Looking at the world of a saint

May 22, 2019 12:38 pm

Whenever it is the topic about a saint, numerous questions appear inside my head. Such as; has he known the world around me, any better?

KATHMANDU, Aug 2: Global Reach is scheduled to organize 'Australian University Fair' at Hotel de L'Annanpurna, this Saturday. According to the press statement released by Global Reach, the fair will provide a common platform to interested students to collect information on 35 participating universities.

In the autobiography ‘The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story Of War And What Comes After’ by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil, it is stated that when most children begin to start learning to ride their bikes or tie their shoelaces, Clemantine was introduced to a world of hate, war, hunger, rape, and hardship. Six- year- old, Clemantine and her 15-year-old sister, Claire, were forced to leave their home in Rwanda and become refugees.

KATHMANDU, June 10: World champions Germany will be looking to defend its title when it kicks off its 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign in hope to break the fate that the earlier two World Cup winners Spain and Italy faced.

KATHMANDU, May 22: Minister of State for Health Padma Kumari Aryal said Nepal is in need of functional partnership and practical collaborations in moving the health systems towards the right direction.

Looking back at Sandeep's two years

April 16, 2018 12:53 pm

KATHMANDU, April 16: On this day at the age of 15, Sandeep Lamichhane made his debut as a cricketer for Nepal national team against Namibia in the 2015-17 ICC World Cricket League Championship.

Looking forward

April 15, 2018 02:30 am

New Year 2075

KATHMANDU, March 13: Barcelona hosts Chelsea at the Camp Nou on Wednesday looking to book a place in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League having held the reigning English champions to a 1-1 draw some three weeks ago in London.

Looking ahead

February 8, 2018 00:39 am

With the conclusion of elections for National Assembly on Wednesday, the country will now hopefully get a new prime minister in the next two weeks or so. The National Assembly election also marks the end of all the required processes for the country to start executing three levels of government as envisaged by the constitution.

Looking forward for better world

November 22, 2017 08:35 am

Padam Pandey is a 27- year-old bus driver from Bhojpur. He is currently living in Kamalpokhari. It has been 10 years since he started working as a driver. He learned driving from his brother. He began working as a helper for his brother’s bus for 14 months then started driving a bus himself.

KATHMANDU, Nov 17: Beating India by 19 runs and advancing to the semifinals in ACC U-19 Youth Asia Cup for the first time has been a big success story for the young Nepali cricketers.

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: Anil Gurung is taking retirement from the national team duty after the clash against the Philippines on Tuesday.

BARCELONA, Nov 3: Barcelona plays Sevilla at the Camp Nou on Saturday, in a bid to extend their unbeaten run in all competitions, which will take them 11 points above their fierce rivals Real Madrid, who faces Las Palmas on Sunday. Second placed Valencia, who is four points behind Barcelona takes on Leganes in an early kick-off on Saturday as well.

"Looking forward to "Fanney Khan''

September 26, 2017 10:32 am

MUMBAI, Sept 26: Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan says she is waiting excitedly to join the team of her next movie ‘Fanney Khan’. Aishwarya is a part of ‘Fanney Khan’, an upcoming musical comedy film directed by Atul Manjrekar, with Anil Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao.

BARCELONA, Sept 22: Local derbies hold a special place as far as football is concerned. Without stating the obvious of the heated local rivalries in derbies, some also have tremendous impact on a community, a city or a whole nation. Catalan derby is no less exciting or pulsating in Spain.

Hard time looking after family

August 12, 2017 13:11 pm

Jokhan Chaudary is originally from Motihari, India. He is unsure of his exact age, but knows that he is over 50. He got married at the age of 16 in India, and came to Nepal soon after. He has been in Nepal since then. He sells coconuts slices in the streets of Kathmandu. Although he doesn’t earn much, he says it is enough to feed himself. He has a wife and five children, two sons and three daughters. His son is breadwinner of the family. Jokhan never misses to visit India during the Chhath festival as it is their major festival and enjoys the celebrations in his home town. He carries his stall of coconut slices all around the city from 9 am till 6 pm.

KATHMANDU, May 3 : The three major political parties are all trying to forge electoral alliances with like-minded forces to win support of constituencies that they consider to be their traditional support base.

MANCHESTER, April 1: Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is confident the Premier League club will be doing "interesting" business during the next transfer window while acknowledging that he may not get all his first-choice targets.

Looking up

March 30, 2017 00:25 am

The good news is that both the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank expect Nepal to achieve around six percent GDP growth in 2017. It’s nearly two decades since the country witnessed a six percent (or higher) GDP growth.

KATHMANDU, March 19: Before flying to Bangladesh last year to take part in the second edition of the Asian Senior Central Zone Men's Volleyball Championship, Jagdish Bhatta, coach of the national team had said that Nepal's target would be winning its first international medal. However Nepal's hope of bagging the first ever international medal in volleyball was crushed by the Maldives in the third-place playoff.

JUMLA, Jan 7: Police have an absconding serial killer and robber Bedan Raj Thapa while investigating the case of lost idols of Chandannath Temple of Jumla district.

MADRID, Dec 2: There couldn't be a better time for Lionel Messi to end his scoring drought than in the clasico against Real Madrid.

No, she is not. Actually, Priyanka Chopra has joined professional networking website LinkedIn as a LinkedIn Influencer. Priyanka shared the news on her Twitter account on Monday and posted the link to her profile on the portal. “Excited to be a LinkedIn Influencer…a new platform, a new audience, a new perspective,” she posted. A video interview of Priyanka with an official of LinkedIn India was played at LinkedIn’s Mumbai office on Monday.

MANCHESTER, Oct 22: Manchester City's spine of goalkeeper Joe Hart, center back Vincent Kompany, midfielder Yaya Toure and striker Sergio Aguero has anchored the team since 2011 in the most decorated period in its history.

LEICESTER, Aug 20: Leicester is still searching for the first win of its Premier League title defense after drawing 0-0 with Arsenal on Saturday.

LONDON: Aug 9: A duo of French artists has developed a robotic arm that can autonomously create intricate tattoos on humans.

PARIS, June 25: Led by prolific Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, Poland was the top scoring team in qualifying for the European Championship with a remarkable 33 goals in 10 games.