Back to Gurukul school to learn Sanskrit

It has been a year since 12-year-old Sheetal Bhandari, who resides in his maternal home in Damak, Jhapa, joined Gurukul to learn Sanskrit language. Bhandari, who switched to Gurukul after completing fifth grade in a private English school, is completing the Rudri and the Chandi soon. His father has been missing for a long time while his mother resides in Kathmandu doing odd jobs.

US officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantine

U.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine.

Rai guides Sankata to third

A brace from Uttam Rai moved Sankata Club to the third position at the Martyr’s Memorial A Division League after registering a 3-0 comfortable victory over Brigade Boys Club in a one-sided affair at Dashrath Stadium, Kathmandu on Sunday.

Omicron, storms disrupt air travel for 4th consecutive day

Flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel, stretched into Monday as airlines called off more than 1,000 U.S. flights because crews were sick with COVID-19 during one of the year’s busiest travel periods, and storm fronts added to the havoc.

Bollywood singer Asees Kaur coming to Nepal for concert

Famous Bollywood singer Asees Kaur is coming to Nepal for a musical performance on January 7 next year. She is coming to Nepal for the ‘Raataan Lambiyan Night with Asees Kaur’ to be held on January 8 at Club Platinum, Durbar Marg. Feliz International Event is organising the concert.

Right to Information a must in democracy: Minister Karki

Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki has said the right to information (RTI) will help maintain sustainable development, prosperity and good governance of the country. Addressing the national symposium on ‘Women’s Participation in the Right to Information: Challenges and Opportunities’ organised by the National Information Commission on Monday, Minister Karki said the provisions of RTI are essential for good governance, prosperity and lasting peace...

Discussions on Prachanda’s political report from today

On the first day of the closed session of the 8th general convention of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) on Monday, party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda presented his political report ‘The path to socialism in the 21th century’.

Tailoring training empowers women

Chuma Baral Magar is now busy operating sewing machines. She has been learning to sew clothes in a machine continuously for a month now. A resident of Airawati Rural Municipality-1, Dangwang, Chamu Magar has come to Jumri Bazaar far from home to learn sewing. Chuma, 27, is receiving free residential training. "I am learning gradually. At first, I thought that I could not learn, but now I have the confidence to do so," said Chuma.

Humla students compelled to take exam in open due to cold

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Sparrows are rarely seen in Terai these days

Sparrows, once ubiquitous in the yards, houses and farms of Terai districts, including Dhanusha, are now rarely seen in those areas these days. The bird, which mainly nests on the holes in the wall or roof, is on the verge of disappearance due to rising pollution in the Terai belt. As the roof heats up because of the growing heat, the eggs laid by the birds for breeding in their nests die owing to the hostile temperature, said ornithologists at a program organised at Dhalkebar in Dhanusha recently. Temperatures...