The Week
For a healthy smile
For a healthy smile
Toothache, bleeding gums, and sensitivity are a few common problems that most of us battle with on a regular basis. Experts say that these problems occur when we don’t brush our teeth properly. The Week’s Swasti Gautam spoke to Prof. Dr B.K Shrestha, head of the department of Dentistry, Tribhuvan Un...
Jul 14, 2017
The Week
From your President (With love)
From your President (With love)
It has been brought to my attention that a lot of you ‘common’folks are getting worked up over my request to acquire a brand spanking new set of wheels to upgrade my motorcade. My demands have been labelled ‘un-presidented’(and here I was thinking this word only applied to Donald Trump), and many of...
Jul 14, 2017
The Week
By Google’s grace
By Google’s grace
Back in school I used to love those light abridged classics, short and sweet, just the way I fancied them in my early teens. It was then that I discovered HG Wells and his time-travel machine and I wanted to immediately take it for a ride, racing back to the time of Prithvi Narayan Shah and founding...
Jul 14, 2017
The Week
Power corrupts
Power corrupts
The egotistic decisions of our politicians without careful deliberation of issues at hand have always helped in facilitating the impoverished condition of our country. The recent demand from our madam president, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, for an armored car and vehicles to escort her worth millions is a...
Jul 14, 2017
The Week
Ties of tradition
Ties of tradition
Though the tradition of chhaupadi, a practice that prohibits women from participating in regular activities during menstruation as they are considered impure, has received much criticism and even been condemned by health experts, it is still largely prevalent in many parts of Nepal. Despite the many...
Jul 14, 2017
WORLD
Fans of Nobel laureate express sorrow, anger over his death
Fans of Nobel laureate express sorrow, anger over his death
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14: World leaders and human rights advocates expressed sorrow and anger Thursday over the death of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died in police custody while being treated for advanced liver cancer in prison.
Jul 14, 2017
SPORTS
Venus Williams gains 9th Wimbledon final, awaits Muguruza
Venus Williams gains 9th Wimbledon final, awaits Muguruza
LONDON, July 14: All these years later, Wimbledon still brings out the best in Venus Williams. With her latest display of gutsy serving and big hitting, Williams beat Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday to reach her ninth title match at the All England Club and first since 2009.
Jul 14, 2017
SOCIETY
Operational, human errors blamed for Yeti aircraft crash
Operational, human errors blamed for Yeti aircraft crash
KATMANDU, July 13: Operational and human errors are attributed to the aircraft crash at Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha airport nine months ago, according to a report prepared by the commission formed to probe the crash.
Jul 14, 2017
SOCIETY
Bhanubhakta remembered by Nepali speakers across the globe
Bhanubhakta remembered by Nepali speakers across the globe
KATMANDU, July 13: Nepali speakers in Nepal, India, Bhutan and the rest of the world celebrated the 204th birth anniversary of Nepali poet Bhanubhakta Acharya on Thursday, organizing various programs in their areas.
Jul 14, 2017
POLITICS
Veteran NC leader Joshi no more
Veteran NC leader Joshi no more
KATMANDU, July 13: Veteran Nepali Congress (NC) leader Ramhari Joshi, who was active in the party’s politics since its establishment in 1947, died on Thursday. He was 93. NC leader Bimalendra Nidhi confirmed his demise.
Jul 14, 2017