- by Gyanu Sapkota
KATHMANDU, Oct 7: Although in the past, festivals meant additional work for women, the scenario is gradually changing. In recent years, they face less hassles and a more liberal family environment.
- by Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Oct 7: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba is unlikely to fill the vacant office bearers positions and Central Working Committee members in the party before the Chhath festival, party leaders said.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Oct. 8: On the occasion of Bada Dashain festival, the Fulpati is being taken into the homes as per tradition throughout the country today.
- by Republica
NEPALGUNJ, Oct 7: Karna Bahadur Basnet, a local of Rukum district, had left for India along with his family a few months ago. He was there in search of work and for treatment of his sick wife. Neither did he get a good job nor is his wife recovering as expected.
- by Ram Saran Tamang
KATHMANDU, Oct 7: The overall departures of migrant workers have settled at a new lower level since the devastating earthquake in April last year, according to the recently published Nepal Development Updates report of the World Bank.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Oct 7: Dr Govinda KC interrupted his ninth hunger strike unilaterally on Friday, after 12 days of unsuccessful negotiations with the government.
- by Republica
True, Nepal today has plenty of problems, and many of them seem intractable. More than a year after its promulgation, the new constitution that was supposed to herald an era of peace and prosperity instead remains bitterly contested.
- by Mahabir Paudyal
What seems like a fight between Kanak Mani Dixit and Dr Govinda KC and CIAA chief is actually a battle against an entrenched nexus thriving under protection from next door neighbor.
- by Dinkar Nepal
The fare is almost four times higher for a foreigner what it is for a Nepali citizen. It is a form of discrimination
- by Usha Pokharel
Stories of Goddess Durga will be told and heard for generations and generations to come. What might change is with whom Dashain is celebrated
KATHMANDU, Oct 7: Dr Govinda KC, a senior orthopedic surgeon, who had been on a fast-unto-death putting forth a four-point demand, has broken his 12-day-long strike on Friday night.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Oct 7: Minister for Urban Development Arjun Narsingh KC said that the constitution amendment proposal will be registered within 15-30 days after the Dashain festival.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Oct 7: President Bidya Devi Bhandari is to offer the Dashain tika to the general public on the Day of the Bijaya Dashami on coming October 11.
- by Prasuma Rawal
KATHMANDU, Oct 7: Fifty youth activists gathered at Basantapur Durbar Square on Sunday displaying placards to raise their voice against the prevailing social stigmas in a question campaign.
- by Agencies
QUETTA, Pakistan, Oct 7: A powerful bomb exploded on a passenger train in southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing six people and wounding 19, officials said.
OSLO, Norway, Oct 7: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to end a five-decades-long civil war that has killed more than 200,000 people in the South American country.
URLABARI (Morang), Oct 7: A fire which broke out from a cowshed Thursday night has engulfed property worth Rs 300,000 in Darbesha locality of Morang.
- by Republica
GORKHA, Oct 7: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal today laid the foundation stone for construction of the model settlement at Laprak of Gorkha amidst a ceremony held here.
- by Associated Press
TURIN, Oct 7: Italy forward Graziano Pelle has been removed from the team's squad for refusing to shake coach Gian Piero Ventura's hand after a substitution.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Oct 7: Nepal Telecom's GSM 3G mobile service has now percolated through to all the 75 districts of the country.