Nepali duo Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa have been named the 2012 People’s Choice Adventurers of the Year. It is annual effort of National Geographic to discover outstanding individuals who have made remarkable achievements in exploration, conservation, and adventure sports.
Alternative rock outfit Albatross have come up with a new music video for their single ‘Nischal’. The visual for the track taken from their album Atti Bhayo features footage from their ATTI BHAYO Australia Tour 2011
Chandra Bahadur Dangi of Nepal has been named the ‘shortest man ever’ and the ‘shortest man living’ by Guinness World Records in Kathmandu on Sunday (February 26). The 72-year-old bachelor from Dang stands 54.6cm tall.
Three persons have been killed and seven others injured in a bomb explosion in front of the Nepal Oil Corporation office at Babarmahal in the capital on Monday afternoon.
A preliminary report on the infamous Dhegani Devi Mahato case claims that her death was in fact a planned murder. Mahato was accused of being a witch and burnt alive in Madi, Chitwan on 17 February.
Police have detained 14 Tibetan exiles who gathered in front of United Nations House in order to stage a sit-in demanding freedom for Tibet.
The title of ‘world’s shortest man’ may change hands in the coming weeks as a new claimant has been discovered. Chandra Bahadur Dangi, a 72-year-old Nepali who claims to be 56 centimetres tall, could become the new ‘world’s shortest man’ if Guinness World Records confirms his height.
Let There Be Light, a free concert organised by Abhaya Subba of Abhaya & The Steam Injuns, took place on February 18, Saturday at Lainchaur ground. The event aimed to urge everyone to stand against the problem of load shedding.
Mahashivaratri, a Hindu festival dedicated to lord Shiva, was celebrated across the country on February 20, Monday by observing fast and performing pooja in honour of the destroyer at different Shiva temples.
The government came under fire for not organising any formal programme to celebrate the 62nd Democracy Day, though several parties and organisations organised events to mark the day. Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai did not even bother to issue a message either, unlike prime ministers in the past.
Hotline for fire brigade service receive prank calls every hour affecting firefighters’ work who are already tackling ill-equipped firefighting units. Most of the pranksters are either teenagers or drug users who seek to have some fun at the servicemen’s expense.
A man crushed his three young daughters to death with stones as they slept in a remote mountain village, police said Friday.
Frequent earthquakes have been giving sleepless nights to those living in the eastern region, especially in Taplejung and Paanchthar districts. The people in the two districts have grown all the more frightful after two earthquakes were recorded within the span of 7 minutes on Monday (February 13).
After it was confirmed that more chickens of PK Poultry farm in Itahari were infected with bird flu, 4853 chickens were culled on Sunday (February 12). Eggs and chicken feed have also been destroyed completely. Just a week ago, 3500 chickens had died of the H5N1 virus at the farm.
The Special Court on Monday (February 13) convicted three former chiefs of the Nepal Police and two procurement suppliers, in the biggest ever corruption scandal, popularly known as the Sudan scam. They are being questioned for supplying substandard and obsolete armored personnel carriers (APCs) and other logistics.
A massive fire that broke out from the house of local Bishnu Tukman Banjar at Epachhe in Bhaktapur Municipality-15 has damaged three houses here in the district on Sunday morning (February 12).
Nepal achieved a six-wicket victory over Thailand in the ACC U-19 Women´s Championship Cricket Tournament on Friday at Hubara Ground, Kuwait to complete its title hat-trick.
The Kathmandu Valley has experienced more chill with cloudy sky Wednesday morning following the rainfall starting Tuesday night due to the westerly wind that entered the country from the western region.
Kantipur, a leading Nepali national daily, has been hit by a plagiarism scandal after one of its staff writers was found to have published a number of technology related articles that originally appeared in the New York Times under his own byline without giving any credit to the original source.
The largest ICT fair of the country, the 18th edition of Explore Asia CAN Info-Tech 2012 took place for six days from January 26-31.
