Published On: December 8, 2019 08:08 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
KATHMANDU, Dec 8: Bir Bahadur Mahara, who won a gold medal for Nepal, defeating Pakistan’s Muhamad Faheem in Taekwondo in the ongoing South Asian Games (SAG), would probably be sweating it out in the searing heat of some Gulf country now had he not joined the Nepal Police six years ago. Or he would have ended up like his elder brother, toiling away as a laborer in some Indian town.
Published On: December 5, 2019 08:47 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
KATHMANDU, Dec 5: The glittering lights and huge fanfare at Dasharath Stadium during the opening of the 13th South Asian Games on Sunday captivated many, including Sunita Maharjan, 26, but only for some time.
Published On: November 28, 2019 02:19 PM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
KATHMANDU, Nov 28: The 16 days of activism against gender-based violence is currently unfolding in over 180 countries, and Durga Devi from a small village in western Nepal feels the connection as she has been at the receiving end for so long.
Published On: November 20, 2019 08:22 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
PHNOM PENH (CAMBODIA), Nov 20: Leaders of different countries including Nepal, the Philippines, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Afghanistan on Tuesday stressed collective efforts to combat poverty, conflict and global warming as they spoke at the Asia Pacific Summit 2019.
Published On: November 12, 2019 09:19 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: When she was undergoing first phase treatment at Kirtipur Hospital over a month ago following an acid attack, powerful messages of support from Bollywood big names like Amitabh Bachchan and Varun Dhawan kept 14-year-old Muskan Khatun going. There was also another person constantly on the phone to boost her spirits: Ujjwal Bikram Thapa. Thapa's life of compassion, kindness and selfless service is a story in itself .
Published On: November 5, 2019 10:45 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
KATHMANDU, Nov 5: The names Asha Kumari and Ritulal are tattooed on the 32-year-old woman’s hand. Asha has been married to Ritulal Sada for 16 years and they have four kids. On Saturday afternoon, Ritulal dipped her face in boiling fish curry just because she was slow with his lunch. The face became swollen, the eyes puckered up and the burned skin turned black.
Published On: October 23, 2019 07:07 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
KATHMANDU, Oct 23: Brought to Kirtipur Hospital after suffering an acid attack a month and a half ago, Muskan Khatun, 14, is under the care of doctors and nurses full time. She is given painkillers and other medication to keep her calm. But she screams out intermittently in sheer agony. At other times also there is pain written all over her face. She is gradually losing weight and looks frail.
Published On: September 11, 2019 04:36 PM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
Kathmandu, Sept 11: Republica’s investigation has found that some of the senior and “well-known doctors” in Kathmandu’s biggest hospitals have shown massive lapse of judgment when handling sensitive medical cases. Sheer negligence of doctors at Grande International Hospital in Dhapasi, Kathmandu has resulted in a series of medical mishaps, leaving patients and their families entrenched in a spiral of financial and emotional issues.
Published On: June 13, 2019 07:00 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
After she posted the above stanza on her Facebook wall a year ago, friends reacted with encouraging comments, asking her to keep writing such beautiful verses.
Published On: March 19, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
Rights activists, her husband and media have made life difficult for Durga Devi Panta, Nirmala’s mother
Published On: February 27, 2019 08:22 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: When the news of a farmer named Puran Mahato from Chitwan destroying a ton of cabbage after failing to get more than two rupees per kg was making rounds last month, Nepali students studying agriculture in Israel were shattered. “Is agriculture really a dying industry in Nepal?” they wondered.
Published On: December 29, 2018 07:06 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
KATHMANDU, Dec 29: She is a Dutch national, but people here tell her she looks like a Gurung woman. And no wonder, for Gita Pelinck has deep connections with Nepal.
Published On: November 4, 2018 12:25 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
If you want to be taken and remembered as an arrogant and extravagant president, go on. But if you want to live in the people’s heart, then prove your worth by your deeds.
Published On: September 10, 2018 09:15 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
KATHMANDU, Sept 10: "Now I have no reason to remain alive, better they let me die and not intervene anymore. I had merely asked for justice but both human rights activists and the government always kept tricking me."
Published On: August 4, 2018 02:00 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
Adversities were severe. She was asking the disturbed, fragile state to bring her son’s murderers to book. Those who were in the government and were supposed to listen to her plea were not that clean and capable.
Published On: June 6, 2018 06:30 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
KATHMANDU, June 6: She was fine until four o'clock on Saturday afternoon. What happened next took away her life. Ward member of Narahari Village Municipality - 9 in Kalikot, Mana Sarki was a mother of six, and she leaves behind a family devastated by their loss.
Published On: June 4, 2018 10:05 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
Though you opened the door and took me in Though you chose for me the best flower from the garden
Published On: April 8, 2018 02:00 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
Unless we grow in a real sense with solid infrastructures, home productions and competent systems our pride will remain hollow
Published On: February 21, 2018 12:07 PM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
Bidya Sundar Shakya is wasting precious time. If you have occupied highly important position but do not feel obliged to deliver, it’s a crime
Published On: January 23, 2018 01:00 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
If one or both of the couple have to constantly struggle to keep the marriage intact, it means the bond is weak, it can break away anytime.