The night skies of this month would offer avid star-gazers the charismatic charms of pleasing planets like Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Other copious confounding constellations sketched by strange stars could be also relished resoundingly. The elusive planet Mercury would be visible at dawn in eastern sky shortly and eventually fade out of view at the sunrise
Last year, villagers in the northern part of Shankhuwashabha district (Eastern Nepal) were enjoying the long summer days of June-July in their fields for plantations of millet (Nepali name: Kodo; biological name: Eleusine coracana). The farmers in their bigger squads from Namase, Rukuma, Chepuwa, Lingam, Chyamtang, Chumsur and Ridakh villages of Shankhuwashabha district were busy from dawn to dusk and considered the season as the season of eating grams to earn tonnes of grains for the whole year. They know their geographic and climatic limitations, as their agriculture heavily relies on the monsoon. Schools and campuses are often closed as a part of summer vacation (locally called monsoon holiday); hence, they have more arms in the field.
Bhubanesh Kumar Pradhan is a former secretary with an engineering background as a civil engineer and a product of one of the best engineering institutes in the world, the University of Roorkee, along with
Thangka, tangka, thanka, or tanka are the words that come from ancient Greece meaning power or wealth. Today, thangka is a Nepali and Tibetan painting style. The picture is painted o
Currently being staged at Kaushi Theatre, 'Trayam' is a captivating theatrical production. The play centres around the story of three women, who find themselves sharing a room, forming a unique bond in the process.
The building of the Kanepokhari Hospital, which was being built at Kanepokhari-4 in Morang district, has been put on hold due to a land dispute.
Jordan's highly anticipated royal wedding day got underway on Thursday with the surprise announcement that Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate had arrived to witness the nuptials of Crown Prince Hussein and his Saudi Arabian bride.
: Sevilla found their Europa League magic formula on Wednesday, beating Roma 4-1 on penalties in Budapest to make it a perfect seven out of seven in finals in the competition.
A collection of poems titled 'Manko Bimbabata' by Dr. Ramesh Balayar has been released. The poetry book was released in the presence of narrator and writer Buddhi Sagar and former Home Secretary Govinda Kusum at a function here on Wednesday. The anthology consists of 37 poems.
There is no doubt that the nation is going through a rough patch, especially economically. While those who have good jobs and a healthy income may not be suffering much, the general public are feeling a pinch just to make normal expenditures to make ends meet for their daily existence.
Our global economy consumes massive amounts of resources year after year—shooting past our planet’s safe limits and raising an increasing number of environmental challenges. The divide between what we extract and use and what our planet can provide is widening. Last year’s Earth Overshoot Day fell on July 28th, indicating that we consumed the Earth’s yea
As Nepal has recorded no rainfalls for the past three days or so, temperatures have been rising substantially, causing an adverse effect on the daily lives of people. Many parts of the country, especially the Terai region and other low lands, have continued to experience scorching heat over some days. Most Terai districts have recorded temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius.
May 29 is remembered and celebrated as a prominent day in the world’s history of mountaineering. The day is marked as the International Everest Day in commemoration of the first human ascent of Mt. Everest. It was on May 29, 1953 when Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary were successful in making it to the summit of the globe’s highest mountain. Seventy
Ilam's Rong Rural Municipality has asked the District Administration Office (DAO) to take control of the accounts of the old committee managing the Bahini Pathivara Temple and investigate possible embezzlement.
Nepal registered a consecutive victory over Malaysia to take a 2-1 lead in the five matches T20I Women’s Bilateral Series on Thursday. Nepali defeated the host by 27 runs in Bangi. Nepali wom