The Week
Women in Thangka painting
Women in Thangka painting
Every single time a customer enters her teacher’s thangka shop in Bhaktapur, Meru Tamang can’t help but look up expectantly from the back room. The 21 year old apprentice can be found practicing her shading and coloring there on the weekdays. She has been training in the arts of thangka painting for...
Jul 29, 2016
The Week
Celebrating and conserving wildlife
Celebrating and conserving wildlife
In the Tarai Arc Landscape of Nepal, wildlife biologists, researchers and field staff from the Government of Nepal, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) are using cameras equipped with infrared triggers, called camera traps, to obtain critical data about wildli...
Jul 29, 2016
SOCIETY
Landslide, flood victims awaiting relief in dire state
Landslide, flood victims awaiting relief in dire state
KATHMANDU, JULY 29: With various parts of the county severely affected by landslides and flooding, the victims struggle for survival due to lack of relief and the government's weak disaster preparedness.
Jul 29, 2016
PHOTO FEATURE/Video
Crafts with a conscience
Crafts with a conscience
Sarala Khadgi, 53, has been making Nepali handicrafts since the 1990s. A member of the Association for Craft Producers (ACP), she has been working in the production division for years now. ACP is a local, not for profit, fair trade organization providing design, marketing, management, and technical...
Jul 29, 2016
SOCIETY
JEMC, private publishers for doubling printing charges
JEMC, private publishers for doubling printing charges
KATHMANDU, July 29: The state-owned Janak Education Material Center (JEMC) and private publishers have proposed to almost double the rate of book printing cost for school textbooks.
Jul 29, 2016
ECONOMY
World Bank sticks to 3-tranche modality
World Bank sticks to 3-tranche modality
KATHMANDU, July 29: World Bank has said that housing grants in three tranches provides assurance to the owners by technical experts that their house meets safety standards.
Jul 29, 2016
SOCIETY
Private initiatives for flood relief underway
Private initiatives for flood relief underway
KATHMANDU, July 29: Citizens, organizations and groups are jumping in to help the floods and landslides affected people in various parts of the country.
Jul 29, 2016
The Week
Remembering Dr. NN Sinha
Remembering Dr. NN Sinha
Dr. Professor and HMG Secretary Narsingh Narayan Sinha passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at 85. He was Professor of English at the Department of English, University College, Tribhuvan University (TU) at Kirtipur, where he taught us, the 11 MA students – the ‘Group of 1969-71.’
Jul 29, 2016
The Week
Tales of Kathmandu Traffic
Tales of Kathmandu Traffic
Recently, our traffic police increased the fines for all traffic violations. I told my wife it was a good thing and our Kathmandu drivers will now think twice before violating traffic rules.
Jul 29, 2016
SOCIETY
Udayapur witness low budget expenditure in last three years
Udayapur witness low budget expenditure in last three years
UDYAPUR, July 29: Although the amount of budget allocated for Udayapur district has been on rise annually, its expenditure, however, has been less than the allocated budget for the last three years.
Jul 29, 2016