The Week
Our story
Our story
We expected Loot-2 to be the biggest Nepali movie ever but I guess Haku Kaley and his friends were not as funny as the Chakka Panja folks. Well, it’s definitely hard to make a sequel and although Nischal Basnet did try and made tons of money at the Nepali box office, the movie failed to meet the exp...
May 12, 2017
The Week
Why social media won’t change anything
Why social media won’t change anything
There’s a road near my house which I refer to as ‘election’ road because it only gets maintained and looked after during the build up to elections. At other times, it is left to fall into a state of disrepair with the last cosmetic change (because that’s all that really happens) taking place during...
May 12, 2017
Lifestyle
Management students interact with industrialists
Management students interact with industrialists
KATHMANDU, May 12: Nepal Management Symposium (NMS) 2017, a two-day event organized by the student council of Kathmandu College of Management (KCM) was held on Tuesday and Wednesday at Hotel Radisson Kathmandu.
May 12, 2017
POLITICS
Powerful bomb explodes at RPP leader's house in Bhaktapur
Powerful bomb explodes at RPP leader's house in Bhaktapur
BHAKTAPUR, May 12: A powerful bomb has gone off on Friday morning at Duwakot in Changunarayan Municipality-2 of Bhaktapur.
May 12, 2017
Lifestyle
Comical moments off camera
Comical moments off camera
Some of the comedy shows that we grew up watching like ‘Hijo Aaja Ko Kura’ and ‘Tito Satya’ made us laugh till our bellies hurt, but what made the actors of those epic shows laugh? Surely working on such funny skits must have been funnier. The Week talked to some of Nepal’s favorite comedians to fin...
May 12, 2017
POLITICS, SPECIAL
Nepal officially signs OBOR
Nepal officially signs OBOR
KATHMANDU, May 12 Nepal has officially signed a memorandum of understanding with China's One Belt and One Road initiatives.
May 12, 2017
The Week
The call of the ballot box
The call of the ballot box
Millennials today are confused about who to vote for and even whether they should vote or not. There exists a lack of enthusiasm and political participation among youths of 18-25. Republica’s Shuvechchha Ghimire invited four proficient debaters—Pradeep Raj Ghimire, Pawan Acharya, Abhibind Khaniya an...
May 12, 2017
The Week
The right & responsibility to vote
The right & responsibility to vote
43-year-old Sudhir Shrestha, owner of a music and movie store in Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, is quite excited about the upcoming local level election, the first phase of which is all set to take place on May 14.
May 12, 2017
VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Valley Pollution Levels
Valley Pollution Levels
The graph above is based on the pollutant of fine particulate matter, PM2.5 (PM less than 2.5 microns) of Kathmandu Valley in a day
May 12, 2017
SOCIETY
Kedia kidnapper shot dead on court premise in Bihar
Kedia kidnapper shot dead on court premise in Bihar
KATHMANDU, May 11: Notorious Indian gangster Bablu Dube, who was also involved in high-profile kidnapping cases in Nepal, was shot dead by gunmen on Bettiah court premises in West Champaran district in India on Thursday.
May 12, 2017