July 29: A British dad fined about $80 for taking his child on a vacation during the school term protested the fee by paying it entirely in pennies. The man had a friend film as he carried the bags of pennies — 1-pence and 2-pence pieces — into his local council office in Telford, England, […]
July 29: A young visitor to a New Jersey beach learned a valuable lesson about feeding seagulls when a piece of food held over his head caused the birds to descend on him. The video, posted to Twitter by user @ohthatstricia, shows a young boy, identified by the uploader as her cousin, AJ, walking on […]
Banepa / July 30: A total of 513 conflict-era cases have so far been filed at Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Commission for Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons in Kavrepalanchowk. Coordinator of the Local Peace Committee, Dhulikhel, Tulku Lama, said that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission received 44 complaints while the Commission for Investigation on […]
Baitadi / July 30: Five houses have been buried due to landslide triggered by torrential rain in Bajhang district on Friday. Similarly, eight houses are at high risk of landslide. Narendra Chand, Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Bajhang, said that the landslide has swept away houses of Bam Bahadur Bohara, Gore […]
Lalitpur / July 29: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has observed the Bhotojatra festival at Jawalakhel Friday afternoon. On the occasion, Acting Chief of Guthi Sansthan, Lalitpur, Baikuntha Acharya, displayed the bhoto (jewel-studded vest) from all four corners of the chariot. President Bhandari paid homage to the Rato Machhindranath and received prasad. She also visited the […]
Basudev Poudel / Pokhara, July 29: Rupa Lake, an attraction for tourists to the south-east of Pokhara, is at the high risk of extinction as various factors like human encroachment and uncontrolled spread of invasive plant species have threatened its existence and beauty. Pollution, unmanaged tourist activities and rampant spread of water hyacinth has also […]
Kathmandu / July 29: The International Non Governmental Organizations (INGOs) – which have reached many parts of the country to help Nepal Government in its stride for development – are yet to reach Manang district. The INGOs are not carrying out any programmes in the trans-Himalayan district of Manang although active in the rest 74 […]
Kathmandu / July 29: Thaneswar Guragai, who has already twelve Guinness World Records for various feats in his name, has once demonstrated his unique skill, securing his berth in the Guinness Book of World Records to clinch the 13th title. He attempted to break the current world record of 6.14 seconds for spinning a basketball […]
Bardiya, July 29: The Bardiya National Park (BNP) is becoming the appropriate habitat for tigers in the recent times. At a programme organised on the Seventh International Tiger Day here today, it was informed that number of tigers was increased in the park due to salubrious habitat and effective campaign on poaching control. On the […]
ललितपुर, १४ साउन । राष्ट्रपति विद्यादेवी भण्डारीले आज अपरान्ह जावलाखेलमा रातो मच्छिन्द्रनाथको भोटोजात्रा अवलोकन गर्नुभएको छ । सो अवसरमा राष्ट्रपति भण्डारीबाट रातो मच्छिन्द्रनाथको दर्शन गर्नुका साथै प्रसाद ग्रहण गर्नुभएको थियो । उहाँले जीवित देवी कुमारीको पनि दर्शन गर्नुभएको थियो । राष्ट्रपति विद्यादेवी भण्डारीलाई रातो मच्छिन्द्रनाथका पानेजु यज्ञ शाक्यले टीका तथा प्रसाद प्रदान गर्नुभएको थियो । […]