KATHMANDU, Jan 12: On the occasion of Prithvi Jayanti, President Ram Chandra Paudel laid a wreath on the statue of Prithvi Narayan Shah in front of the main gate of Singha Durbar.

KATHMANDU, Dec 15: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is engaged in a dispute with the local administration over its efforts to install the statue of the late King Mahendra in Mahendranagar. The local administration issued a prohibitory order on Thursday evening, halting the statue installation program.

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: In a distressing incident that has left millions of devotees in dismay, the statue of deity Akash Bhairav, located near the Central Office of the Armed Police Force, was stolen. Vandals desecrated the temple and forcibly removed the idol, even assaulting the priest. Surprisingly, the police appeared oblivious to this grave incident. Yadav Lal Kayastha representing Tha Hiti Kathmandu, is currently spearheading a campaign to recover the stolen idols. He laments the indifference of law enforcement, stating, “The idol held deep spiritual significance for countless people. Our concern extends beyond the loss of a mere statue; it encompasses the loss of faith itself.”

Kathmandu, Dec 18: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has unveiled a life-size statue of late NC leader and former PM Krishna Prasad Bhattarai on Sunday. The statue has been set up on the premises of the water processing center of the Melamchi Water Supply Project at Sundarijal, Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, July 9: Amid widespread criticisms against his plan, Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Mayor Balendra Shah (Balen) has said that he will build the statue of Yambuddha from his own salary.

KATHMANDU, August 14: A life-size statue of Nayab Bahadur Shah has been set up at Gokarneshwor Municipality-7, northern outskirt of the Kathmandu Valley.

Britain's feuding princes, William and Harry, will put their differences aside on Thursday to attend the unveiling of a statue to their late mother Princess Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday.

KATHMANDU, July 19: Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) on Friday deplored the destruction of Buddha statues by an unidentified group in Rupandehi district.

KATHMANDU, July 19: There has been widespread condemnation after five concrete statues of Buddha were vandalized on Wednesday night in Tilottama municipality-6 in Rupandehi district.

The Los Angeles police is investigating after a statue of the late legendary actor Marilyn Monroe was stolen.

KATHMANDU, April 2: The Department of Archeology (DoA) on Monday verified that the Vishnu-Laxmi statue found while reconstructing an earthquake-hit temple in Kirtipur is from the Lichchhavi era (400-750 AD).

Martyr Dharma Bhakta remembered

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KATHMANDU, Jan 27: Martyr Dharma Bhakta Mathema has been remembered today. His statue at Sifal, Kathmandu, was garlanded.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Nov 5: A statue of Mohamed Salah recently unveiled in his native Egypt has been ridiculed for its freakish ‘likeness’ to the Liverpool forward, with fans insisting it bears more resemblance to Marv from the popular movie Home Alone.

Plans to erect the world’s tallest statue in Mumbai, a $500m effigy of Shivaji, are under fire from millions of Indians struggling in poverty.

KATHMANDU, July 22: Nepal-China Executive Council (NCEC) has donated a bronze statue of revered Master Buddhabhadra to Dongling Monastery in Jiangxi Province of China on Sunday.

India's Baba Ramdev will soon have a wax replica at the Madame Tussauds museum of London.

March 2: A golden statue of a bathrobe-clad Harvey Weinstein seated on a couch is on display at a busy Los Angeles intersection near where the Academy Awards will be held Sunday.

Messi’s statue hacked down again

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BUENOS AIRES, Dec 5: Argentina’s Lionel Messi is used to being hacked down by desperate defenders but his statue in Buenos Aires has suffered even rougher treatment for the second time this year.

ILAM, Nov 26: President Bidya Devi Bhandari today unveiled the newly installed statue of national luminary Mahaguru Phalgunanda.

NEW DELHI, Oct 29: Madame Tussauds India unveiled a statue of Grammy award-winning singer Justin Bieber in a mini preview at The Grub Festival. The Grub Festival, which brings together music and food lovers on the same ground, started on Friday.

DAMAK, May 24: Jhapa's Damak will have the world's tallest statue of Lord Buddha. For the project, a detailed project report has been at its final stage, said executive officer at the Damak Municipality, Yubraj Dahal.

A 20-year-old Venezuelan protester died on Friday after being shot in the head, authorities said, taking fatalities from a month of anti-government unrest to at least 37 as the opposition geared up for more demonstrations.

KATHMANDU, April 8: A statue of Nepal's 'Adikabi' Bhanu Bhakta Acharya has been established in India's renowned city Krishnanagar (Nadia district of western Bengal).

KANCHANPUR, March 29: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Kanchanpur will be building a statue of martyr, Govinda Gautam, at Ananda Bazaar in Purnabash Municipality, Kanchanpur.

KATHMANDU, Feb 27: The Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust (KVPT) reinstalled the statues of Yognarendra Malla and his two queens at Patan Durbar Square on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: The Shiva Sena Nepal, a political party, offered a 108 meters long garland to the statue of the late King Prithivi Narayan Shah, the unifier of modern Nepal, in front of the west gate to Singha Durbar today.

NEW DELHI, Dec 25: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday laid the foundation stone for what is set to be the world's tallest statue, as its projected multi-million-dollar cost sparked criticism and an online petition against the project.

KATHMANDU, Sept 7: Former Prime Minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has floated a proposal of setting up a statue of Prithvi Narayan Shah at Chandragiri hill in a bid to promote tourism around the area.

NEPALGUNJ, Sept 3: The statue of late King Birendra Shah installed at Dhambojhi Chowk in Nepalgunj on Thursday has been pulled down by police personnel in less than 24 hours of its installation following tensions between pro-monarchy and anti-monarchy groups.

POKHARA, July 13: On the occasion of his 203rd birth anniversary, a full statue of first Nepali poet Bhanubhakta was unveiled in Pokhara Sub Metropolitan City-11 in Kaski today.