Sujit Mainali is a reporter and fact checker at South Asia Check, an independent initiative run by Panos South Asia to promote transparency and accountability in politics and media through fact checking in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Mar 4: House of Representatives, Mahendra Raya Yadav, has declined to administer oath to the members of the House of Representatives.

BOSTON, March 3: A nor’easter pounded the Atlantic coast with hurricane-force winds and sideways rain and snow Friday, flooding streets, grounding flights, stopping trains and leaving 1.6 million customers without power from North Carolina to Maine. At least five people were killed by falling trees or branches.

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Barcelona and Celta Vigo on Saturday will take on each other in the 14th rounds of fixtures in La Liga with Barcelona hoping to extend their lead at the top of the table by seven points, before second-placed Valencia travels to Getafe on Sunday and fourth-placed Real Madrid go to the San Mames to play against Athletic Bilbao earlier the same day. Third-placed Atletico Madrid invites Real Sociedad on Saturday as well.

For a few hundred rupees you get a glimpse of the future at five different malls around Kathmandu these days. Would you like to experience Iceland, a roller coaster or the terrifying plotline of The Conjuring? The Virtual Reality stations with their headsets at the likes of Civil Mall, City Center, BG Mall, KL Tower, and Kathmandu Mall are steadily peaking people’s interest and giving them the promised futuristic experience.

SOLUKHUMBU, June 22: Bad weather has grounded regular flights at Lukla-based Tenzing Hillary Airport in the district.