KATHMANDU, July 15: Leapfrog Technology, a tech company, recently hosted Design Disco 2, an engaging event that brought together design enthusiasts, professionals, and students to celebrate the world of design and explore its future.

KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has directed all concerned to approve the design of their buildings within 90 days if they are built in line with the existing building code of the Kathmandu metropolis.

KATHMANDU, September 7: Nepal needs to focus on newly-designed handicraft items from its conventional type to benefit the country largely from the export of the handmade products, say stakeholders.

March 13: Anyone who likes to make an effort with their outfits knows just how powerful jewelry can be. Be it rocking an elaborate earring for a wedding or opting for simple hoops for a casual night out, jewelry is there to make a statement—both powerful and subtle. And so, jewelry is something that’s quite essential you could say. Teenagers, however, seem to prefer simple, classic designs that can spruce up an outfit with minimal effort, and they tend to gravitate towards items like earrings, bracelets, and scrunchies.

How do you create a space conducive to creative thinking? A number of recent books explore the working environments of creative people in search of hints and inspiration.

Meena Gurung is the friend who, you could say for certain, will give you a handmade card for your birthday. Always the artistic kind, Meena believed in making her own crafts and rarely bought off the shelf products for either gifting or personal use.

If you don’t have a definite spot for a certain activity in your room, you may end up in a mess. Sectioning areas isn’t just for large rooms, they are necessary for all rooms, even the smaller ones. Make a section for working or studying and do just that in that particular section. Never take your work to your sleeping section, you will be less efficient and a small nap can lead to a lot of trouble.

KATHMANDU, July 29; The Kathmandu metropolis has completed the design of overhead bridges to be constructed at multiple new locations including Chabahil, Maitighar and Jayabageshwori inside the metropolis.

Pia is a multicultural brand that takes inspiration from traditional crafts of different places all around the world and contemporizes theses techniques and cultural influences to create something that is modern and relevant in the recent times. These crafts and techniques take shape in home decor items like lamps, plates, cushions and throws as well as accessories like bags, clothes, and scarves.

Along with renting clothes, you can also put your clothes up for rent through Antidote Nepal. “This way you can make money from clothes that would otherwise be tucked away in your closet,” explains Manish Thapa.

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PALPA, June 30: The construction of two motorable bridges connecting Syangja of Gandaki Province and Palpa of Province 5 has been halted because of faults in their designs. An Agreement to complete the construction of the bridges in three years was signed eight years ago.

Mahima Shrestha was in a very disturbed state of mind when she sat for her CA exams because her grandmother had recently been diagnosed with cancer, and Shrestha had found out that the cancer had reached an extremely advanced stage.

Kathmandu University, School of Arts, Center for Art and Design is currently hosting an art exhibition entitled ‘24 Odes’, showcasing the artworks of BFA second-year students.

Fashion designer Suchina Shrestha believes that good clothes equals to good life, and she’s all set to give the residents of Kathmandu a sample of that life through her designs. Although it has been just three months since she launched the outlet for her brand ‘Suchi Designs’, Shrestha is not a newbie in the fashion industry. She has been involved in fashion designing for more than four years now and claims that she has realized that this is her one true calling in life, and that she is determined to pursue it against all odds.

KATHMANDU, June 23: A committee responsible for Kasthamandap reconstruction has decided to postpone the reconstruction work by a month citing the monsoon and a design flaw in the blueprint prepared by the Department of Archeology (DoA).

KATHMANDU, March 17: A national workshop on best practice in the design and implementation of intervention studies for agriculture, nutrition and health is being hosted in Nagarkot, from March 19 to March 24.

March 3: OnePlus, the Chinese tech firm that has done so much in so less time, is once again ready to stir the smartphone market with its next-gen OnePlus 6. The smartphone has been reportedly confirmed but none of its specifications or features are. One can only guess what the handset maker has in store for its fans. Being one of those, we too have compiled what we think will be coming onboard with the OnePlus 6, based on previous OnePlus handsets’ history and the ongoing rumours.

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: Mayor of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Bidhya Sundar Shakya, has said that reconstruction task of Ranipokhari has been forwarded as per the design approved by the Department of Archaeology.

Fashion designer Manisha Dangol Shrestha, who has been running the London Fashion House in two locations at UK’s Hayes and South Harrow since six years, has launched a new showroom in Khusibu on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 27:While the Supreme Court (SC) has sought details of progress  in printing separate ballot papers for parliamentary and provincial assembly elections, the Election Commission (EC) has started  printing the ballots as designed earlier,  with both the ballots on a single sheet of paper.

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KATHMANDU, Sep 22: As part of the preparations to hold the upcoming parliamentary and provincial elections, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday finalized the design of the ballot papers to be used for the Proportional Representation (PR) electoral system.

NEPALGUNJ, September 5: Sikta Irrigation Project is yet to complete. But the government is spending huge resources every year for maintenance and reconstruction work of the mega irrigation project.

CHENGDU (SICHUAN), Aug 8: China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co Ltd (CREEC), which is involved in the engineering survey and design of world's one of the most difficult railway lines -- Sichuan-Tibet railway, has expressed its interest to take part in survey and design of a cross-border railway link construction project between Nepal and China.

KATHMANDU: With the main objective of promoting and enhancing hardware design skills with a chip technology called Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), the ‘Second All Nepal FPGA Design Competition 2017’ has come to an end on Saturday at Kathford Int’l College of Engineering and Management, Balkumari, Lalitpur.

How amazing would it be if we could communicate through brain signals and interpret complex thoughts within? Although a farfetched idea, it actually has been made possible with the invention of β-AT (Beta Assistive Toolkit) that detects the brain waves of patients with locked-in syndrome, cerebral palsy and paralysis with impaired hearing and vision.

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has decided to seek clarification from the Ministry of Health about negligence on the part of various international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and local NGOs in the reconstruction of health posts and other health institutions in the earthquake-affected districts.

BAGLUNG, Dec 16: Former Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Chairman of Rastriya Janmorcha, Chitra Bahadur KC has claimed that federalism was imposed on Nepal as per an Indian design. “Federalism has been imposed on Nepal as per an Indian design to split the Tarai-Madhes from Nepal and merge it into India,” KC claimed at a press meet here on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, August 2: Sixteen months after the collapse of the historic Dharahara tower in last year's devastating earthquake, the government has made public a detailed design for a similar tower to be built right in front of the ruins of the origional structure.

KATHMANDU, July 5: On July 2, Institute of Engineering (IOE) Pulchowk hosted the ‘First National FPGA Design Contest’, an event jointly organized by IOE Pulchowk Campus, Himalaya College of Engineering, Kathmandu Engineering College, Kathford International College of Engineering and Management, and Digitronix Nepal.