My City
Eight-year-old releases song on birthday
Eight-year-old releases song on birthday
Chirag Dangol, a Grade III student at Navodaya Sishusadan, Hetauda released his first song on the occasion of his eighth birthday on Tuesday.
Aug 12, 2017
My City
Hard time looking after family
Hard time looking after family
Jokhan Chaudary is originally from Motihari, India. He is unsure of his exact age, but knows that he is over 50. He got married at the age of 16 in India, and came to Nepal soon after. He has been in Nepal since then. He sells coconuts slices in the streets of Kathmandu. Although he doesn’t earn muc...
Aug 12, 2017
My City
She called me grumpy
She called me grumpy
She yelled at my every sheer insanity
She laughed at my ill-conceived schedules
And I could trace sarcasm in her every single word
Aug 12, 2017
My City
Set yourself free
Set yourself free
We’re all trapped in a maze. Some in the dark paths of their pasts while some in the misty, shiny mountain of the future. The pain of living in the now haunts our mind as though the present has lost its own presence in our lives.
Aug 12, 2017
My City
Same life, new meaning
Same life, new meaning
I am Arpana (name changed), a 17 year old girl studying in Grade eight in a public school in Kathmandu. I was born in an economically poor family of a marginalized community in a remote area of Nepal. My story started when my father left my mother and got married to another woman. At that time, I wa...
Aug 12, 2017
My City
Charm of Ropain Jatra in Ilam
Charm of Ropain Jatra in Ilam
Every year, Ropain Jatra is celebrated after the completion of rice plantation to rejuvenate from the stress and workload one faces during the plantation time. This year, it was celebrated on Thursday in Ilam.
Aug 12, 2017
SOCIETY
Scores of people showing their solidarity with Dr KC in Maitighar area (With photo)
Scores of people showing their solidarity with Dr KC in Mait...
KATHMANDU, August 12: Thousands of people including leaders of newly emerging as well as old but outside-mainstream-politics parties have gathered in Maitighar area to express their solidarity with the orthodopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC who has been demanding for the egalitarian medical educational...
Aug 12, 2017
My City
Ropain Jatra fervor grips Kathmandu
Ropain Jatra fervor grips Kathmandu
After bidding farewell to the exuberance of Gaijatra, Kathmandu Valley witnessed another lively crowd on the occasion of Ropain Jatra (Rice Planting Festival) on Wednesday. A diverse group of people clad in flamboyant attires with unusual strokes of make-up gathered at the court of Boudhanath Stupa...
Aug 12, 2017
ECONOMY
Petroleum dealers withdraw protest as NOC raises compensation
Petroleum dealers withdraw protest as NOC raises compensatio...
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Nepal Petroleum Dealers’ Association has announced to withdraw its protest as the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has addressed their demand.
With the decision of the association following a meeting with the NOC on Friday, the supply of petroleum products, which was disturbed for two...
Aug 12, 2017
ECONOMY
NRB issues licensing policy for infrastructure development banks
NRB issues licensing policy for infrastructure development b...
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has issued the licensing policy for the establishment of infrastructure development banks, paving way for interested individuals or firms to apply for a letter of interest and get an operational license to set up such bank.
Aug 12, 2017