September 14, 2023 15:32 pm
KATHMANDU, Sept 14: The last rites of Constituent Assembly Chairperson and CPN-UML Vice-Chairperson Subas Nembang were performed at Pashupati Aryaghat on Thursday with state honors. Nembang's sons — Mingso Nembamng and Suhang Nembang - lit their father's funeral pyre.
June 24, 2022 16:54 pm
BHAKTAPUR, June 24: The final rites of Shova Pradhan, wife of Chairman of Nepal Workers’ and Peasants Party (NWPP) Narayan Man Bijukchhe, have been performed on Friday.
September 23, 2020 12:31 pm
KATHMANDU, Sept 23: The last rites of legendary climber Ang Rita Sherpa, who passed away on Monday at the age of 84, were performed in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
May 10, 2019 05:30 am
CHITWAN, May 10: Defying the age-old Hindu tradition which allows only sons to cremate their parents, a daughter in Baharatpur Metropolitan City has lit the funeral pyre of her father.
May 7, 2019 03:00 am
DHADING, May 7: Going against the Hindu tradition, which bars females from performing the final rites of their parents, two daughters in Dhading have lit the funeral pyre of their mother.