- Sunday, 5 April 2026
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Shrestha pierces tongue for 2nd time
Sujan Baga Shrestha, a resident of Khasi, Bode, Madhyapur Thimi, has pierced his tongue for the second time to commemorate the tongue piercing festival held on Sunday. Aiming to preserve the dying culture, the 28-year-old Shrestha of Bode Ward No 8 has been performing the tongue-piercing act since last year. Shrestha's tongue was pierced with a 10-inch long iron needle today.
Vatsaleshwori Jatra of Pashupati underway
Vatsaleshwori Jatra, one of the longest jatra celebrated in the Pashupati area started on Friday. The Jatra is being held in the Pashupatinath area wishing for peace in the country. The Jatra is performed in Vatsaleshwori Temple four days after Dudu Chya Chya (invitation journey) by Amalkot Kachahari.
Sujan Bagh piercing tongue for second time
Sujan Bagh Shrestha is going to pierce his tongue on April 14 for the second time during the famous tongue-piercing festival of Bode in Madhyapur Thimi, Bhaktapur district. Sujan, a 28-year-old resident
Intersex persons face ordeals in getting jobs
A few newborn babies do not fit the typical definition of a male or female. Though such a case is rare, such children face problems as they grow up. Esan Regmi of Bajura was born as a female. “When I was born, my parents raised me as a daughter,” Regmi, an intersex activist, recalled.
Previous police office in capital’s heart standing as eyesore
It has been almost nine years since the devastating earthquake rocked Nepal on April 25, 2015. Over the years, many of the damaged houses and monuments have stood erect and restored to their former glory while several others are undergoing reconstruction.
KMC building Phalchas at bus stops
Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is going to construct traditional resting places indigenously known as ‘Phalchas’ at the bus stops of the metropolis. For now, 10 Phalchas will be built by the metropolis in the main crowded areas.
Kids supposed to play compelled to toil away
Nita, a resident of Melamchi (name changed), was forced to take up work at a small tea shop in Jorpati, Kathmandu before she was even a teenager. When Nita was only 12 years old, her father left
Dwarf Association seeks land to build village for them
Inspired from the Amar Village of Assam, India, and similar settlements in other nations, short-statured people in Nepal are demanding a separate village for themselves to live with love and dignity.
Preservation of Sundhara sees no progress
The magnificent golden spout Sundhara used to be an unparalleled work of water engineering in the Kathmandu Valley. But it dried up in 2005, in course of the construction of the present-day Kathmandu Mall building.
Ownership dispute delays university liaison office reconstruction
The four-and-a-half-storey liaison office of the Nepal Sanskrit University (NSU) at Basantapur still stands in support of multiple logs, more than eight years after it was violently shaken by the devastating Gorkha earthquake.
Launching of satellites delayed in absence of VC at NAST
The Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) has developed two more satellites after the success of its first nanosatellite project.
Vatsaleshwori Jatra of Pashupati gets underway
Among various jatras and festivals, which are celebrated in the Pashupati area since ancient times, Vatsaleshwori Jatra is one. It is the longest jatra of the Pashupatinath area, and the process to mark this annual festival began on Tuesday by performing Dudu Chya Chya (invitation journey).
As Maghe Sankranti nears, Tokha ramps up Chaku production
Kids love it, adults like it too; the mouth-watering delicacy Chaku is a favourite of all. And with the unofficial Chaku day – Maghe Sankranti – just two days away, factories in Tokha, Kathmandu, are now running at full capacity to supply the chocolate-coloured sweet stuff to the markets of Kathmandu Valley and beyond. Tokha, located in the northern edge of the valley, is the C
Swasthani fasting begins
Lord Kumar dictates: Oh, sage Agastya …This phrase shall once again be heard in houses of the faithful across the Kathmandu Valley and beyond as the Swasthani fast has begun.
Building heritages back traditionally
Rapid and haphazard urbanisation had already been claiming the natural and cultural heritage of Kathmandu Valley and the adjoining cities for decades when the 2015 earthquake struck and further destroyed the centuries-old temples, shrines and public shelters in the region.
