- Sunday, 24 August 2025
Aashish Mishra
Sharmila Lama: Overcoming adversity with resilience
At only 32, Sharmila Lama has climbed more than a dozen mountain peaks, including four 8,000ers. A single mother to a beautiful eight-year-old boy, she runs a successful café in Bouddha, Kathmandu. She is active in empowering women, especially those from the Tamang community like her.
Monuments in disarray in lack of adequate attention
At the crossroads of Yangal, a five-minute walk from the UNESCO-recognised monument zone of Hanumandhoka Durbar Square, is the forsaken Yangah Hiti. This Lichhavi-era tap may once have been a marvel of water architecture. Today though, it lies submerged in its own water and covered by thick bushes to the unfamiliar eye, the Hiti looks little more than a swampy crater.
Verify Companies Before Making Commitments
On Tuesday, The Rising Nepal reported on a gang found involved in operating a fake office of the World Food Programme (WFP) at Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu. The gang had forged the UN organisation’s letterhead and stationery and was able to rent a b
The Meaning Of Malamas
Tuesday marked the beginning of Malamas. Therefore, from July 18 to August 16, Hindus in Nepal and across the world will not celebrate any major festival or hold auspicious family or social functions like weddings, Pujas, oblations, etc.
Shrawan’s Sartorial Elegance
Shrawan is here! Nourished by the fresh monsoon showers, nature adorns itself in a verdant hue, and fashion follows suit, embracing the allure of green that has, for long, symbolised this Nepali month.
Benefits Of Arts Education
Whether we realise it or not, there is an unofficial hierarchy among courses in Nepal. Science is at the very top, studied by the most “talented” of students. At the second level are Management and other commerce and business-related subjects. The third or fourth is Arts, for the students who are “creative”, creative not being used as a compliment here
Promote ECAs In Class 10
The National Examinations Board (NEB) released the results for the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) on Thursday. The results were better than that of last year and over 22,000 students scored a grade point average (GPA) of 3.60 or above.
Unravelling the enigma around Yangubahal’s Mayajaal Lokeshwor
Some things get more puzzling in proportion to one's attempts to understand them. The temple of Mayajaal Lokeshwor in Yangubahal, Lalitpur Metropolitan City–8, is one of them.
Tips For Monsoon Weddings
No matter how much we love rain, very few of us may like it to rain on our wedding day. It gets us and the guests, dressed in some of the finest clothes we will ever wear, wet and dampens the mood. But humankind has yet to figure out a way to control the weather. So, rain is a reality we must contend with, especially if we are getting married in the monsoon season. How can we do that? This article presents a few ideas.
Value Of Laughter
Modern life is stressful. It is fast-paced, full of distractions and it might appear like there is always something we need to worry about. And in this chaos, we end up forgetting to do one crucial thing – laugh.
Saturday vibes are witnessing a change
Saturdays have not felt like Saturdays for years to 43-year-old bank employee Rajesh Bhattarai. “The holiday-ness is gone,” he said, believing that the frenzy of the work days had caught up to the weekend.
Worth Of Physical Calendars
The other day, a family member asked this scribe the date. Almost instinctively, he reached for his smartphone to check the calendar app but he did not have it with him. So, he looked around, thinking about what else he could use to view the date. The sun’s location in the sky?
Platinum Jubilee of Everest ascent marked
On May 29, 1953, Nepal’s Tenzing Norgay and New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary made history by becoming the first two persons to set foot on the top of Mount Everest. The world united in celebration as before them, no member of the human species had made such a statement of triumph, had conquered the tallest mountain in the world. Since then, over 6,000 people have successfully ascended the peak that, o
Electronic Invitations
Baisakh 2080 was a month filled with weddings and coming-of-age rituals and Jestha looks to be the same. In Nepal, like everywhere in the world, these occasions are viewed as times of great happiness and people wish to celebrate them with their families and friends. So, they send out invitations.
Singing bowls can bring resounding fortunes with right chord struck
From Swoyambhu to Thamel, Basantapur to Boudha and Mangal Bazaar to Taumadhi, sound bowls or ‘Tibetan Singing Bowls’ are a staple of curio shops all over Kathmandu Valley. Famous for the soothing sound they produce when struck or rimmed with their small mallet, these bowls possess an
