Fashion industry evolves as virus forces a rethink

Answers vary. Some think the Fashion Week format, in use since the 1940s, will be radically rethought. Others believe Asia will consolidate its huge gains in influence. Many see brands seeking greater sustainability to court a younger clientele.

Buddha Air begins Inter-Province Flight service from May 1

Buddha Air has announced that it will start inter-province flight from May 1.

Reconstructed Dharahara in pictures

Though the reconstruction of quake-damaged Dharahara is yet to be completed the government is all set to inaugurate it on April 24, the eve of the day when the 7.6-magnitude Gorkha Earthquake had rattled the country in 2015.

Bhurtel’s half-ton guides Nepal to second win

The second consecutive fifty from Kushal Bhurtel and three-wicket haul from Karan KC helped Nepal notch up a nine-wicket victory over Malaysia in the Tri-Nation T20 International Series on Monday.

‘Mad Max’ prequel shot in Outback to be released in 2023

A prequel to the ‘Mad Max’ movie franchise starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth will be filmed in Australia, officials said on Monday. ‘Furiosa’ is slated for release in mid-2023 and is expected to become the biggest film ever made in Australia, New South Wales State Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.

Damauli woman earns Rs. 700,000 a year by selling milk

Debu Khadka of Sehara in Byans Municipality-11 used to feel embarrassed when she had to ask her husband for money even for small expenses. But now she has become a successful entrepreneur in the town. Debu, who started rearing buffaloes commercially three years ago, has started earning a handsome income by selling milk.

Driving License Hitches

Ever since the enforcement of the coronavirus lockdown in late March last year, the task of issuing driving licenses in Nepal was disrupted. The applicants seeking licenses have been forced to wait for months for their turns to take exams. They have to stay in queue for as many as eight months in the Kathmandu Valley. This has definitely caused a lot of inconveniences to the candidates. However, the examinees outside the valley need to have patience for three to four months to sit for license exams....

Reconciliation Can Avert UML Split

The rift in the CPN-UML witnessed yet another unsavoury turn last week after Karnali Province lawmakers voted in favour of the opposition party's Chief Minister during a no-confidence motion breaching the party whip. Had they not voted for the Maoist Centre's chief minister, the province would have a n

Stemming Resurgence Of COVID-19

At a time when normal life was limping back to normal, the cases of COVID-19 have surged all of a sudden in recent times. For some days in the past before the surge, the cases were limited to a hundred or less a day with fewer deaths. Now the daily cases hit 800 or 900 with increasing deaths.

Chinese Vaccines Decisive For Developing Nations

Last week, the Western mainstream media seized upon comments made by director of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Gao Fu, twisting them out of context saying that China's vaccines had "low efficacy." The media reports were intended to hammer home the longstanding effort to discredit China's global vaccination rollout which has persistently been opposed by the West. In reality, Gao said that China simply ought to improve their vaccines as a natural progression, not that there...