Sithi Nakha is celebrated on the sixth day of the waxing moon, according to the lunar calendar, in the Nepali month of Jestha/Asar. This year it has fallen on Wednesday, June 16.

KATHMANDU, May 29: The Republic Day is being observed across the country today.

SANKHU: Despite the COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the local administration, locals of Sankhu in the capital celebrated the Bajrayogini Jatra on Friday.

KATHMANDU, April 10: The celebration of Bisket (Biska) jatra-- one of the popular religious festivals celebrated in Kathmandu Valley,  began in Bhaktapur from Saturday.

KATHMANDU, March 28: Holi, the festival of color, is being celebrated with a huge fanfare in the hilly region of the country on Sunday.

A group of the LGBTQI community celebrated Valentine’s Day on Sunday with a stage show at Patan Durbar Square, Patan. Bibeksheel Sajha Party organized the event where groups of sexual minorities expressed their feelings of love showcasing dance, poem recitations and speech delivery.

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: Indian Embassy in Kathmandu celebrated the 72nd  Republic  Day of India amidst various functions at the Embassy's premise on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: Christmas is being celebrated across the country marking the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ today.

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: The Ram Janaki Bibaha Panchami is being observed today with much more fanfare in Janakpurdham and other parts of the country.

Dashain is over, and Tihar is approaching. But the prospect of celebrating with friends and family has become a dream. It’s time to remember the good old days and feel good about it.

KATHMANDU, Oct 24: Nepali Hindus are observing Maha Ashtami, the eighth day of the ten-day-long Bada Dashain festival, on Saturday, by worshipping goddess Durga Bhawani.

KATHMANDU, Oct 23: On the occasion of the Bada Dashain festival, the Fulpati has been taken into the homes as per tradition throughout the country today.

KATHMANDU, Aug 23: Hindu women are celebrating Rishi Panchami across the country on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 22: The federal, provincial and local government bodies have been directed to observe the upcoming Civil Service Day by maintaining adequate health safety. The meeting held under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary Lokdarshan Regmi has urged the government employees to compulsorily maintain lockdown rules and adopt health safety.

KATHMANDU, Aug 21: Teej, one of the most celebrated festivals by Hindu women, is being observed across the country today.

Jennifer Lopez has celebrated another trip around the sun, as she rang in her 51st birthday with loved ones. But the two-time Grammy nominee appears to have found a fountain of youth, as she continues to stun at every age.

KATHMANDU, June 21: The International Yoga Day is being celebrated in Nepal on Sunday. The International Yoga Day is observed annually on June 21 since 2015 following its inception at the United Nations General Assembly in 2014.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: The government has decided to observe the 70th National Democracy Day in a grand manner with the ownership and involvement of the people at large.

HELAMBU,MELIMCHIM Jan 26: Crispy delicious ‘Kapsye’, oily yummy ‘Baver’, sounds of firecrackers, decorated houses, happy faces, new ‘Tarcho’ and ‘Lungdar’ in front of houses and chilly cold weather are among few things that simply describe the arrival of Lhosar in Helambu, Sindhupalchowk.

KATHMANDU, Jan 18: People from Tamang community are celebrating Sonam Lhosar with fanfare by extending greetings to one another and feasting on traditional cuisines today.

SYDNEY/HONG KONG/LONDON, Jan 1: The world celebrated the New Year on Wednesday with fireworks displays from Sydney to London, although celebrations were clouded by deadly wildfires in Australia, protests in Hong Kong and India and nuclear tensions with North Korea.

JANAKPURDHAM, Nov 2: The festival of purity, goodwill and faith, Chhat is being observed with high regard and much fanfare today.

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While Nepali women continue to face numerous obstacles in everyday life, celebrations are in order to honor the achievements that have been made so far

KATHMANDU, Oct 8: Nepali people, mainly Hindus celebrated Vijaya Dashami, the 10th day of the Bada Dashain festival on Tuesday by receiving Tika, Jamara and blessings from elders

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KATHMANDU, Oct 6: President Bidya Devi Bhandari paid homage to the goddess at Palanchok Bhagawati temple located at Panchkhal in Kavrepalanchok district.

Like it or not, clicking photos or making videos is a huge part of any celebration. Be it a graduation, a dinner party or festivals like Dashain and Tihar, most of us want to capture and archive our experiences. And some of us want to be really good at it. So when the festival season arrives and our social media is flooded with pictures from our friends and family, it can be difficult to maintain a unique Instagram feed. But it’s not impossible. The Week is here to arm you with a few tricks to make your photos stand out from the rest this festive season.

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Nepal's Permanent Mission to the United Nations and the Consulate General of Nepal based in New York jointly hosted a reception on Wednesday in New York to celebrate the National Day and the fourth anniversary of the promulgation of the constitution of Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Sept. 3: Hindu women are observing the Rishi Panchami festival across the country today.

PARIS, Aug 25:  Paris is celebrating the French resistance fighters, American soldiers and others who liberated the City of Light from Nazi occupation exactly 75 years ago.

In the aftermath of disasters, women’s specific humanitarian needs are often not adequately identified nor responded to. Women and other minorities face further marginalization during disasters

There are differences in traditions and celebrating styles according to the places and people in Gaijatra festival. For example, in Bhaktapur, the people of bereaved families bring out the cloth-covered baskets with horns of straw and a painted cow's face affixed into it in the procession. An interesting kind of dance with sticks is also performed in Bhaktapur.

KATHMANDU, July 19: Janku is a term applied to a particular Newari tradition in which a cultural ceremony is performed when Newari people reach certain ages.

MEXICO CITY, June 30: Tens of thousands of people turned out for gay pride celebrations around the world on Saturday, including a boisterous party in Mexico and the first pride march in North Macedonia’s capital.

KATHMANDU, April 21: The ruling Nepal Communist Party will celebrate the 70th founding anniversary of Nepal Communist Party on Monday.

It's Holi today, festival of colors and is being observed with much fanfare in hilly region and in the capital as well. The festival signifies the victory over evil and this festival is also known as the day of expressing love.

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today morning planted mango saplings on the premises of his official residence in Baluwatar to celebrate his 68th birthday.

Kathmandu, Feb 17: The 69th Democracy Day is being marked across the country in a grand manner on Tuesday.

The past five years have been, collectively, the hottest on record, with 2018 the fourth-warmest since modern records began.

KATHMANDU, Nov 13: Hindu devotees across Kathmandu and Tarai districts have offered arghya to the setting sun on the third day of Chhath festival on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Himalaya Expeditions - the organizer of Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon and Lumbini PEACE Marathon - organized a post-event celebration in Lalitpur as part of celebrating 39th World Tourism Day.

The ambassador of Israel to Nepal, Benny Omer visited Kanjirowa National Secondary School on Sunday. He was invited as the Chief Guest of an interaction program organized on the occasion of Kanjirowa National Secondary School’s 20th-anniversary celebration.

BIRATNAGAR, June 16: Islamic religious people have celebrated Eid al-fitr festival in Biratnagar with excitement since this morning.

KATHMANDU, June 10 : Siddhartha Art Gallery, Babermahal Revisited, is showcasing the works of Prithvi Shrestha -- the first recipient of the Himalayan Light Art Scholarship, entitled ‘Attachment’. The exhibition explores the umbrella theme of, and symbols and motifs within, the Hindu Buddhist philosophy of existence. It started on May 24 and will end on June 20.

KATHMANDU, March 25: The Ram Nawami festival, the birthday of Hindu God Ram, is being celebrated across the country today.

KATHMANDU, Mar 11: On Friday, Nepalese vehemently expressed their anger in a video that had surfaced their news feed on the International Women’s Day. The video: a 18 year girl, accused of being a witch was beaten for hours by Ram Bahadur Chaudhary who claimed to be a ‘baba’. The girl, Radha Chaudhary from Ghodaghodi municipality, Kailali was taken to the district hospital.

Holi is widely known as the festival of colors. The colored powder thrown at each other is the major attraction of the festival. Everyone is welcomed to join the celebration of love. And the colors used in Holi also signify upcoming spring.

KATHMANDU, Feb 7: A Main Celebration Committee has been constituted under the chair of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to observe the 68th Democracy Day on coming February 19 in a grand way.

KATHMANDU, Dec 31:  A total of 8,267 students have celebrated their convocations in the 43rd Convocation Ceremony of Tribhuvan University amidst a grand function on the premises of the Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk in Lalitpur on Sunday.