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Unique tradition: Initiation ceremony of Mawé people
Unique tradition: Initiation ceremony of Mawé people
The ultimate test of bravery and strength for the Sateré-Mawé boys can’t be surpassed by anything but a live encounter with hundreds of bullet ants
Feb 19, 2020
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Dismal progress in Saljhandi-Sandhikharka-Dhorpatan road project
Dismal progress in Saljhandi-Sandhikharka-Dhorpatan road pro...
ARGHAKHANCHI, Feb 19: Even though the construction of the Saljhandi-Sandhikharka-Dhorpatan road started a decade ago, the project has seen very dismal progress as only a five-kilometer stretch of the road has been blacktopped till date.
Feb 19, 2020
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Japanese assistance for quality education in quake-hit areas
Japanese assistance for quality education in quake-hit areas
KATHMANDU, Feb 19: Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, Saigo Masamichi signed a grant contract for the Project for Improvement of Quality of Education in Quake-affected Areas and Marginalized Communities with Country Director of Shanti Volunteer Association (SVA) Nepal Miiyake Takafumi.
Feb 19, 2020
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Quake victims still deprived of relief
Quake victims still deprived of relief
RASUWA, Feb 19: Pemba Tamang's house was badly hit by the devastating earthquake of 2015 and the powerful aftershocks. Just like any other quake victim, he was sure that he would get government support to rebuild his house. However, his dream to shift to a safe house has not been fulfilled yet. With...
Feb 19, 2020
Editorial
Step up alert
Step up alert
There have been a lot of misperceptions about coronavirus, now called COVID 19: That every infected succumbs to death, that every person coming from China is necessarily a carrier of disease, that eating garlic, smearing the body with some oil or spraying alcohol around the house can help prevent in...
Feb 19, 2020
OPINION
Will COVID-19 be black plague of our times?
Will COVID-19 be black plague of our times?
Let yours truly take you guys back to the 13th century on merchant ships infested with flea-plagued rodents, before bringing you back to the troubling times of today.
Feb 19, 2020
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Shadow of impunity
Shadow of impunity
“Visiting Canada Senate speaker not scheduled to meet Agni Sapkota,” went the newspaper headline a few days back. This front-page news regarding Canadian Senate Speaker George J Fury who was in Kathmandu recently carried a significant message.
Feb 19, 2020
OPINION
Ireland’s Electoral Earthquake
Ireland’s Electoral Earthquake
LONDON – Sinn Féin’s success in Ireland’s February 8 general election, where it headed the poll, has come as a shock, owing to the party’s historic ties to the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and that organization’s association with violence. The cause of its success was domestic discontent, not nationa...
Feb 19, 2020
SPORTS
Atletico edge Liverpool with vintage defensive display
Atletico edge Liverpool with vintage defensive display
MADRID, Feb 19: Champions League holders Liverpool will need to summon another famous European comeback at Anfield next month after they were beaten 1-0 away to Atletico Madrid in their last-16 first leg on Tuesday.
Feb 19, 2020
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SC rejects plea of judge suspended over Lalita Niwas land scam
SC rejects plea of judge suspended over Lalita Niwas land sc...
KATHMANDU, Feb 19: The Supreme Court has rejected a plea by a suspended judge, who challenged his suspension and prosecution over the Lalita Niwas land scam case against him.
Feb 19, 2020