Rojita Buddhacharya, a freelance journalist based in Kathmandu, is afraid of the dark. She says it’s because of all the ghost stories she heard as a child.

The annual Pokhara Street Festival began amid much fanfare on Thursday. This is the 19th edition of the street festival and it covers three kilometers’ area on the streets of lake city. Every year, Restaurant and Bar Association of Nepal (REBAN) hosts Pokhara Street Festival to bid adieu to the passing year and to welcome the coming New Year.

LONDON, June 21: Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, has been admitted to hospital with an infection and will miss the formal opening of parliament but he remains in "good spirits", a spokesman for Buckingham Palace said.

KATHMANDU, Aug 29: The Department of Industry (DoI) has permitted India's United Spirits Ltd to divest its 82.46 percent shares in United Spirits Nepal Pvt Ltd to existing shareholder Rajesh Bir Singh Tuladhar.