The Week
The season of weddings
The season of weddings
It’s the most dreaded season of the year – the season of weddings. This is when you have to meet people you don’t want to meet, smile when you feel like tearing your hair out, and eat so much oily food that you have to go on a month-long detox diet once it’s over. I might be exaggerating here but th...
Dec 14, 2018
SOCIETY
Palpa road accident: Identities of killed ascertained
Palpa road accident: Identities of killed ascertained
PALPA, Dec. 14: Police have confirmed the identities of all five persons killed in a jeep accident occurred on Thursday evening at Argidanda on its route to Bahadurpur from Tansen.
Dec 14, 2018
The Week
The art of dressing
The art of dressing
Winter dressing needn’t be drab. Just because it’s cold and you need to layer up doesn’t mean you have to give style a toss. And you shouldn’t dress in flimsy or weather-inappropriate clothes just to look stylish either. Nobody looks good when they are shivering. Yes, it’s definitely a little harder...
Dec 14, 2018
The Week
Scams and records
Scams and records
There are a lot of peculiarities that contribute to making us ‘quintessentially Nepali’. Among the more stranger of these quirks, as I realized midway through a conversation last week, is our love for records. Apparently, we love our records because it gives us a sense of achievement and pride, both...
Dec 14, 2018
WORLD
EU gives May assurances on Brexit, but cold comfort
EU gives May assurances on Brexit, but cold comfort
BRUSSELS, Dec 14: European Union leaders assured Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday that the Brexit treaty she agreed last month but is struggling to get through UK parliament should not bind Britain forever to EU rules.
Dec 14, 2018
The Week
Styling a winter staple
Styling a winter staple
If there’s one clothing staple that you must have in your wardrobe this season then that’s definitely a coat. It can up your style quotient with minimal effort. Coats are essential part of your wardrobe because they keep you warm, come in all shapes and sizes and are very fashionable and versatile.
Dec 14, 2018
SOCIETY
Three children of a family die after fire breaks out in Dang
Three children of a family die after fire breaks out in Dang
DANG, Dec 14 : Three children of a family were burnt to death after a massive fire broke out in Guranse of Bangalachuli Rural Municipality-8 in Dang district.
Dec 14, 2018
ECONOMY
India must own up EPG report: Minister
India must own up EPG report: Minister
KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Amid speculation that the Indian side had snubbed the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) report, Nepal has said that India cannot question the EPG) report as it was prepared by a joint team nominated and accepted by the incumbent governments of both countries.
Dec 14, 2018
The Week
Steering her destiny
Steering her destiny
When Muna Shrestha came to Kathmandu for the first time after her SLC exams, she was fascinated to see her aunt driving a safa tempo. She wondered how it would feel to get behind the wheels of one. Little did she know that she would end up following her aunt’s footsteps just a couple of years down t...
Dec 14, 2018
ECONOMY
IMF projects economic growth at 6.5 percent
IMF projects economic growth at 6.5 percent
KATHMANDU, Dec 14: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has made an upward revision to its forecast of Nepal’s economic growth rate to 6.5 percent, from 5 percent that it projected in World Economic Outlook published earlier in October.
Dec 14, 2018