Tattoo Culture: 'Get Inked Or Die Naked'

In recent years, Nepal has undergone a drastic transformation regarding our views on tattoos. Many people, mainly the youth, are attracted towards the skin painting, known as tattooing. Getting their skin inked is a self-proclaimed way to express them in society.

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Governance In Project Management

Every political party makes tall claims of infrastructure development, connectivity and technological advances in their election manifesto, governments announce large projects through the budget and fuel the public hope of a good future, and international donors come forward to support the programmes and projects. But it takes the country to initiate a project more than a decade, it fails to complete the distribution of land compensation to the affected of Budhigandaki Hydroelectricity Project in...

Euro 2020 : England's Title Drought Continues

In the end, it was not to be a repeat of 1966. For all the nostalgia that accompanied England’s participation in the Euro 2020 final, the first that nation had reached in a major tournament in 55 years—a game held, like the 1966 World Cup Final, in London at Wembley Stadium—it turned out the model was something much more recent, and much less favorable for the hosts.

Resumption of driving license exams still in limbo

The officials at the Department of Transport Management (DoTM) have informed that they are unsure as to when the suspended driving license examinations will resume. Since March 24, 2020, the examinations have been suspended for a long time because of the coronavirus pandemic, leaving thousands of would-be drivers waiting for moths. Only nine months later, on December 29 of that year, the examinations were resumed. The data provided by the Department shows that a total of 714,799 individuals have...

Old Broadway pizazz collides with 2021 in ‘Schmigadoon!’

A pair of modern-day hikers steps out of the woods and into a town where they are greeted by something strange: Suspiciously friendly residents who burst into a high-kicking, knee-slapping group welcome song.

Voting for Miss World opens

The Hidden Treasure, the official organiser of Miss Nepal, has urged one and all to vote Miss Nepal Namrata Shrestha for the ‘Miss Popular Choice Pageant’ title of Miss World. Miss Nepal Shrestha is participating in the Miss Nepal World pageant from Nepal to be held in the United States in December. She was crowned the Miss Nepal 2020 in December last year. As the international beauty pageant is commencing, The Hidden Treasure and Namrata have appealed to their well-wishers across the world...

Over 60 dead, dozens missing as severe floods strike Europe

More than 60 people have died and dozens were missing Thursday as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.

Consumer price inflation down to 4.19%

The consumer price inflation has marginally decreased during the eleventh month of the fiscal year 2020/21. According to the current macroeconomic and financial report published by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on Thursday, the year-on-year (y-o-y) consumer price inflation stood at 4.19 per cent in the eleventh month (mid-June) of the current fiscal year compared to 4.54 per cent a year ago.

Pokhara branded ‘Pure as Paradise’

The Gandaki provincial unit of the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has announced a new brand for the beautiful, scenic and attractive tourist city of Pokhara. Issuing a press release, the Board said that the city would now be branded as ‘Pokhara, Pure as Paradise.’ Previously, the city’s official tourism brand was ‘Paradise Pokhara.’