The stage adaptation captures the novel’s nostalgia and the chemistry between Atit and Saya, but heavy-handed music, dance and performances often get in the way of its emotional core.

Roy’s book presents an iconic female impersonator on his own terms, without recasting him as a proto-queer icon.

The Post brings you a lowdown on some major events this week.

Japan is providing Rs2.73 billion in grants to build a nine-storey control tower and upgrade air traffic management systems at Nepal’s busiest airport.

Protests continue along the Birgunj-Pathlaiya road after local authorities signed a five-point agreement with political figures following the rape and murder, without the victim’s parents at the negotiating table.

Home Minister Gurung promises support with legal reforms and technology as officials explore ways to allow Nepalis to vote away from home.

From digitising centuries-old manuscripts to training AI models, researchers and language communities are using technology to preserve Nepal’s linguistic heritage.

At the JWG meeting, India responded positively to Nepal’s request to accept national ID for cross-border travel, according to officials.

Then prime minister Hasina fled to India ​after student-led protests ended her long rule and has lived there in ​exile. Dhaka has repeatedly asked New Delhi to extradite her.

The August 2021 record of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit) turned the Sicilian town into a symbol of Europe’s warming climate as the continent emerged from COVID-19 restrictions.

Sayal Rai has spent more than two years on a ventilator after JE left him severely disabled. The disease has killed at least 21 people across Nepal over the past six weeks.

The singer will perform more than 40 songs in what organisers say will be an almost non-stop show.

In 2009, half a thousand blank travel documents disappeared from the ministry’s store section. Fifteen years later, a chargesheet over Tibetan refugees' travel papers has forced investigators back to a case they left unfinished.

Khan was examined ​at the state-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital, rather than the private Shifa International Hospital mentioned by the court.