Stories of lives walking through the dark tunnel toward the light

- by Sangita Shrestha

Despite being the victims of conflict, because they are civilians, they never received compensations of any kinds from the government for what had happened to their lives and the lives attached to them. Though the civil war came to an end in 2006, the sufferings of the war-victims still have not finished.  The various difficulties they face and how they are coping with their lives now are on an exhibition titled ‘14 Stories: Living Memories of War’. The exhibition kicked off on Tuesday at Staff College, Jawalakhel where it also features the audio along with photographs of survivors.

Floating moon-themed parade kicks off Venice Carnival

- by Reuters

Venice kicked off its annual Carnival festivities on Saturday with a floating, night-time parade down the Rio di Cannaregio, one of the city’s famed canals, starting more than two weeks of celebrations that draw flocks of masked revelers.

‘National Science Expo-2019’ set to kick off

Himalayan White House College is organizing 8th edition of ‘National Science Expo’ on Saturday.

MoU signed between Namseoul University and Forum of Nepalese Journalist

A signing ceremony was organized between Namseoul University from South Korea and Forum of Nepalese Journalist on Wednesday at the premises of District Coordination Committee, Kathmandu.

Shades of love

- by Sonam Lama/ Aditya Neupane

The definition of love may vastly vary with growing time. But the feeling that love generates is after all a subtle feeling of surrender, a solemn surrender to your other half to live by every uncertainty head on.

Lovers, comrades! Forbidden love in North Korea finds a way in Vietnam

- by Reuters

A young couple with matching expressions stares nervously into the camera with deep brown eyes. He, a Vietnamese student, has just met the love of his life. She, a North Korean, is forbidden to love him back. It was 31 years after Pham Ngoc Canh, 69, took that first photo of Ri Yong Hui, before the two were finally allowed to get married in 2002 when North Korea took the rare step of allowing one of its citizens to marry a foreigner.

How about lavender instead of red for Valentine home setting

- by Agencies

Color red is associated with love but it doesn’t mean you have to use red to show your love this V-Day. Be brave and opt for lavender products replacing color red for decorating or setting for the love day. Here’s a list to go about it:

Happy Hug Day 2019: Know the benefits of hugging

- by Agencies

There is a saying by Virginia Satir, a respected family therapist, “We need four hugs a day for survival. We need eight hugs a day for maintenance.

Scholars gather at AIT Nepal Day

The annual AIT Nepal day concluded on Saturday at Hotel Himalaya, Kupondole.  Attended by students from various parts of Nepal, the event saw the participation of President, Deans, and senior officials of the Thailand-based Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).

HOPE Preventing School Dropout Rates

- by Republica

Sukhawati Store Foundation—a NGO based in Kathmandu has organized a week long educational awareness event ‘HOPE’ awareness in Machaapchere and Lachok rural municipality in Kaski district recently.

Happy Saraswati Puja

- by Republica

To welcome spring and bid farewell to cold winter, every year Nepali observes a Saraswati Puja that falls on Magh Sukla Panchami of the lunar calendar.

Hollywood Celebrity Proposal Stories

- by Agencies

Today is the ‘Propose Day’, the second day in Valentine's Week this year. Whenever the word proposal pops on our head, we automatically think about sparkly engagement rings, surprises, and tears of joy. And on this occasion My City has compiled a list of Hollywood celebrities proposal story that has a wow effect on us because of the epic engagement bling, proposal that comes with strewn rose petals, champagne, and over-the-top surprises, these celeb proposals are memorable for way more than just dazzling diamonds!

Rabina Pokhrel bags ‘Nepal’s Chubby Model-2019’

Rabina Pokhrel became the winner of ‘Nepal’s Chubby Model-2019’ on Tuesday. Siddhi Media organized the beauty pageant, whose grand finale was held at Rastriya Naach Ghar, Jamal.

Pijada ki Chari: Freeing the caged bird

- by Sonam Lama

When power seeps through the base of Putali village, the once-a-merry-land transforms into a center of chaos and disorder.

Dutch boxer who fought Ali still riding punches in Bulgaria

- by Reuters

Former Dutch boxing champion Rudi Lubbers, who lost to Muhammad Ali on points in a 12-round heavyweight fight in Jakarta four and a half decades ago, is back on his feet again after taking one of the heaviest punches of his life.

PUBG Ban: 11-Year-Old Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Ban on Game

- by Agencies

An eleven-year-old boy moved the Bombay High Court Thursday seeking a ban on popular mobile game 'PUBG'

From backscrubber sword to scooter toilet, China's 'Useless Edison' goes viral

- by Reuters

Dubbed China’s Useless Edison, Geng Shuai, since 2017 has racked up more than 2.7 million followers on the Chinese short video app Kuaishou and nearly a million on its Twitter-like Weibo. “The jobs I used to have were extremely boring and uninspiring. It was more or less a case of doing the same thing every day,” said Geng, who spent more than a dozen years in jobs he didn’t enjoy after dropping out of school at 16.

His Swag Kaiser Shumsher in pictures

- by Republica

Kaiser Shumsher was the son of Chandra Shumsher. The late 1890s born Rana became the field marshall in the Nepalese Army, with gaining both national and international honors. Aside from the soldier works, Shumsher was an avid book collector. He used to collect his books at his personal library. Now, 'The Kaiser Library' is open to the public.

Insightful quotes to draw inspiration for the day

- by Republica

A little bit of inspiration here and there in life, won’t hurt anyone. It is always good to read stimulating quotation and draw inspiration to get going with the same mundane everyday life, isn’t it? So here are 11 such quotes by  cool personalities around the world that can make your day:

War's terrifying reality made virtual by Red Cross

- by Reuters

“With VR goggles, we can get very strong reactions,” he told Reuters in Bangkok, the Thai capital, where the programming team is based. Although the mass market for virtual reality has yet to achieve the most dramatic forecasts that surrounded the launch of Facebook Inc.’s Oculus Rift and Sony Corp.’s Playstation VR over two years ago, it is increasingly finding uses for specialist training.