Actor Hamal’s brother Rakesh passes away

Actor Rajesh Hamal was bereaved of his brother. His brother Rakesh Hamal passed away in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday. He had been suffering from liver ailment for a long time and was undergoing treatment.

Sympathy And Empathy

I used the words ‘sympathy and empathy’ synonymously for a long time. My teachers used to say that there is a subtle difference, and mastering that subtlety between the words makes you a learned man. I did not bother myself with the advice because I neither had a dictionary and nor had I money to buy it. Neither Had I any desire to be a master of words. Once my father had given me some money to buy a dictionary but I spent that money to watch a few Bollywood movies, especially of actor Shahrukh...

Realistic Portrayal Of Life

Themes of life are often decorated in the mature craftsmanship of words by author Bhagirathi Shrestha. This craftsmanship, which has made her a popular writer, is her own loved-beat of story writing. She keeps doing it because it is her passion. She has plenty of her readers who love to read from her time to time not only her book but also her pieces of stories published in literary magazines and vernacular dailies of the country. But, now the fresh publication of Bhagirathi Shrestha, which is being...

COVID-19 Situation : Employees As Brand Ambassadors

With the rapid growth of technology and social media, changes have become inevitable. Now, brand values and vision should not just exist on the “about us” section of the company’s website and the “introduction section” of the company brochure, it needs to be fed within the culture of the company. Change is necessary for delivering a company's message to the public. We see corporations having celebrities as brand ambassadors that are good in most cases because of the attraction that it...

Education Sector: Responding To Pandemic Crisis

With the outbreak of COVID-19, we are definitely passing through an abnormal period of a worldwide crisis, probably the biggest one for the present generation. The pandemic has adversely affected formal education system worldwide leading to the near total closures of schools, colleges a

Skanda Vale Temple In Wales: Godly Serenity

Imagine a place in the United Kingdom (UK) where you can’t use your mobile phone! It is in Skanda Vale Temple in a remote wooded valley of South West Wales. Wales is one of the four provinces (called Countries) of the United Kingdom. The mobile signal is not there in most of the main temple premise area- except in some limited places where the signal is stronger- thus if you want to use mobile you have to go to a certain higher places with good signal strength. The temple defines itself as ‘multi-faith...

Burgeoning Need For Water And Melamchi

In my early teens, I remember my mother waking up at around 3 am to store water for our family. In a sleep deprived condition, sometimes the disagreement with the tenants of the house used to take place over water, sometimes leading to fights. The water crisis in Kathmandu has burgeoned on for long now. It has almost been two decades that the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) has been implemented. It is a project expected to be completed by 2006. If we go back into the project's envisioning process,...

Virtual art exhibition begins to retain artists

Amid the fear of COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown imposed by government from March 24, art galleries have remained shut. Art exhibition in the galleries in the presence of the artists and art lovers has been rare.

Johansson And Jost’s wedding plans remain in Limbo

Hollywood stars Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are rethinking their wedding plans amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In “Andy Cohen Live”, Jost opened up about his wedding plans and how he and Johansson have had to reevaluate their wedding plans amid the pandemic, reports etonline.com.

Virtual art exhibition of artists from 14 nations kicks off

Artists from Nepal, India, Bangladesh, America, China, Philippines, America, Iran, Indonesia and South Korea among others are attending the programme. International chair at the society Antanur Dogan while inaugurating the event believed that the event will help internationalize Nepal’s art and culture.

Perry talks about weight gain

Katy Perry is getting real candid about her pregnancy journey. The singer and American Idol judge joined the Kyle and Jackie O Australian radio show on Sunday via video chat and dished on how she's doing while expecting her first baby with Orlando Bloom.

Aishwarya Rai hospitalised

Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter, Aaradhya, have been admitted to the Nanavati hospital. Both were in self-quarantine after having tested positive for the coronavirus. As per sources, both of them have developed breathlessness.

Use of Technology For Bolstering Border Security

The recent dispute with India over Limpiyadhura-Kalapani-Lipulekh areas has widely been regarded as a brazen act of undermining Nepal's sovereignty by our southern neighbour. The encroachment of Nepali land by our neighbours has taken place from time to time, thanks to our long and porous border with them. The long and open border therefore necessitates a greater emphasis

Monsoon In Nepal

Monsoon season is the major rainy time of year in Nepal, which falls in between mid–June and September. This is also summer time with wet period as well. During the Monsoon, it rains almost every day with occasional thunderstorms in the evenings also. Practically, Monsoon in Nepal is a great season as it brings heavy and long rainfalls, which is a boon for Nepalese agriculture and biodiversity. The word monsoon is derived from Arabic word ‘Mausam’ meaning ‘season’. Mausa

Untouchability Living With Discrimination

Every year, March 21, is observed as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The day calls for putting up more efforts to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence including caste-based discrimination. On May 24, 2011, Nepal’s legislature

Strategies For COVID-19 Stock Market

Indeed, financial markets are suffering due to the COVID-19 virus. These are very worrying times for people all over the world from a personal perspective and also in terms of the impact on financial planning strategy. The value of a flexible and robust financial plan has never been more important than now. As few will completely avoid any adverse consequences, there are a number of actions we can take to minimize the negative effects on financial planning strategies. Wha

Aboard A Rescue Flight

The muggy New York heat left prints of sweat on my duffle bag. Reaching the terminal of the vast John F. Kennedy Airport was a melancholic sight- the usual crowd and hubbub of one of the busiest airports of America was absent. The whole place was virtually empty, desolate and ghost-like with only a few airline staff and support personnel managing a few flights that were operating. Outside on the tarmac, dozens of planes were lying idle- as if their wings were clipped off by the virus.

Journey Across Mid-Hills

The book reviewed in this column is presented in the form of a month long travel diary chronicled in a very systematic, purposeful and coherent way. The writer provides an account of each and every day of the journey giv

Cervicitis Women’s Disease

What Is Cervicitis? This is inflammation of the cervix at the lower end of the uterus that opens into the vagina. It can spread beyond the cervix to the uterus, fallopian tubes and into the pelvic and abdominal cavity and cause life-threatening infection. This may cause problem with ‘fertility’ of reproductive age women.

Ashoka Pillar in Kapilvastu submerged

Ashoka, emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, reached the place during his visit to the birthplace of Shakyamuni Buddha in Rupandehi. Gotihawa is the birthplace of Karkuchanda Buddha prior to Siddhartha Gautam Buddha. Gotihawa, which dates back to 1770 years, is one of the three Ashoka Pillars in Nepal. The Pillar is in a dilapidated condition for lack of conservation.