Sonam Lama / Kathmandu: “Only a life lived with dignity is worth living” believes sitar maestro, Tara Bir Singh Tuladhar. He has been considered as individual Nepalis artist reference (Essential Scores and Sound Recordings) by the American Library Association. Tuladhar has recorded several music albums, both solo and accompanied by other artists. Nepal Sitar, Sitar […]
Kathmandu / Mar 18: A new play delving into the life and times of Lichchhavi-era princess Bhrikuti premiered at the Shilpee Theatre in the Capital on Thursday. Written by Sarubhakta, the play has been directed by debutant director Pavitra Khadka. The play follows Bhrikuti’s journey to Tibet and her contribution in popularising Buddhism there. Though […]
Kathmandu / Mar 17: New York Times has enlisted Nepali film director Deepak Rauniyar in its list of the 9 new directors to watch. The nytimes.com has published an article with the title of ‘The 9 new directors you need to watch’ and enlisted Rauniyar and his new movie ‘White Sun’ among the 9. “Set […]
Kathmandu / Mar 17: The fifth edition of Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival kicked off at Nepal Tourism Board in Kathmandu on Thursday, March 16. The opening day of the fest saw the screening of In Search of Devaki, a film by Devaki Bista. The four-day fest, organised by Human Rights Film Center, is […]
Mar 16: U.N. refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie made an impassioned plea on Wednesday for internationalism in the face of wars driving people from their homes and a “rising tide of nationalism masquerading as patriotism”. The Hollywood actress, speaking at the United Nations in Geneva, called for a renewed commitment to the “imperfect” world […]
Mar 18: Lawyers for the Canadian man charged in a massive hack of Yahoo emails hope to get their client released on bail and said they plans to fight his extradition to the United States. Karim Baratov, 22, of Ancaster, Ont., faces charges laid by the U.S. Justice Department related to computer hacking, economic espionage […]
Rory Cellan-Jones / Mar 18: The tidal wave of fake news spreading across the web has brought mounting pressure on Google and Facebook to face up to their responsibilities as platforms for false information. But now the two web giants are under pressure over another kind of fakery – fake advertising. On this week’s Tech […]
Mar 18: Binge-watchers rejoice: Netflix is testing out a button that lets users skip a TV show’s title sequence. No more watching the same minute-long intro song and credits before every episode of “Orange is the New Black.” Netflix told CNNMoney Friday that some Netflix members recently began seeing a “Skip Intro” button while streaming, […]
By Rebecca Morelle / Mar 18:When we arrived in Sicily, we discovered that we were in luck: Mount Etna had just started to erupt again. I was part of a BBC team who had come to film a report on volcano monitoring. Getting to witness an awakened Etna was about as exciting as it gets […]
March 18: A Hawaii man who went fishing in his kayak said he plans to steer clear of one area after he was stalked by a great white shark for more than an hour. Leo Pagaduan of Maui said he was fishing Saturday off the western coast of the island when he noticed a big […]
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