SOCIETY
Sorry state of community schools
Sorry state of community schools
SIRAHA, May 19: Despite being enrolled in school for the last five years, Santoshi Kumari cannot read and write her name. She had joined school when she was five years old and now she is 10. However, the fifth grader was never taught alphabets in school. She admits was not regular to school either.
May 19, 2018
SOCIETY
A Madhesi woman sets example for many
A Madhesi woman sets example for many
SIRAHA, May 18: Only a Madhesi woman knows how challenging it is for women of her community to step out of their houses and explore the outer world. Earlier, engaging themselves in income-generating works by putting aside their stoves and shovels was something of a dream for a lot of women and it st...
May 19, 2018
SOCIETY
Two killed after tractor ferrying manual workers slips off road
Two killed after tractor ferrying manual workers slips off r...
RUKUM, May 19: Two persons were killed while 14 others sustained serious injuries in a tractor accident last night at Bhume rural municipality in eastern Rukum.
May 19, 2018
My City
Trailer of ‘Matti Mala’ released
Trailer of ‘Matti Mala’ released
Trailer of new Nepali movie ‘Matti Mala’ was released on Wednesday through the official youtube channel of Highlights Nepal. The film features onscreen couple of famous comedy show ‘Meri Bassai’ -- Hanumane (Buddi Tamang) and Mangali (Rajani Gurung) -- as the lead characters. Actor Priyanka Karki ap...
May 19, 2018
My City
Jan Salter’s website ‘Faces of Nepal’ launched
Jan Salter’s website ‘Faces of Nepal’ launched
Nepal Tourism Board and the Nepal National Ethnographic Museum jointly launched Jan Salter’s ‘Faces of Nepal’ Web page at Nepal Tourism Board, Bhrikutimandap on Tuesday.
May 19, 2018
My City
Chekov play in Nepali flavor
Chekov play in Nepali flavor
The play ‘Teen Baini’ is being staged at Shilpee Theater, Battisputali since May 4. Directed and conceptualized by Ghanshyam Shrestha, it is an adaption of the Russian play ‘Three Sisters’ penned by well-known Russian litterateur Anton Chekov. Earlier, Shrestha directed ‘Bimba Ka Sapana,’ ‘Bed No....
May 19, 2018
My City
Exhibition at Image Ark frames ‘Sketches in the Margin’
Exhibition at Image Ark frames ‘Sketches in the Margin’
Have you ever thought that the receipt you just got handed from the supermarket could be your canvas, and even an exhibit in an art studio, framed and all? Me neither. Luckily for us, Yoon Sinmo, thought the less common, more creative idea! Born in Korea, Sinmo, now 36, has always been passionate ab...
May 19, 2018
My City
Prosperity!
Prosperity!
Our country is glorious
With the heritages that are tremendous
And are very famous
Those look gorgeous!!
May 19, 2018
My City
Test anxiety
Test anxiety
From Pascal’s laws to the Nebular hypothesis I had learnt and memorized all for my soon-to-begin test. As I entered the threshold of the exam hall it was quite silent because I had probably entered the hall late. I soon took my seat and our teacher started distributing question papers. I took a quic...
May 19, 2018
My City
Give me wings and I shall fly
Give me wings and I shall fly
Is there something you’ve always wanted to do, but are a little scared of? Yeah, me too!
Wandering around Lakeside in Pokhara, I was fascinated by the paragliders flying just above the beautiful Fewa Lake. I gazed at them dancing and swinging in the air and thought that I did not have courage to do...
May 19, 2018