My City
The haunted coffin
The haunted coffin
Buried deep beneath in the graveyard of my own desires,
My coffin there lays still but awaken.
Those dreams, roadmaps and the plans
Once networked across the axons of this brain
Dec 04, 2018
My City
THE JINXED MAN
THE JINXED MAN
Trrrr trrrr. The alarm went off. Ram Bahadur woke up immediately. It was an important day for him. An important presentation was scheduled for the day and if all went well he would be in for a big promotion. He opened the laptop and checked the slides again. He had been through them so many times no...
Dec 04, 2018
My City
Engineering sounds in films
Engineering sounds in films
He grew up fascinated to the technical and aesthetic essence of music. However, studying sounds and music was actually that caught his fancy. Having spent about a decade in sound designing and film mixing, Uttam Neupane has left immense impressions in the Nepali film industry. He was the sound desig...
Dec 04, 2018
My City
Breaking the body barrier
Breaking the body barrier
Physically and mentally challenged people face discrimination in society and sometimes they are seen as a stigma. However, there are some who are breaking the limitations of their body and excelling at what they do using their skills, creating space for themselves. Helen Keller, Franklin D Roosevelt...
Dec 04, 2018
SPORTS
Hegerberg Ballon d'Or award tarnished by 'twerk' request
Hegerberg Ballon d'Or award tarnished by 'twerk' request
PARIS, Dec 4: Olympique Lyonnais and Norway forward Ada Hegerberg won the inaugural Ballon d’Or award for the best player in women’s football on Monday but the moment was tarnished when DJ Martin Solveig asked her to ‘twerk’ after receiving the prize.
Dec 04, 2018
SPORTS
Modric wins 2018 Ballon d'Or, breaks Messi-Ronaldo dominance
Modric wins 2018 Ballon d'Or, breaks Messi-Ronaldo dominance
PARIS, Dec 4: Real Madrid’s Croatia midfielder Luka Modric was named winner of the 2018 Ballon d’Or on Monday, breaking Cristiano Ronaldo’s and Lionel Messi’s decade-long hold on the prestigious award.
Dec 04, 2018
SOCIETY
How a ‘dangerous’ verdict halted road expansions
How a ‘dangerous’ verdict halted road expansions
KATHMANDU, Dec 4: The ruling of a full bench of the Supreme Court a year ago concerning the Kalimati-Nagdungua road section has halted road widening work that has been going on in Kathmandu Valley for nearly a decade. Government officials state that the roads in Kathmandu and elsewhere will not be w...
Dec 04, 2018
SPORTS
Roela, Hayat big names in four foreign players announced by Warriors; Raza withdraws
Roela, Hayat big names in four foreign players announced by...
KATHMANDU, Dec 4: Biratnagar Warriors has announced the signing of former South African and current Dutch international cricketer Roelof van der Merwe for the upcoming season of Everest Premier League (EPL) in Kathmandu on Monday.
Dec 04, 2018
ECONOMY
Project stumbles in delay of forest clearance
Project stumbles in delay of forest clearance
Kathmandu, Dec 4: The cabinet had approved a proposal of clearing forest along the right of way of Koshi corridor transmission line in April, but the process has stalled due to bureaucratic hurdles. The line agencies under the Ministry of Forest and Environment have not even identified the trees to...
Dec 04, 2018
SOCIETY
Quake-rattled Singati rises from the rubble but landslide fear still haunts
Quake-rattled Singati rises from the rubble but landslide fe...
SINGATI/DOLAKHA, Dec 4: Outsiders visiting Singati Bazaar these days will doubt if this small market was really badly rattled by the 2015 devastating earthquake. Except landslide debris just above the settlement, anyone visiting the place for the first time will find no marks of the devastation that...
Dec 04, 2018