- Friday, 27 March 2026
The Rising Nepal
Gundu farmers harvesting Makhamali flowers for Tihar
Tihar is still three months away, but the farmers in Gundu of Bhaktapur have already started harvesting flowers and making garlands for the festival of lights. Makhamali flowers and garlands can be preserved for a long time.
Nagdhunga Tunnel Milestone For Development
On August 7, 2023, a fresh breeze blew through Nagdhunga. Nepal is constructing a tunnel road for vehicular traffic in the Himalayas with the support of the Government of Japan. Japanese companies are working hard every day together with many Nepali people on this difficult p
EPG Report Shelved Indefinitely
As the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) report gathers dust, India's reluctance to accept it sheds insight into how India approaches Nepal-India problems. Despite Nepal's repeated calls to accept the EPG report prepared by
People-centric Campaign
The freshly concluded Central Committee (CC) meeting of the CPN-Maoist Centre has endorsed a 25-point proposal on contemporary issues. The party leaders have termed the meeting as ‘extraordinary’ considering
Rain Sustains Life
Nature is one of the most tranquil places to be in. As the rainy season graces our surroundings, nature reveals its tranquil essence, radiating its positivity with grace. Dark clouds paint the sky beautifully showering blessings upon
Arsenal shoot City out to win Community Shield
Arsenal has started the English season how the team hopes to end it — by getting the better of Manchester City. Arsenal beat City 4-1 in a penalty shootout, after equalizing in the 101st minute in regulation time to draw 1-1, to win the Community Shield at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
Nepalgunj to host Superstar Dancing, Singing competition
The Nepali Superstar Dancing and Singing Competition is all set to take place in Nepalgunj, with preliminary auditions kicking off in several locations, including Banke, Bardiya and Dang.
Turkey's post-quake preparedness uncertain even after 6 months
Dust and rubble fill the street as an excavator tears off chunks of concrete from an old apartment building. Bystanders and former residents watch from afar as construction equipment tears down the structure. Among the bystanders is Ibrahim Ozaydin, 30, a former resident. He watches the demolition not with worry, but with relief, as his building was marked by officials as unsafe months ago.
Father, son raise pheasants, run homestay
As soon as we think of pheasant (Kalij), a forest comes to our mind. That is also natural, because we have seen pheasants often in the forest. But in recent years, commercial farming of this wild bird has started in many parts of the country.
Indiscriminate stone mining poses risk to settlement in Kalikot
Indiscriminate stone excavation in the Khandachakra Municipality area of Kalikot district has posed a significant risk to the local community. Whether it is for maintaining the Karnali Lokmarga (highway) or constructing individual houses, the random removal of stones from the public domain poses potential problems for the future, experts said. Stone excavating has raised a serious issue, as publi
Rains bring respite to drought-hit Terai
The districts of the Terai region have been receiving rains since Sunday, and the people have felt a sigh of relief from a prolonged drought. According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), the country is currently experiencing moderate to heavy rainfall due to the influence of a low-pressure system near Bihar, India, and the monsoon trough lying north of its usual position, closer to Nepal.
‘Today’s fight is against poverty’
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Sudan Kirati has said that the nation’s present fight is with poverty. Speaking at a programme organised to mark the 36th establishment day of Kirat Rai Yayokkha, a social organisation of the Rai people on Monday, he expressed his belief that the country needed to tackle poverty and for this, a government of national consensus was imperative.
Overnight airstrikes kill three in Ukraine as Moscow airport halts flights
Three people have died during a night of air strikes and intense shelling across Ukraine, officials said Sunday, while Moscow's second-largest airport briefly suspended flights following a foiled drone attack near the Russian capital.
Enormous bell of Nisan Temple lures thousands of visitors
A big bell situated on the premises of the Nisan temple in Dhankuta has become a centre of attraction for religious tourists. It has grown so captivating that ev
From high office to high security prison for Imran Khan after court sentencing
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan awoke Sunday as an inmate in a high-security prison after a court handed him a three-year jail sentence for corruption, a development that could end his future in politics.
