SUPRIYA SHARMA

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20 must-visit restaurants in 2020

Published On: January 1, 2020 02:59 PM NPT By: SUPRIYA SHARMA

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: May it be to grab a quick bite, or spend a lazy afternoon or to have a chill weekend with your loved ones  here are 20 restaurants that we think you should visit in 2020.

Nirmal Purja may face action for taking giant flag to Mt Ama Dablam

Published On: November 18, 2019 07:58 AM NPT By: SUPRIYA SHARMA

KATHMANDU, Nov 18: Record holder Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja Magar could face action after a team of Kuwaiti mountaineers assisted by Purja unfurled a giant Kuwaiti national flag from the summit of Mt Ama Dablam (6812m) on November 12.

Finding your license a matter of luck

Published On: November 7, 2019 07:13 AM NPT By: SUPRIYA SHARMA

KATHMANDU, Nov 7: It’s been a ritual for Manoj Waiba to visit the Department of Transport Management (DoTM) branch since he filed an application for renewal of his driving license two years ago. Every time he visits the DoTM’s Sukedhara branch, he is given bundles of cards and is asked to search through hundreds of cards to find his card.

Alok Khatri becomes Nepal’s first Ironman

Published On: November 1, 2019 08:05 AM NPT By: SUPRIYA SHARMA

KATHMANDU, Nov 1: Alok Khatri, 28, completed the Ironman 70.3 triathlon race on October 26, becoming the first Ironman 70.3 finisher from Nepal. He finished the race in six hours 44 minutes and 49 seconds in the competition held in Langkawi, Malaysia.

Rapper VTEN: Good influence or bad?

Published On: September 26, 2019 07:45 AM NPT By: SUPRIYA SHARMA

KATHMANDU, Sept 26: Samir Ghising, popularly known as VTEN, is a rapper cum hip-hop artist who has brought a different flavor to the Nepali music industry. The 23-year-old is the talk of the town amongst youngsters. His hit song ‘Hami yestai ta ho ni bro’ has been viewed more than 17 million times on YouTube.

Weight-lifting does not result in excessive muscle gain in women: Experts

Published On: September 16, 2019 08:16 AM NPT By: SUPRIYA SHARMA

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Rinku Shrestha, a 39-year-old mother of two children, was always skinny and did not ever find the need to work out. Things, however, started to change for her six months after she gave birth to her second baby.

NEA to install 50 electric vehicle charging stations

Published On: September 13, 2019 08:50 AM NPT By: SUPRIYA SHARMA

KATHMANDU, Sept 13: With the rising number of electric vehicles on the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is planning to instal 50 charging stations for electric vehicles across all seven provinces within a year and a half.

Monkey chaser, sel-roti maker among new goodies in NIC pipeline

Published On: September 6, 2019 10:38 AM NPT By: SUPRIYA SHARMA

KATHMANDU, Sept 6: As monkeys are a big headache for farmers in hills right across the country, the National Innovation Center (NIC) has come up with a monkey chasing machine.

NADA Auto Show sees an impressive crowd

Published On: August 30, 2019 03:00 AM NPT By: SUPRIYA SHARMA

KATHMANDU, Aug 30: Over 37,800 visitors have thronged the 14th edition of the 'NADA Auto Show 2019' in the first three days of the mega exhibition of automobiles.

Everest region to ban plastic items below 30 microns from 2020

Published On: August 20, 2019 07:45 AM NPT By: SUPRIYA SHARMA

KATHMANDU, Aug 20: The executive council of Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality in Solukhumbu district in the Everest region has decided to ban plastic items of less than 30 microns thickness in the rural municipality.

In Chitwan, youth entrepreneurs are producing paper from elephant dung

Published On: August 19, 2019 08:00 AM NPT By: SUPRIYA SHARMA

KATHMANDU, Aug 19: Two youth entrepreneurs are producing paper from elephant dung for the first time in Sauraha, Chitwan. Keeping the proper elephant dung management and deforestation in case of producing paper in mind, they came up with the idea of producing paper out of elephant dung.