May 2015, was the time when I chose to live a vegan life. My recent visit to a 10-day Vipasana meditation retreat and a documentary ‘Earthlings (2005)’ played a significant role in my decision.

Public transport, in Nepali context, is extensively used by students. Public vehicles, including three wheeler tempos, micro buses and buses are jam-packed specially during office hours. The topped off vehicles cannot accommodate.......

LAMJUNG, July 23: Three shops were gutted in fire which broke out last night here in Besisahar.

GAIGHAT, July 23: A majority of board members have taken a decision on changing the name of Sunkoshi rural municipality to Lingchingbung rural municipality here in Udayapur.

LAMJUNG, July 23: Three shops were gutted in fire which broke out last night here in Besisahar.

UDAYAPUR, July 23: A majority of board members have taken a decision on changing the name of Sunkoshi rural municipality to Lingchingbung rural municipality here in Udayapur.

KABUL, July 23: An errant U.S. airstrike confirmed by the Pentagon killed 12 Afghan National Police officers and wounded two others, as another 11 police were killed and six wounded in clashes with the Taliban, Afghan officials.......

NEW YORK, July 23: A wax figure of Beyonce at Madame Tussauds in New York has been given a makeover after fans of the megastar said the figure was too white.

WASHINGTON, July 23: President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has "complete power" to issue pardons, an assertion that comes amid investigations into Russian interference in last year's presidential election. It was one.......

KATHMANDU, July 23: Dabur Nepal has said that it handed over a greenhouse to Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) last week as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility.

KATHMANDU, July 22: Advertising Association of Nepal (AAN) has announced the nominees for 9th Nepal Ice Crity Award sponsored by the Nepal Ice.

KATHMANDU, July 22: A total of 19 companies are awaiting approval of the Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon) to float 135.75 million units of rights issue. According to the Sebon, these 19 companies plan to raise Rs 13.56 billion.......

HUMLA, July 22: Workers in Humla district will receive salaries through the banking system from now on. The wages of the workers of various development projects will be directly deposited to their bank accounts.

In its 54th audit report, Office of the Auditor General had disclosed in April that controversial tax discounts of over Rs 21 billion were provided to different firms and companies by the Tax Settlement Commission (TSC) led.......

KATHMANDU, July 22: Two years after the promulgation of the new constitution, the ruling CPN (Maoist Center) has decided to lobby for a directly elected executive president in the country.

KATHMANDU, July 22: Senior leader of Nepali Congress (NC) Ram Chandra Poudel and his loyalists have blamed party President Sher Bahadur Deuba of failing to check the advance of the main opposition UML in the local elections.

KATHMANDU, July 22: Dolindra Prasad Sharma, chairperson and general manager (GM) of Sajha Prakashan, the state-owned publishing house established 105 years ago, has become a byword of controversy because of his working style.

RUKUM, July 23: Health posts in remote areas of Rukum district are facing severe shortage of life-saving drugs. Health officials informed that lack of transportation during monsoon has led to this dire situation.

KATHMANDU, July 23: Senior leader of Nepali Congress (NC) Ram Chandra Poudel and his loyalists have blamed party President Sher Bahadur Deuba of failing to check the advance of the main opposition UML in the local elections.

KATHMANDU (REPUBLICA): Bottlers Nepal Limited has been awarded the 1st runner up title for “Best-Presented Annual Report Award 2016” by Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN).