history, in the lead up to its 13th General Convention. The conclave scheduled for the first week of March mainly has two-pronged responsibilities; first to review party policy/programme and second to elect […]
Kathmandu / January 23: The Nepali players winning the title of Bangabandhu Gold Cup Football Championship have been welcomed home grandly on Saturday. The football fans waving national flags and chanting national anthems welcomed the arrival of the team at Tribhuvan International Airport at 3:00 pm. “Whose victory is this? Nepal’s Nepal’s,” the fans greeted […]
Surya Chandra Basnet / Kathmandu: Nepal’s high altitude trekking routes are one of the most adventurous attractions for backpackers promising an encounter with the pristine natural beauty. The tourists from all over the world who visit Nepal have always made it a point of taking a tour through the trekking and hiking routes that wind […]
Kathmandu / January 22: Nepal has won an international football title for the first time in 23 years after a resounding defeat of Bahrain in the final match of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup in Bangladesh. The Nepali national team on Friday defeated Bahrain’s U-23 team 3-0 to win the much awaited Cup. Nepal’s striker Bimal […]
Surya Chandra Basnet /Kathmandu: Bob Gibbons, then a post-graduate Englishman, had innumerable accounts of the mystic land named Nepal through books and movies. He did not delay a second to hit the road towards Nepal in his 1949 Land Rover model car on a sweltering summer of 1974. It took him around 16-weeks to arrive […]
Kathmandu / January 17: The Seto Machindranath deity also known as Avalokiteśvara located at Janabahal (Machindra Bahal) of Kathmandu city was given a grand holy bath. The bathing ceremony is an annual event taking place on Poush Shukla Astami (the eighth brighter half moon day) as per the Nepali lunar calendar. The deity was taken […]
Hari Lamichhane (Kathmandu) / January 16: The government has begun the nationwide reconstruction and rebuilding of the infrastructures damaged in the April 25 earthquake. Almost nine months after the disaster jolted central Nepal, President Bidya Devi Bhandari inaugurated the reconstruction and rebuilding work by laying the foundation stone for reconstruction of the famous Rani Pokhari […]
Kathmandu / January 11: President Bidya Devi Bhandari today went to the Balmandir or the children’s home operated by Nepal Children’s Organisation at Naxal and acquainted herself of the condition of the children taking shelter there and the building of the children’s home which was damaged by the April 25 earthquake. On the occasion, the […]