President Bhandari confers decorations (Photo Feature)

President Bidya Devi Bhandari today decorated distinguished persons, civil servants and individuals from the social sector with various decorations and titles which were announced on the occasion of the Constitution Day (National Day) 2078 BS.    

Flowers welcome Nepali New Year (Photo Feature)

The Nepali New Year, 2079 is being marked today exchanging mutual harmony, love, and good wishes across the country. Each year on the day of Baisakh Sankranti, New Year is observed across the country.

Influx of devotees in Muktinath (Photo Feature)

The Muktinath Temple, a famous pilgrimage site in Mustang, has been seeing an increase in the number of visitors lately. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the daily crowd has increased in the Muktinath.

Garbage piles up in Kathmandu (Photo Feature)

The garbage of the Kathmandu Valley is not being picked up timely crediting to a lack of agreements with locals. The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) had selected Banchare Danda in Nuwakot as a sustainable solution of the waste management after the residents of the Sisdol area repeatedly obstructed the waste management in the Kathmandu Valley.

Chariot procession of Seto Machhindranath begins

On the first day of the three-day procession, the pulling of the chariot began from Keltol and was brought to Tindhara Pathshala, Durbarmarg before reaching Asan today, informed the Chariot Management Committee, adding that hundreds of devotees and people participated and gathered around to conduct a Puja at the chariot.

Long queues at govt petrol pumps as private pumps remain closed (Photo Feature)

Crowds have increased at government and cooperative petrol pumps after private petrol pumps stopped the distribution of petroleum products. Motorcycle and small vehicle drivers have started queuing at petrol pumps fearing that there may be a shortage of petrol in the coming days.

Ghode Jatra celebration in pictures

Ghode Jatra, the annual horse festival of the Nepali Army has been marked at Tundikhel today in the presence of President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and other high-level dignitaries.

Prime Minister Deuba leaves for 3-day visit to India (Photo Feature)

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba embarked on a three-day visit to India on Friday.

Temporary Police Physical Exam in pictures

Health check-ups and physical fitness tests of the applicants for the temporary police have been started from Tuesday across the country. 

Shwetakali Naradevi festival in pictures

Naradevi has a unique process of conducting a 12-year Dance festival. The dance is being performed this year after 2066 BS.

23rd Flora Expo in pictures

The 23rd Flora Expo 2022 is underway at Jawalakhel. The expo organized by the Floriculture Association of Nepal from Thursday will continue till Sunday.

People queue up for temporary police (Photo Feature)

From Sunday, applications for temporary police have started to be received through police offices in all 77 districts. The recruitment department of the Human Resources and Administration Department of Nepal Police, Naxal is recruiting temporary police for 40 days.

Striking pictures from around the world this week

From a Pakistani bride’s beautiful hands designed with henna and adorned with jewellery at her wedding ceremony in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Pakistan, to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s moving speech to the U.S. Congress by video pleading for support as his country is besieged by Russian forces, at the Capitol in Washington, to the Jewish community’s global celebrations of Purim, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published...

Flow Of Tourists Increases In Muktinath (Photo Feature)

The Muktinath temple, a holy pilgrimage site in the Trans-Himalayan district of Mustang, has seen an increase in the number of visitors this year.

Influx of people at Basantapur to celebrate Holi (Photo Feature)

After two years, Basantapur of Kathmandu has witnessed an influx of people on the occasion of Holi on Thursday. Due to COVID restriction, there were no mass celebrations of Holi in 2021 and 2022.

Foreign tourists too celebrate Holi (Photo Feature)

Foreign tourists also celebrated the Holi festival today at Basantapur with much enthusiasm by putting colours on each other with the locals.

It’s spring, Cherry blossoms in full bloom (Photo Feature)

With the arrival of springs, Cherry blossoms have covered the various parts of Kathmandu.

Pictures of Ukraine war intensifying in third week

Cities across the country often wake up to the haunting call of air raid sirens and skies filled with traces of rockets, missiles and artillery strikes, like this one from Baryshivka, east of the capital, Kyiv.

Top 10 pictures of the week from around the world

A selection of powerful news photographs was taken around the world this week.

Holi Festival Begins, Chir erected in Basantapur (Photo Feature)

With the erection of Chir at Basantapur today the Holi festival has been formally started. A wooden pole 'Chir' has been installed at the Hanumandhoka Palace premises at 7:27 AM Thursday morning.