Kathmandu resonated with great classic rock and rock and roll music through Golden Moments Tribute To Rock (T2R) which started on January 13. A number of local bands performed covers of evergreen hit tunes at various venues around town and the event concluded on January 28 with the internationally famed Elvis Presley impersonator Tom Bartlett entertaining the crowd.
The leader of Nepal’s ruling Maoists, who led the country’s downtrodden masses in the guerrilla war which eventually overthrew its monarchy, has provoked a row among his comrades after acquiring a luxury mansion with a swimming pool and badminton court.
A recent study by RSS has cited that Nepali girls are being trafficked to neighboring country China. They are being forced to work in cabins, restaurants, lodges and dance bars by luring them of dignified and decent jobs.
At an event organised at United World Trade Center, Tripureshwore on January 28, DVD for the critically acclaimed television series Hamro Team was launched. The discs containing the 13 episodes were distributed to the winners of online competition as well as essay competition.
The number of Bhutanese refugees leaving for the United States as part of the ongoing third country resettlement reached 50,000 on January 30, Monday.
Shree Panchami, also known as Saraswati Puja was observed on Saturday, January 28. On the day, thousands of devotees in the Kathmandu Valley paid homage to Saraswati- the goddess of knowledge.
Highway is going to be the first ever Nepali film to be screened at The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival scheduled to be held from February 9 to 19, 2012. The highly anticipated flick directed by Deepak Rauniyar is categorised under Panaroma Fictional Films at the event.
After over two decades in the film industry, veteran actress Sushila Rayamajhi has passed away losing her battle to uterine cancer.
The revision has brought down price of petrol by Rs 3 per liter, while diesel and kerosene now cost Rs 4 less each per liter. Price of cooking gas has also been reduced by Rs 85 per cylinder.
On Tuesday (January 24), people of Tamang community celebrated Sonam Lhochhar (Tamang New Year) through various programmes at Tundikhel which were also attended by PM Baburam Bhattarai also.
Normal life has been affected in the capital since early Wednesday morning due to the strike called by various students unions protesting the recent increase in petroleum prices.
The Seventh Crity Awards organised by Advertising Association of Nepal (AAN) was successfully held on January 21, Saturday at Soaltee Hotel where 40 agency competed for 24 categories.
Amidst mystery surrounding her whereabouts for the past one week, Armed Police Force (AFP) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ranjan Koirala on Sunday confessed to the police that he killed his wife Gita Dhakal.
Student unions staged demonstrations all over the nation on Friday (January 20) against the price hike of petroleum products.
The government on January 18, Wednesday hiked petroleum prices by an average of over 11 percent, burdening the general public with biggest-ever oil price hike in monetary terms in recent history.
A group of Nepal police officers are being investigated for operating a butcher’s shop from their station and slaughtering goats when they should have been fighting crime, according to the force.
Amid speculations of growing Chinese influence in Nepal, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, during his short official visit to Nepal today, encouraged the continuation of Nepal’s traditional and cordial relations with India.
A dentist in Itahari on Wednesday (January 11) had to receive a nasty dose of hard luck, as relatives of a minor girl subjected him to a tooth for a tooth, by thrashing him mercilessly.
The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police on Wednesday arrested Bachchuram K.C., then Nayab Subba (non-gazetted officer) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who was on the run since July 24, 2011 though a case was filed against him for selling Nepali passport to Afghan nationals and misusing travel documents.
A body of infant was found floating in a well at Naya Bazaar, Khusibu while a 27-year-old woman was severely injured after her neighbour, identified as Muktinath Phuyal (35), attacked her with an axe over a dispute at Kabhresthali on Wednesday.
