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Yes, you can

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I have discovered that no matter how hard weight loss might be, it can seem a lot easier if you don’t stress about it so much. You need to give yourself some credit for thinking about weight loss and healthy living in the first place.
Aug 05, 2016
SOCIETY

Viral fever on rise in Rupandehi

Viral fever on rise in Rupandehi
BHAIRAHAWA, Aug 4: Government and private health facilities in the district are seeing a sudden increase in the number of patients with viral fever of late.
Aug 05, 2016
SOCIETY

Activists press demand for Karki’s impeachment

Activists press demand for Karki’s impeachment
KATHMANDU, Aug 4: Lawmakers, civil society members, and independent activists expressing solidarity with Dr Govinda KC’s demand of the impeachment of Lokman Singh Karki, chief commissioner of Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), have vowed to intensify their campaign.
Aug 05, 2016
POLITICS, SPECIAL

Oli govt gave away 37 hectares of CNP land to Kamalanayanach...

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CHITWAN, Aug 4: Whether or not the outgoing Oli government has met people’s expectations during its tenure, it has certainly left Swami Kamalanayanacharya a pleased man. Just ahead of stepping down, it decided to free a huge portion of land covered by  the so-called spiritual guru’s arshram from the...
Aug 05, 2016
The Week

Weaving tales to connect

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Personally I feel writers should research more before working on their books. We write about common folks but we do so with detachment. It’s almost like peeking from a 12th floor of a building and writing about how a man on the ground feels.
Aug 05, 2016
The Week

The slippery slope of self-diagnosis

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With literally millions of medical websites, blogs, and other pages, the Internet can spew out an overwhelming amount of information or actually misinformation, in many cases.
Aug 05, 2016
ECONOMY

Bumpy road awaits new finance minister

Bumpy road awaits new finance minister
KATHMANDU, August 5: The road ahead for the newly appointed Minister for Finance Krishna Bahadur Mahara is bumpy, not only because he is now a part of the battered economy but also because he has inherited the uncertainty and shortage of time coupled with eroding capacity and productivity of the bur...
Aug 05, 2016
The Week

The spiraling state of health

The spiraling state of health
The state of our health is largely dictated by where we live and how we live. Different cities report varying trends when it comes to health issues.
Aug 05, 2016
PHOTO FEATURE/Video

Victim of Superstition

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Many people in Nepal are still superstitious and have strong faith in supernatural powers. These centuries old conservative beliefs are still deep-rooted in the social structures of our society. They can be traced to various cultural activities among different communities and sadly, some even lead t...
Aug 05, 2016
The Week

Swimming with Katie

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Every night during the fortnight of the summer games, I would be riveted to the idiot box for the highlight package of the day’s events. I enjoyed the footage of all sports: weight-lifting, track and field, football, table tennis. But most of all I wanted to watch swimming and diving.
Aug 05, 2016
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