Dharahara construction in final stages
The new Dharahara is scheduled to be inaugurated on April 24, coinciding with Loktantra Diwas.
The new Dharahara is scheduled to be inaugurated on April 24, coinciding with Loktantra Diwas.
The festival was celebrated without health protocols being followed despite thousands participating in it.
Demonstrators, some accompanied by their pet dogs, demanded authorities take action against the perpetrators.
Devotees gathered in Ason in the Capital to mark the concluding day of the festival.
A team of 76 fire fighters from Nepal Army, three trucks and an army helicopter were used to douse the inferno.
The demonstration, organised by a Nepali human rights group, called on the UN to take necessary steps to end the use of force on pro-democracy protestors.
Despite the government requesting the public to observe the festival maintaining health safety protocols, people gathered at various places in the Capital for celebrations.
The festival of colour will be observed on March 28 on the full moon day.
Everard, 33, was abducted as she walked home in south London on March 3 and a police officer has been charged with her kidnap and murder, provoking a national debate over how British society deals with male violence against women.
Situated at an altitude of 2,990 metres, the lake is one of the major attractions for foreign and domestic tourists.
The festival, called hiwatari matsuri in Japanese, has a history of about 50 years at Mt. Takaosan.
Civil society members, linguistic rights activists and members of various indigenous communities participated in the rally dubbed the ‘Matribhasha March’.
Post photojournalist Prakash Chandra Timilsena brings photos of cherry and peach blossoms from different parts of the city.
Hindu devotees thronged various shrines of Lord Shiva to offer prayers.
The vaccines have arrived just as Nepal launched its second phase of inoculation drive.
Though the government had decided to vaccinate people above 55 in the second phase, only those above 65 are being immunised due to vaccine shortage.
Every year for three to four months, people from the Bhote community migrate to the lowlands with their sheep and goats to survive the bitterness of winter.
Chand has agreed to renounce violence after a ban on his party’s activities was lifted on Thursday.
The protest was organised in front of the Myanmar embassy in Lalitpur, two days after the United Nations said that 38 people were killed during the protests in the Southeast Asian country.
The Khorsor Elephant Breeding Centre in Sauraha, Chitwan set up in 1985 is a source of elephants needed for patrolling the forest. It is also a tourist attraction.