On January 20, youths from Akhil Krantikari, Central Committee, staged a protest at Pradarshani Marg, Kathmandu, against a price hike in petroleum products. “Mulye Bridhi Kharej Gar” “Kalo Bajari Niyantran Gar” “Dalal Sarkar Murda Bad” were the slogans that represented their voice as a whole. On January 19, Nepal Oil Corporation, a state-owned entity, increased […]
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On January 16, Minister of Culture,Tourism and Aviation, Prem Ale Magar inspected Hotel Ananda, Tilganga – originally a dharmashala which was built to accommodate disadvantaged pilgrims visiting Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu at a minimal rate. Ale’s inspection is a part of probe into Batas Organization’s alleged acquisition of Dharmashala which was built by Government of India
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Workers prepare incense to sell at the local market, in Bhaktapur, on Thursday, January 6, 2022. Maya Poudel, the owner of the small scale factory at the outskirts of Kathmandu valley established the business spending Rs. 25, 000. Currently she sells incense worth Rs. 125,000 per month. “The packaged incense are usually sold to shopkeepers
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Migrant labourers work at a Brick Kiln, in Bhaktapur, on Tuesday, January 4, 2021. Nepalese and Indian workers arrive during winter to work at various brick kilns in Kathmandu Valley. Majority of the workers represent a high proportion of workers in the brick kilns: only 22% of total workers are originally from the same district
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Graduated from Kathmandu University, Kabi Raj Lama is a print maker based in Kathmandu. He studied print making from Meisui University in Japan and worked as a teachers assistant at the Meisui University In 2013. He is the recipient of the Harvard University (South Asia Institute) Visiting Arts fellowship 2018. At present he is teaching
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Yesterday after the news broke out confirming a third case of coronavirus infection in Nepal, something strange happened. The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) issued an updated official data mentioning the third confirmed case, only to take the data down a few minutes later and keeping total infected at two. MoHP, however, again issued
Ajita Bhujel is described as a strong, independent and outspoken transgender woman by her friends. They say Ajita was not afraid of voicing her opinions and loved her friends more than anything in the world. Ajita’s death in Hetauda has devastated not only her family, but the entire transgender community in the country. Kiran Thapa
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A Chinese theme park has triggered a wave of outrage on social media after it forced a pig to bungee jump off a 68-metre high tower. Video footage shows the pig tied to a pole, carried by two men to the top of a tower before being pushed off. The theme park located in Chongqing
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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe has resigned from her post. Tumbahangphe handed over her resignation to the Parliament Secretariat today afternoon. A secretariat meeting of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), held at the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar yesterday, decided to request Tumbahangphe to step down from her post
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A 29-year-old transgender woman was found dead early Saturday morning, at around 4:30 am, in Hetauda. Her body was discovered near the Kyampadanda road in Hetauda, naked and beaten to death. Ajita Bhujel was 22 years old when she decided to transition from male to female. Though her family was not comfortable with the idea
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