KATHMANDU, July 29: As per traditional rules, it was Bungamati’s turn to initiate the chariot procession of Rato Machhindranath, after a 12 long year hiatus. However, the locals were not satisfied with the construction of the chariot and deemed the overall procession irregular. A few days after the start of the barha barsey mela, the devastating earthquake befell.

KATHMANDU, June 17: It is a delight to pose for photographs in front of decorative statues and colossal monuments. Who would want to miss it? Such pictures, with monuments in the background, tend to enhance portraits eventually qualifying for a spot on your Facebook, or Instagram page.

KATHMANDU, June 4: About 700 teachers appointed by Tribhuvan University (TU) in the Kathmandu Valley have been taking fewer classes than assigned. Almost all of the under-worked teachers are permanent teachers of TU.

MAKWANPUR, May 31: In a recent provincial assembly meeting of Province 3, parliamentarians demanded the provincial government to declare the permanent provincial capital stating that the issue of the capital should be concluded without any delay.

BIRATNAGAR, May 20: Difference in opinions of the party members and the indecisiveness of the provincial government have made the issue of fixing the capital of province 1 more critical.

We have planned to form a small and far-reaching cabinet in Province 1: Sherdhan Rai .

SURKHET, Feb 24: Province 6 has been named as Karnali and the capital has been fixed in Birendranagar of Surkhet. The assembly meeting of the province has decided the name and the capital of the province on Saturday.

DHULIKHEL, Feb 17: Chief Minister for Province No. 3 Dormani Poudel has said the permanent capital of the Province No. 3 would be confirmed through procedures, laws and constitution.

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: The government has not appointed even a single teacher at public schools through open competition since the last two decades.

KATHMANDU, Jan 10: The government has not appointed even a single teacher at public schools through open competition since the last two decades.

ITAHARI, Oct 7: Eighteen years ago, while migrating from the hills to the tarai, sixty-two-year-old Harka Bahadur Tamang had never imagined that he would ever have to live a miserable life that he is living now.

KATHMANDU, Aug 3: Amid controversy over the Tax Settlement Commission (TSC), the government has initiated steps to establish a separate and permanent entity for settling tax disputes. A ‘Dispute Resolution Mechanism’ has been inserted in the Central Revenue Board Bill for forming an apex advisory body on matters of revenue, informed Revenue Secretary Shishir Kumar Dhungana. The bill is in the making at the Nepal Law Commission.

KATHMANDU, July 3: Many youngsters, who worked as temporary police personnel (Myadi Prahari), have decided to take this up as a job.

Consumers are snapping up fitness trackers, smart watches and other connected wearable gadgets but huge numbers wind up in drawers unused after just a few months once the novelty wears off.

DHADING, Feb 6: Earthquake victims in northern part of the district, who had temporarily shifted to a camp in Dejumdanda jungle, are waiting for permanent relocation to a safer place. Their villages were destroyed by earthquakes in 2015 and the land had cracked to such extent that they marked prone to landslides and inhabitable.

GORKHA, Oct 6: Naya Shakti Nepal coordinator Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said it was the need of the hour to form a permanent government for the development of the country.

LONDON, Aug 3: Egypt winger Mohamed Salah has completed a permanent transfer from Chelsea to Roma after spending last season on loan at the Italian club.