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High spirits at Pokhara street festival
High spirits at Pokhara street festival
The annual Pokhara Street Festival began amid much fanfare on Thursday. This is the 19th edition of the street festival and it covers three kilometers’ area on the streets of lake city. Every year, Restaurant and Bar Association of Nepal (REBAN) hosts Pokhara Street Festival to bid adieu to the pass...
Dec 30, 2017
WORLD
Officials: Deadly NYC fire lit by child playing with stove
Officials: Deadly NYC fire lit by child playing with stove
NEW YORK, Dec 30: A preschooler toying with the burners on his mother’s stove accidentally sparked New York City’s deadliest fire in decades, an inferno that quickly overtook an apartment building and blocked the main escape route, the fire commissioner said Friday.
Dec 30, 2017
SOCIETY
'Tamu Lhosar' starts today
'Tamu Lhosar' starts today
KATHMANDU, Dec 30: The Gurung community is marking the 'Tamu Lhosar' as the New Year from today by bidding adieu to the old one.
Dec 30, 2017
POLITICS
CEC Yadav's daughter-in-law elected to Province 2 assembly
CEC Yadav's daughter-in-law elected to Province 2 assembly
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhee Prasad Yadav's daughter-in-law Pramila Kumari has been elected provincial assembly member of Province 2 under the proportional representation (PR) category.
Dec 30, 2017
SOCIETY
Five months on, flood victims still await relief
Five months on, flood victims still await relief
KOHALPUR, Dec 29: Even five months after after they were hit by devastating floods in the Rapti River and Daduwa stream, the flood victims of Daduwa Rural Municipality are yet to be provided any relief by the government.
Dec 30, 2017
SOCIETY
Reconstruction finally picks up pace after 32 months of earthquake
Reconstruction finally picks up pace after 32 months of eart...
SINDHULI, Dec 29: Thirty-two months after the catastrophic earthquake of 2015, reconstruction has finally been speeded up in Sindhuli.
Dec 30, 2017
SOCIETY
Cold empties upper Mustang villages
Cold empties upper Mustang villages
MYAGDI, Dec 29: With the locals of mountainous Mustang moving to lowlands of late in order to escape the biting cold, most villages in the district have worn a deserted look.
Dec 30, 2017
SOCIETY
Woodfires the only way for the poor to stave off cold
Woodfires the only way for the poor to stave off cold
RAUTAHAT, Dec 29: The dipping temperature resulting in chilling cold has adversely affected normal life across the country. But it's the people from the marginalized communities who have been hit hard by the freezing temperature at the moment.
Dec 30, 2017
ECONOMY
Herbs emerging as major income source in Karnali
Herbs emerging as major income source in Karnali
JUMLA, Dec 29: Herbs have been recognized as the fundamentals of economic development in Karnali. All five districts of this zone are rich in natural resources and herbs. As collecting and selling of herbs fetch good income, more and more people are attracted toward this occupation in the recent day...
Dec 30, 2017
POLITICS
SC summons govt over EC letter to parties
SC summons govt over EC letter to parties
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: The Supreme Court on Friday summoned government authorities to discuss whether to issue stay a stay order against a recently issued letter of the Election Commission to various political parties.
Dec 30, 2017