The Week
Summer trends
Summer trends
Every season brings with it a new set of trends. The Week talked to Onisha Mulmi of Galz Beauty Parlor to find out what new hair and makeup trends are expected to take over this summer, and how to get them right.
May 05, 2017
The Week
The real deal
The real deal
Janisha Bhattarai had the distinction of being the first person, male or female, to file candidacy from Kathmandu for the May 14 local election. She is contesting to become deputy mayor of the city. She, incidentally, is also the daughter of Rasendra Bhattarai, who in 2003 made headlines with his cl...
May 05, 2017
The Week
Politics of change
Politics of change
In life, change is usually not very welcome because it tends to cause upheavals and disrupts the security of the familiar. Politics, however, is an altogether different case. In fact, the whole practice of holding periodical elections in a democracy is to give people the chance to exercise that very...
May 05, 2017
Lifestyle
Fashion through the years
Fashion through the years
From a time when clothes had to be imported to being able to buy local designer wear, Nepali fashion industry has come a long way. Over the years, trends have come and gone, while some trends have made a resurgence time and again. The Week talked to a few insiders of the Nepali film industry to know...
May 05, 2017
ECONOMY
Ncell granted go-ahead to offer 4G service
Ncell granted go-ahead to offer 4G service
KATHMANDU, May 5: Nepal Telecommunications Authority(NTA) has granted go-ahead to Ncell, the largest private ICT service provider company in the country, for offering 4G service following mounting pressure from various stakeholders on Wednesday.
May 05, 2017
The Week
Hobby-horsing craze in Finland
Hobby-horsing craze in Finland
HELSINKI, May 5: Sporting a black leather jacket, dyed red hair and a tattooed arm, Alisa Aarniomaki looks like she’s on her way to a rock band rehearsal session. But instead of carrying a guitar, the 20-year-old Finn gently holds on to something else: a puffy stuffed horse head on a wooden stick co...
May 05, 2017
The Week
The road to recovery
The road to recovery
Petty thief, extortionist, drug dealer, KC claims to have done it all at one point. And the motive was pretty straight forward: To maintain his own high.
May 05, 2017
WORLD
Trump enjoys health care victory, hails ties with Australia
Trump enjoys health care victory, hails ties with Australia
NEW YORK, May 5: Donald Trump turned his first trip home as president into a victory lap on Thursday, returning to the city that has largely opposed him while celebrating House passage of legislation undoing much his predecessor's health law.
May 05, 2017
VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Valley Pollution Levels
Valley Pollution Levels
The graph above is based on the pollutant of fine particulate matter, PM2.5 (PM less than 2.5 microns) of Kathmandu Valley in a day
May 05, 2017
TECHNOLOGY
Florida’s building boom threatens wildlife-rich lagoon
Florida’s building boom threatens wildlife-rich lagoon
ON THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, Fla. (AP) — The most biologically diverse waterway in America is seriously ill.
May 05, 2017