The Week
Oriental spin on fall dressing
Oriental spin on fall dressing
Orient fashion as a trend is nothing new but it isn’t a style that many consider to be fashionable. And it can be quite tricky to get it right as well. But 21-year-old Ojaswi Shrestha, stylist and designer based in Kathmandu, claims that oriental fashion is very stylish and can really up your dressi...
Oct 25, 2019
The Week
It’s the journey that matters
It’s the journey that matters
“I travel because it makes me feel free and unrestricted. It has taught me to treasure the small moments that make up my life and not to cling on to the concept of forever,” says Anima Piya. She is an avid traveler from Chitwan who is currently residing in Kathmandu and working as a Civil Engineer a...
Oct 25, 2019
The Week
Something borrowed
Something borrowed
Bollywood glamorizes Hindu rituals and ceremonies. Hindi serials on television too tend to show lavish weddings and festivals. Maybe it’s because we have, over the years, been watching these on a fairly regular basis that our own celebrations too have sort of started looking like a scene from a Kara...
Oct 25, 2019
The Week
The need to speak up
The need to speak up
There are a million things that make me angry. People spitting on the road, children throwing chocolate wrappers on the sidewalk, their parents not saying anything, buses stopping randomly in the middle of the road or driving in the wrong lane, and judgmental people who comment on everything you do...
Oct 25, 2019
The Week
Oh, this happy time!
Oh, this happy time!
You enjoy Tihar because it gives you a reason to gorge on sel roti, dipping it in a cup of hot tea, and pop that one more laddu in your mouth without feeling guilty. You might love it because the string lights you have put on your balcony purely for aesthetics finally gets a purpose. Or all the colo...
Oct 25, 2019
My City, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Art & Culture
Painting stolen by Nazis recovered from New York museum
Painting stolen by Nazis recovered from New York museum
A painting seized by the Nazis from a Jewish family in 1933 has been recovered from a museum in upstate New York by the FBI.
Oct 25, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Nepse closes higher for third straight day
Nepse closes higher for third straight day
KATHMANDU: Stocks traded in green since the beginning of trading on Thursday. The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index saw modest gain in the initial trading and continued the momentum till midday. The benchmark index eventually closed the last trading day of the week 6.73 points higher at 1...
Oct 25, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Mahara remanded to 7 more days in police custody
Mahara remanded to 7 more days in police custody
KATHMANDU, Oct 25: The Kathmandu District Court on Thursday remanded disgraced former speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who resigned after being accused of attempted rape, to seven more days in police custody for investigation. This is the third time the court extended his remand.
Oct 25, 2019
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
Let your fiction flow
Let your fiction flow
You never know when you glow
Stiffen up that little shoulder
And rise from the low
You have been in the cave of your ‘self’
Oct 25, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Code of conduct for by-election effective from today
Code of conduct for by-election effective from today
KATHMANDU, Oct 25: In view of upcoming by-polls, the Election Commission (EC) has issued the election code for stakeholders concerned from Friday.
Oct 25, 2019