SPORTS
Asia just won its first Olympic gold in a sport long dominated by the West
Asia just won its first Olympic gold in a sport long dominat...
PYONGYANG, Feb 16: Roared on by a home crowd, South Korea’s Yun Sung-bin made history today. In an event that until now had been dominated by Western athletes, he became the first Asian to win gold in skeleton at the Winter Olympics.
Feb 16, 2018
POLITICS
Maoist Center dispute over power sharing delays cabinet expansion
Maoist Center dispute over power sharing delays cabinet expa...
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: A conflict has surfaced within the CPN (Maoist Center) over the nomination of ministers in Province 4, thereby failing to appoint a ministerial candidate.
Feb 16, 2018
The Week
For a PAWsitive future
For a PAWsitive future
Despite protests and campaigns against discriminations of all kinds, we still get to see a lot of it on a daily basis and then there’s a discrimiation we rarely give mucn thought to, much less talk about and condemn: Discriminating among breeds and gender of animals. Sharmila Karki, founder of PAWsi...
Feb 16, 2018
SOCIETY
Over 3,000 people benefitted from free health camp in Dadeldhura
Over 3,000 people benefitted from free health camp in Dadeld...
DADELDHURA, Feb 16: More than 3,000 people underwent health check-up in an Integrated Health Camp run by Nabadurga rural municipality.
Feb 16, 2018
The Week
Where riders come together
Where riders come together
Started as a casual gathering of a handful of passionate bikers, Riders Unified today serves as a recognized platform for people sharing a common interest of the thrilling sport, biking. This vibrant group, with 400 registered members, and more than a thousand trainees, seeks to promote freestyle ri...
Feb 16, 2018
SOCIETY
Solukhumbu forest fire spiralling out of control
Solukhumbu forest fire spiralling out of control
SOLUKHUMBU, Feb 16: A fire that caught a house of a resident at Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality-3 in Solukhumbu on Thursday noon swept through a nearby community forest, and it is going out of control, said the locals.
Feb 16, 2018
The Week
Conceptualizing DIY
Conceptualizing DIY
We come across plenty of DIY videos on the internet all the time but usually we can’t make them because the items used in those videos are not available in Nepal. It’s quite frustrating when you want to put your crafty side to use but do not find the resources to do so. Do It Yesari is an e-commerce...
Feb 16, 2018
The Week
Taxi'ng experiences
Taxi'ng experiences
I recently had the pleasure of travelling in a ‘Sarathi’ taxi which offers ride booking services and, I must say, it was a great experience. The urge to write about it, at the cost of sounding like a paid promoter, is borne simply out of sheer overwhelming gratitude.
Feb 16, 2018
The Week
Say it out loud
Say it out loud
For many of us, holidays are the ideal time to go on trips, hang out with friends, eat to our heart’s content and rest for the whole day while scrolling through Facebook and Instagram. However, this was not the case for Shiwans Shrestha, Alan Jung Thapa, Pratham Pradhan, and Kapil Bhandari. Right af...
Feb 16, 2018
The Week
Good Reads
Good Reads
With extraordinary access to the West Wing, Michael Wolff reveals what happened behind-the-scenes in the first nine months of the most controversial presidency of our time in Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.
Feb 16, 2018