The Week
To leave or to stay
To leave or to stay
It’s perhaps the most known conundrum we, as Nepalis face, and the views on the matter too are drastically divided. While some consider staying abroad after completing your education as a no brainer, we also can’t ignore those who are choosing to return home and make a life here. The Week bought two...
Jun 23, 2017
SOCIETY
2 police killed, 2 missing as landslide hits van, truck
2 police killed, 2 missing as landslide hits van, truck
KATHMANDU, June 23: Two police personnel were killed and two are still missing when the van they were travelling in was buried by a landslide along the Narayanghat-Mugling road on Thursday night. A truck was also hit by the landslide leaving the driver and help injured.
Jun 23, 2017
The Week
When in New Road
When in New Road
Pani-puri has long been a part people’s lives in Kathmandu, and every corner and alley seems to have its own local pani-puri vendor. Tiwari Sonali Fast Food, formerly known as the Tiwari Brothers, is one that has been around for more than 40 years. It was established three generations ago, in New Ro...
Jun 23, 2017
The Week
Oil control
Oil control
With the summer heat setting in and humidity levels rising, sweating has become a part of our daily life. While deodorant takes care of most of it, it becomes problematic when it is your facial glands that go on an overdrive. The Week talked to Rofina Singh, proprietor and beautician of Serene Salon...
Jun 23, 2017
The Week
Not black & white
Not black & white
Our new Home Minister finally ordered the Traffic Police to stop their fledgling initiative of fining jaywalkers. This campaign was rather short lived even after taking into account the transient nature of most initiatives that our traffic police have been associated with. Blink and you probably mis...
Jun 23, 2017
The Week
The OnePlus 5 derivative and uninspired
The OnePlus 5 derivative and uninspired
Four years ago, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus took the world by storm. New entrants into the smartphone market, the company disrupted it by providing phones as good as flagships by other well-known companies at a price point that resonated with most average smartphone buyers. Exception...
Jun 23, 2017
The Week
A self-sustaining museum
A self-sustaining museum
XIAMEN (FUJIAN): It all began when Yang Hanjing came up with an idea of opening a café with antique décor ten years ago. In 2007, Hanjing from port city of Xiamen, China quit his job as the head of creative department of an advertising agency and rented an old villa built in 1950 to set up a cafe.
Jun 23, 2017
The Week
Deuba’s burdens: Elections or bust
Deuba’s burdens: Elections or bust
Everybody hopes but few believe that now four-time prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba can successfully hold all three sets of elections stipulated in the new constitution by the constitutional deadline of January 21, 2018. In fact, it would be a mini-miracle if he does. What are the kinds of challeng...
Jun 23, 2017
POLITICS, ELECTION
Bomb explosion at candidate's house
Bomb explosion at candidate's house
DHANGADHI, June 23: An unidentified group detonated bomb at the residence of mayoral candidate for Godabari municipality of Kailali from the CPN (Maoist Center), Gokarna Bhatta, last night.
Jun 23, 2017
SOCIETY
3 died in road accident at Hugdikhola
3 died in road accident at Hugdikhola
DHADING, June 23: Three people lost their lives in a truck accident at Hugdikhola of Benighat in Dhading on Friday.
Jun 23, 2017