The sanctification of the newly restored Boudhanath Stupa in Nepal begins today (18 November). And it didn’t take one penny of government funds! With gold, cash and labour contributed by locals and Buddhist organisations, Kathmandu’s famed Boudhanath stupa has been fully restored, making it the first of the country’s more than 700 quake-damaged heritage structures […]
The Nepal Mandal Dapha festival 1136 (Nepal Sambat) is set to begin from the last week of October this year. The festival is a competition of the Dapha Bhajan, a traditional genre of music of the Newar community of the valley. Cultural expert Om Dhaubadel said the competition will start from the day of Kaag […]
Grey-sided Thrush, a globally endangered species of bird has been discovered for the first time in Makwanpur district, making up the total bird species in Nepal to 879. According to media sources, the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) under the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation in September verified the presence of […]
Ani Choying Drolma is one of Nepal’s biggest pop stars. She is also a Buddhist nun and a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, and runs a girl’s school and a hospital for kidney patients. With more than 12 albums of melodious Nepali tunes and Tibetan hymns that highlight themes of peace and harmony, the songstress in saffron […]
Patna: India has ramped up security at the no-man’s land and the transit points along the Nepal-India border following the southern neighbour’s increasing hostilities with Pakistan, according to reports reaching here Saturday (October 15) Indian authorities have beefed up security at Raxaul-Vishwa, Parsauni-Bhelai, Sirsiya-Raxaul, Janakitol-Inarwa, Thori and Bhiswa-Thori transit points across border with Parsa district. […]
As ‘non-violent’ Bhutan pushes out its ethnic Nepali-speaking citizens, other countries bear the burden. KATHMANDU: The 90,000th Bhutanese refugee, living in Nepal, has left for the United States along with her four children for the third-country resettlement. US Ambassador to Nepal Alaina B. Teplitz bid farewell to Sahri Maya Thatal at the US Embassy in […]
DANG (Nepal), Around 100 churches in Dang district rely heavily on money collected from followers, most of whom are from poor economic backgrounds. The believers have been paying 10 percent of their income ‘willingly’ on a monthly basis as a religious duty. When they are not able to give cash to the churches, they offer […]
The leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nepal has called for prayers amid a state clampdown on evangelistic outreach, including the distribution of religious literature and even having a Bible in a Christian orphanage. All evangelistic activity is prohibited under a new Nepalese Constitution that came into force in September 2015. Article 31(3) of […]
KATHMANDU – Nepal’s Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda sent one of his trusted lieutenants from the insurgency period as a special envoy to China. He seeks to clear confusion over the future of agreements signed by his predecessor. In a balancing act, officials said Prachanda would send another deputy, Bimelandra Nidhi, a member of the Madhesi […]
On Wednesday Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Maoist Party chairperson, also known as Prachanda, was elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal after K.P. Oli resigned rather than facing defeat in a vote of no-confidence. Speaker Onsari Gharti who declared the results said a total of 573 members out of total 598 (including the speaker) cast […]
The Muslim community in Nepal celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr with joy. Spirits were high in Kathmandu. Muslims in South Asia, like those across the world, are celebrating Eid, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. They thronged mosques to offer prayers, relished delicacies, and visited fairs in their best fineries. In India, mass prayers were […]
PHEDIKHOLA, NEPAL – In the village of Pedikhola, Durga Kami , now 68, is finally completing his secondary education. Every school day, puts on his school uniform and, with the aid of his walking stick, walks for over an hour to reach the school for another day of learning. Grandfather Kami had always dreamed of […]
