DAMAK, Nov 14: The deadline for completing the construction of the much awaited Birtamod–Bhadrapur road is just two months away. However, so far around 25 percent of the project has been completed.

Sheep replaced traffic on the streets of Madrid on Sunday as shepherds steered their flocks through the heart of the Spanish capital, following ancient migration routes.

Anger on the streets

August 12, 2019 02:00 am

People are losing patience and have begun to stage demonstrations against the government for its failure to carry out vital works of road widening and maintenance on time.

TIKAPUR, April 17: After being abandoned by their sons, a visually impaired couple in Janakpur have been forced to beg for their survival.

PARIS, Feb 2: France’s yellow vest protesters are taking to the streets to keep pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron’s government, for the 12th straight weekend of demonstrations.

The Lonesome Optimist

November 21, 2018 11:49 am

Even while Wandering the emptiest streets Hustle and bustle would distract him, Embracing the complete solitude

LAHAN, Aug 4: Leaving piles of garbage at almost every nook and corner of the city for the past two weeks, representatives of Lahan Municipality including the mayor have gone for an excursion. As the people responsible for resolving the waste disposal problem are currently on a visit, it is uncertain how long the locals of Lahan will have to deal with the garbage ordeal.

BIRGUNJ, July 30:  Business community of Birgunj took to the streets on Sunday to protest hike in different tax rates by Birgunj Metropolitan City.

KATHMANDU, July 16: The smell of rotting garbage is the new normal in Kathmandu Valley. The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) office's unpreparedness has left garbage heaps lying unattended on the roads and streets of the capital valley for over three weeks now.

LONDON, March 31: Crowds have lined the streets of Cambridge for the funeral of Professor Stephen Hawking at a church near the university college that was his academic home for more than 50 years.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 5: The rain and hail that pelted Philadelphia for much of the day dissipated just as people across the city spilled out of sports bars, apartments and houses.

DHANGADHI, Jan 19: Patients in Dhangadhi and neighboring districts have been struggling in lack of treatment as nurses and health workers of Seti Zonal Hospital (SZH) have been staging protests since a few days against the low pay and perks.

DHANGADHI, Jan 18: Patients in Dhangadhi and neighboring districts have been struggling in lack of treatment as nurses and health workers of Seti Zonal Hospital (SZH) have been staging protests since a few days against the low pay and perks.

WARSAW, Jan 17: Women across Poland are set to protest against attempts by the government to further restrict access to abortion.

KATHMANDU, Oct 8: It has already been four days since Dr Govinda KC launched his 13th fast-unto-death demanding the enactment of the Medical Education Act in order to streamline medical education in the country but the state continues to exhibit the lack of seriousness to address his demands.

KATHMANDU, Oct 9: It's already been four days since Dr Govinda KC launched his 13th fast-unto-death demanding the enactment of the Medical Education Act in order to streamline medical education in the country but the state continues to exhibit the lack of seriousness to address his demands.

Building lives beyond the streets

September 8, 2017 12:29 pm

Just a few years ago he lived in the streets of Kathmandu. Today, he makes coffee at Coffee Café in Thamel during the weekdays and at Le Sherpa on Saturdays. Deviram Sharma says his life changed when he met a team from Welcome To My Yard (WTMY) while living on the streets near Pashupatinath temple. They offered him free Barista training, following which he was also assured a job.

Grinning brightly, Bella sported a nude colored top and a retro denim mini skirt.

KATHMANDU, August 15: Bibeksheel Sajha Party has staged demonstration to pile pressure on the government to save life of Dr Govinda KC by fulfilling  his demands at New Baneshwar on Tuesday.

DHARAN, Aug 11: Visually-impaired students of Purvanchal Gyan Chakshu Vidyalaya (PGCV) have staged a protest against six agitating teachers of the school, accusing them of playing with their future.

Beggars on multicultural streets

August 12, 2017 00:55 am

Some people were turning into beggars despite having their own homes and making as much as £500 a day

KATHMANDU, August 5: Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki has taken to the streets to pile pressure on the government to address demands of Dr Govinda KC in the capital on Saturday.

As seen on the streets

June 25, 2017 08:31 am

KATHMANDU: Thousands of people walk on the streets, be it at the roads of New Road or the banks of the river, around the Valley. While passing these areas most of the passersby have something in common - their ignorance towards those at the sides of the pathways.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Students battled tear gas-throwing police officers in demonstrations across Venezuela’s capital Thursday as a two-month-old protest movement that shows no signs of letting up claimed more lives.

KATHMANDU, APRIL 3: Hundreds of leaders and cadres of the Federal Alliance (FA), an alliance of Madhesi and Janajati parties, took to the streets of the Capital on Monday in a show of strength, resulting in a brief traffic jam in downtown Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Ratriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) cadres on Monday clashed with police as the former moved toward the Office of the Election Commission, Jamal to stage a sit-in against the removal of the terms “Hindu State” and “ constitutional monarchy” from its statute by the Election Commission (EC).

KANCHANPUR, Feb 7: Employees of local bodies in the district have come to the streets demanding permanent status to those around 6,000 employees of the bodies working on temporary or contract basis.

The filmmakers of ‘Whose Streets?’ chronicling the uprising in Ferguson, Missouri after the 2014 police killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown said the documentary attempts to show the humanity behind a community in crisis.

Women took to the streets in unexpectedly large numbers in major U.S. cities on Saturday in mass protests against U.S. President Donald Trump, in an early indication of the strong opposition the newly inaugurated Republican may face in office.

CHITWAN, Jan 20: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat, today said problems in diplomatic relations between two countries should be resolved on tables rather than raising it in the streets.

KATHMANDU, Jan 6: Nine opposition parties including CPN-UML, which are up in arms against the constitution amendment bill, have staged a ‘huge’ mass demonstration in the capital on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 6: Nine opposition parties including the main opposition, CPN-UML, which are up in arms against the constitution amendment bill, have started staging a ‘huge’ demonstration in the capital on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The main position party, CPN-UML, which has been protesting the constitution amendment bill is to organize a demonstration in the Capital on 6 January, 2017 for which it has issued directive to all its cadres in the Kathmandu Valley to compulsorily partake in it.

One of India's most popular politicians, Jayalalithaa Jayaraman, died on Monday following a massive cardiac arrest, setting off an outpouring of grief among thousands of supporters gathered outside.

KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Former Prime Minister and Coordinator of Naya Shakti Party, Nepal Dr Baburam Bhattarai has urged the government to save the life of Dr Govinda KC, saying that millions of lives would be at jeopardy if KC

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: The main opposition party, CPN-UML, has decided to use all its energies to foil the proposed amendments to the new Constitution, which it has termed an attempt to undermine the sovereign existence of the country.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: President of Federal Socialist Forum Nepal Upendra Yadav has said that the proposal to amend the constitution would be registered in such a way so as to resolve the national problems.

Demonstrators marched in cities across the United States on Wednesday to protest against Republican Donald Trump's surprise presidential election win, blasting his controversial campaign rhetoric about immigrants, Muslims and other groups.

DHAKA, Sept 14: Pouring rain coupled with animal sacrifices all over the city have created a strange and disturbing scene.

Notes from the STREETS

September 9, 2016 00:30 am

KATHMANDU, Sept 9: One of the best ways to help the society realize and truly appreciate the value of art is to make it accessible and currently, with ArtLab’s initiation, Prasad Project is doing just that.

KATHMANDU, July 27: The private medical college proprietors have organized a protest demonstration in Kathmandu calling for scrapping the agreement reached with Dr Govinda KC.

KATHMANDU, July 16:  Scores of people representing different unions and civil society leaders and human rights activists on Saturday took to the streets in support of Dr Govinda KC in the capital.