BHAKTAPUR, Aug 4: Bhaktapur folks have flocked to the Bhaktapur Durbar Square Area to observe the Gaijatra festival ignoring the escalating fears of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Valley in recent days.

KATHMANDU, Aug 3: Nepali Hindus are observing Janai Purnima festival across the country today. It falls on Shrawan Shukla Purnima every year.

KATHMANDU, Aug 2: Senior leader of the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) Ram Chandra Poudel reached Basantapur area to meet the campaigners including Iih earlier on Sunday afternoon.

Photos: Police arrest peaceful protesters from Baluwatar

Published On: July 31, 2020 02:15 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 31: Police have arrested independent youths affiliated to Enough is Enough Campaign who were protesting peacefully in Baluwatar, demanding transparency and accountability from the Oli-led government. Nepal Police used force to disperse the crowd.

Former RPP leader Thapa, others join NC (with photos)

Published On: July 28, 2020 07:20 PM NPT By: Kamal Subedi

Says he feels immense pleasure on joining the party ‘leading the political change’

HELAMBU, July 28: Helambu, originally known as Hyolmo in native language of the people living in the region, is not only home to some ten to fifteen thousand Hyolmo people believed to have migrated from Tibet but also a beautiful tourist destination which comes under the Langtang and Helambu Trek circuit; the third most explored trekking route in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, July 27: The number of people arriving in Kathmandu in recent days has reported a sharp increase.

Photos: Nag Panchami being celebrated

Published On: July 25, 2020 07:25 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 25: Hindus are observing the Nag Panchami festival today as per the time-honored tradition across the country.

KATHMANDU, July 24: A mass demonstration was held in the capital on Friday demanding impeachment against the Supreme Court (SC) justices freeing murder-convict former Armed Police Force (APF) DIG Ranjan Koirala

KATHMANDU, July 24: Dhanraj Chitrakar started drawing serpentine deities from the age of 14. It has been over five decades since he has been into this business but now fears for a technological take over as people have shifted onto printed versions of Naag Posters. Now he is fearing for his profession which in some decades can be the rarest-of-rarest as the younger generation are drifting away from it.