Teej Festival

Teej is a celebration of the sanctity of womanhood and the sacred worship of Lord Shiva. Every year in Teej, one can observe girls and women decked up in red finery. Especially women adorn themselves in red saris draped across their lithe bodies. Extravagant gold jewelleries complete their looks along with elaborate hairdos and accessories. Girls likewise wear kurtha salwar tailor made to the latest fashion. Lately, pompous and garish celebrations mark the festival which used to be about being true...

NTB to provide temporary jobs to 1,000 tourism workers

Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has launched a campaign in collaboration with the Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) to provide short-term employment to 1,000 workers involved in the tourism sector. The campaign has been launched under the umbrella of the two-and-a-half-years Sustainable Tourism for Livelihood Recovery Project (STLRP) initiated by the board with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to help people involved in Nepali tourism financially recover from...

Six years on, dedicated feeder row continues

Nepal Yarn Manufacturers’ Association (NYMA) claimed that the industries do not have any electricity charge dues for the use of dedicated feeders or trunk lines as insisted by the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for the past five-and-a-half years.

Colourist is a reputed profession: Phago

Renish Phago is one of the popular colourists of Nepali film industry. He has been working in the Nepali film industry for over 12 years. He is the first colourist to colour films shot by the Red4K camera (Digital cinema camera) in Nepal. Kathmandu was the first film for which Phago worked as colourist in 2008. Since then, he has worked as a professional colourist for over 60 films, 100 music videos, 65 TV commercials and a few documentaries

MoHP reports 1,423 new cases of COVID-19

In 11,111 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,423 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) through its regular update.

Bodies of six murdered sent to BPKIHS, preliminary probe shows iron rod used to murder

Lal Dhwaj Subedi, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Sankhuwashabha District Police Office, said that, as per the preliminary investigation, the deceased were found to have been murdered with the use of iron rod on their head and bodies and not by any sharp weapons.

Devotees throng Gokarneshwor Temple (Photo Feature)

A large flow of devotees was witnessed in Gokarneshwor Temple, Kathmandu on the occasion of Kushe Aunshi.

Colourist is reputed job: Phago

Renish Phago is one of the popular colourists of Nepali film industry. He has been working in the Nepali film industry for over 12 years. He is the first colourist to colour films shot by Red4K camera (Digital cinema camera) in Nepal. Kathmandu was the first film for which Phago worked as colourist in 2008. Since then, he has worked as a professional colourist for over 60 films, 100 music videos, 65 TV commercials and a few documentaries Phago recently talked to Renuka Dhakal of The Rising Nepal....

PM stresses equitable access to vaccines

The 74th Regional Committee meeting of WHO South-East Asia Region kicked off Monday with health leaders calling for greater commitment to building resilient health systems and achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC)

Taliban say they took Panjshir, last holdout Afghan province

The Taliban said Monday they seized the last province not in their control after their blitz through Afghanistan last month, overrunning forces who had opposed their takeover.