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Seeking love compability in Budhabaare Mela
Seeking love compability in Budhabaare Mela
BHAKTAPUR, Aug 26: Every year the Newar community celebrates Budhabaare Mela as a part of the Gunla Parva. The festival – celebrated in the 9th month of the Newari calendar – began on August 12 this year. Budhabaare Mela, which is also known as ‘Pemha Dyo Mhasika Wonegu’ in Nepal Bhasa, translates t...
Aug 26, 2018
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Exhibiting student’s art at SAG
Exhibiting student’s art at SAG
KATHMANDU, Aug 26: “A person without art, music, and literature is just like an animal without a tail.” This is one of the moral lessons mentioned in ‘Hitopadesha’. Likewise, one can have a true characteristic of humans, only after having the knowledge of these very things. Realizing this fact, sch...
Aug 26, 2018
WORLD
Pope compares Church sexual abuse, corruption to excrement, victims say
Pope compares Church sexual abuse, corruption to excrement,...
DUBLIN. Aug 26: Pope Francis vowed on Saturday to end the sexual exploitation of children by clergy during a highly-charged visit to once deeply Catholic Ireland and, according to victims, said the corruption and cover up of abuse amounted to human excrement.
Aug 26, 2018
ECONOMY
Remittance growth rebounds as US dollar appreciates, oil price recovers
Remittance growth rebounds as US dollar appreciates, oil pri...
KATHMANDU, Aug 26: Remittance growth rebounded in the last Fiscal Year 2017/18 despite continuous fall in the number of Nepali workers heading for foreign employment.
Aug 26, 2018
ECONOMY
3,000 pilgrims reach Gosaikunda in a week
3,000 pilgrims reach Gosaikunda in a week
RASUWA, Aug 26: The number of pilgrims visiting Gosaikunda, a high-altitude tourist destination as well as a popular Hindu religious site, has been increasing in recent years. Almost 3,000 pilgrims have reached the place in the past week, particularly to observe the Janai Purnima festival. The festi...
Aug 26, 2018
WORLD
Anniversary of Rohingya crisis marked in Bangladesh camps, Myanmar
Anniversary of Rohingya crisis marked in Bangladesh camps, M...
BANGLADESH, Aug 26: Refugees in Bangladesh held demonstrations and prayers on Saturday to mark the passing of a year since the outbreak of a conflict in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state that drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from their homes.
Aug 26, 2018
SOCIETY
Dispute over Susta resurfaced
Dispute over Susta resurfaced
NAWALPARASI, Aug 26: Efforts made by the Indian side to expand road in the disputed territory of Susta has led to a dispute.
Aug 26, 2018
SPORTS
Nepal deprived of bronze in karate after defeat in semis
Nepal deprived of bronze in karate after defeat in semis
KATHMANDU, Aug 26: Nepal’s hope of winning its first medal at the 18th Asian Games were dashed as Rita Karki suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Pakistan’s Nargis in the women's 68 kg weight category. Karki lost the fight for bronze medal in karate played at the Jakarta Convention Center in Indon...
Aug 26, 2018
WORLD
Western Iran quake injury toll rises to 241, 2 dead
Western Iran quake injury toll rises to 241, 2 dead
KERMANSHAH, Aug 26: The number of the dead and injured people by the Sunday morning 5.9-magnitude earthquake in western Iran raised to 241 and two respectively, Head of Kermanshah medical emergency center said.
Aug 26, 2018
SOCIETY
Fear of breaching law prevents judicial committees from deciding cases
Fear of breaching law prevents judicial committees from deci...
DANG, Aug 26: A service seeker was compelled to make rounds of the High Court, Tulsipur for five months due to a decision of the judicial committee of Gadhwa Rural Municipality.
Aug 26, 2018