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School principal gets death sentence for raping Grade 5 student in India's Bihar
Published On: February 16, 2021 04:15 PM NPT By: Agencies
INDIA, Feb 16: The principal and a teacher of a school in Patna city of the Indian State of Bihar have been awarded death sentence and imprisonment for life, respectively, by a court for the rape of a Grade 5 student.
PHOTOS: Basant Panchami observed at Hanuman Dhoka in Kathmandu
Published On: February 16, 2021 03:05 PM NPT By: Monika Malla
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Basant Panchami, also popularly known as Shree Panchami or Saraswati Puja is being observed across the country with a huge fanfare today.
Nepalis pray for health and wisdom as coronavirus curtails crowds at festival
Published On: February 16, 2021 12:10 PM NPT By: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Amid sparser crowds than usual, mask-wearing worshippers offered prayers to Hindu goddess of education Saraswati in annual celebrations in Nepal on Tuesday - this year seeking safety from the coronavirus pandemic as well as greater wisdom.
IN PICS: Saraswati Puja celebration amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Published On: February 16, 2021 10:30 AM NPT By: Monika Malla
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Devotees flock to Saraswati temple on Saraswati Puja, also known as Basanta Panchami.
Junk food prohibited at schools across the country
Published On: February 16, 2021 09:59 AM NPT By: RSS
BHAKTAPUR, Feb 16: The government has directed all the community schools across the country not to feed junk food to the students as their mid-day meal.
Saraswati Puja being observed today
Published On: February 16, 2021 07:22 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Shree Panchami, also known as Basanta Panchami or Saraswati Puja, is being celebrated across the country by worshipping Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, wisdom, learning, art, music and culture, on Tuesday.
Kathmandu continues to breathe low quality air, PM 2.5 reading docks at 186.22 μg/m³
Published On: February 15, 2021 07:41 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 15: The air pollution level in the country’s capital city has been deteriorating for the last few days.
PHOTOS: Singha Durbar rebuilt 70 months after 2015 Gorkha Earthquake
Published On: February 15, 2021 05:50 PM NPT By: RSS
KATHMANDU, Feb 15: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has inaugurated the three facades of Singha Durbar following the restoration of the structures. The post-earthquake rebuild project was completed recently. Singha Durbar which serves as the main administrative hub was damaged by the 2015 April earthquake.
WEATHER ALERT: Influence of westerly wind to continue for some more days
Published On: February 15, 2021 02:10 PM NPT By: RSS
KATHMANDU, Feb 15: The influence of the Westerly wind will remain for some more days. The weather is partly to generally cloudy in most parts of the country for the past few days with light snowfall in some places of the high-hilly and mountainous regions.
Master plan of King Birat's palace to be finalized soon
Published On: February 15, 2021 11:58 AM NPT By: RSS
BIRATNAGAR, Feb 15: Biratnagar Metropolitan City has put its all-out efforts to materialize a campaign to build the palace of King Birat, who is said to have ruled Biratnagar in the ancient times. The city itself is said to have been named after him.
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