Lifestyle
New fabrics grown in fermenting tanks could stop tiny plastic fibres polluting world’s oce...
New fabrics grown in fermenting tanks could stop tiny plasti...
New fabrics being grown in laboratories may provide a viable alternative to the materials currently shedding vast quantities of plastic into the world’s oceans.
Feb 17, 2019
SOCIETY
Westerly wind likely to bring rain from late this afternoon
Westerly wind likely to bring rain from late this afternoon
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Most parts of the country today have partly cloudy sky due to the impact of westerly wind, and thundershowers have been predicted at one or two places of the western region late this afternoon, the Meteorological Forecasting Division.
Feb 17, 2019
My City, Lifestyle, Social
Floating moon-themed parade kicks off Venice Carnival
Floating moon-themed parade kicks off Venice Carnival
Venice kicked off its annual Carnival festivities on Saturday with a floating, night-time parade down the Rio di Cannaregio, one of the city’s famed canals, starting more than two weeks of celebrations that draw flocks of masked revelers.
Feb 17, 2019
SOCIETY
3,000 new leprosy patients diagnosed every year in Nepal
3,000 new leprosy patients diagnosed every year in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Annually, some 3,000 leprosy patients are found in Nepal despite the completion of a decade since the government announced the elimination of the disease.
Feb 17, 2019
SOCIETY, Republica Watch
117-year battle to save Thamel’s Kamalpokhari
117-year battle to save Thamel’s Kamalpokhari
KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Over 12 ropani of land belonging earlier to the well-known heritage site of Kamalpokhari at Thamel but captured by influential business people in the capital is now awaiting a major ruling from the Supreme Court. The 15-storey Chhaya Center complex has lately been built on the lan...
Feb 17, 2019
My City, Entertainment, Music
Paul and Aanchal in ‘Ghar Baar’
Paul and Aanchal in ‘Ghar Baar’
The latest music video of ‘Ghar Baar’ features adorable onscreen couple of K-town—actors Paul Shah and Aanchal Sharma.
Feb 17, 2019
WORLD
Qatar's real estate market faces reality check ahead of World Cup
Qatar's real estate market faces reality check ahead of Worl...
DOHA/DUBAI, Feb 17: Qatar’s Doha Tower, a spike-tipped cylinder that glows orange at night, won an award when finished in 2012 amid a Gulf-wide real estate boom, but today about half of its 46 floors are empty.
Feb 17, 2019
WORLD
Japan's PM nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize on U.S. request - Asahi
Japan's PM nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize on U.S. req...
TOKYO, Feb 17: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after receiving a request from the U.S. government to do so, the Asahi newspaper reported on Sunday.
Feb 17, 2019
SOCIETY
Dang temple priests have gone out of their way to stop child marriage
Dang temple priests have gone out of their way to stop chil...
DANG, Feb 17: Temple priests of Dang district have gone out of their way to stop child marriage. They have joined their hands to eradicate under-age marriage after undergoing training on child marriage organised by Tulsipur Sub Metropolitan City as part of the aim to make the sub-metropolis child-fr...
Feb 17, 2019
My City, Lifestyle, Art & Culture, Exhibitions
Weeping Banyan on exhibition
Weeping Banyan on exhibition
American Visual Artist Maureen Drdak, while in Nepal as a Fulbright research fellow in 2011, she passed by an ancient and stately banyan tree nearby Department of Immigration office, Kalikasthan. She noticed that this tree was choked by encroaching development and deprived of room to grow naturally....
Feb 17, 2019