SPECIAL, The Week
Making Christmas special
Making Christmas special
While he takes the growing popularity of Christianity among the masses as a positive development, he also thinks it would be unwise to ignore its side effects.
Dec 23, 2016
POLITICS
No bidders for NA aircraft, spares auction
No bidders for NA aircraft, spares auction
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: In its fourth attempt to auction off military aircraft including six helicopters, Nepal Army did not receive a single bid from any independent group or subgroup. The bidding was started at Rs 156 million.
Dec 23, 2016
The Week
Bob Dylan in the eyes of an Eastern Himalayan
Bob Dylan in the eyes of an Eastern Himalayan
The Nobel Ceremonies of 2016 are now over. Bob Dylan, born Robert Alan Zimmerman, in Duluth in 1941, and a Minnesotan from Hibbing, received the year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. But he remained quiet, incommunicado and unresponsive throughout. He is known, like Miles Davis, to spurn and boo their a...
Dec 23, 2016
The Week
Small investors and big problems
Small investors and big problems
What was once the preserve of a niche section of society, professional investors, businessmen and the well to do has suddenly gone mainstream.
Dec 23, 2016
The Week
Dream home
Dream home
I tell her that you need to be either Donald Trump or a mob boss to build such homes. She then tells me that not all people who are successful in life and have the money need to
be a shady businessman or a criminal.
Dec 23, 2016
ECONOMY
India to open additional int'l air routes through Nepal
India to open additional int'l air routes through Nepal
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: India has agreed to provide additional air routes to Nepal.
Dec 23, 2016
The Week
Discovering the joys of skiing
Discovering the joys of skiing
Majority of Nepalis participating in his skiing lessons are still mountaineering and trekking guides. The word still hasn’t spread to the masses yet. Even though we have youngsters expressing their interest in workshops, later on we hear their families didn’t give them permission because of safety r...
Dec 23, 2016
SPORTS
Biratnagar all set for 7th Nat'l Games opening ceremony
Biratnagar all set for 7th Nat'l Games opening ceremony
BIRATNAGAR, Dec 23: Five years after the completion of the last edition of National Games, Shahid Stadium of Biratnagar is all set to raise the curtain on the Seventh National Games to be held in various cities of the Eastern Region. President Bidya Bhandari is scheduled to inaugurate the eight-day...
Dec 23, 2016
The Week
Breaking conventions with Mannsi Agrawal
Breaking conventions with Mannsi Agrawal
You can hear her smile when she answers the phone. What you can also hear is her son, somewhere in the background, demanding she stop talking on the phone and pay attention to him. At 31, Mannsi is expert at juggling work and her responsibilities of being a mother. And work isn’t just one thing.
Dec 23, 2016
The Week
Breaking a habit
Breaking a habit
Addictions usually start when a person feels lonely or has conditioned himself to think that for him to be able to achieve some task, they need something.
Dec 22, 2016