SOCIETY, WORLD
Family holds funeral for Swiss climber Ueli Steck in Nepal
Family holds funeral for Swiss climber Ueli Steck in Nepal
GENEVA, May 5: The family of famed Swiss climber Ueli Steck has held a funeral ceremony in Nepal following his death in a still-unexplained mountaineering accident near Mount Everest.
May 05, 2017
The Week
Leg workout for slimmer calves
Leg workout for slimmer calves
Some of us are ‘blessed’ with big calves. And we know exactly how frustrating it can be when we try and put on a certain dress or shorts and it ends up all wrong because of these ‘blessed’ calves. This can lead to such inferiority complex that all you want to do is find ways to hide it. Though, of c...
May 05, 2017
The Week
Mixed feelings
Mixed feelings
A newly opened joint at mid-Baneshwor, it is quite easy to locate Dining Park Restaurant and Lounge Bar as it stands out from the rest of the buildings that surround it because of its unique façade. You will find yourself wondering how they maintain the pristine white buildings as soon as step insid...
May 05, 2017
The Week
Summer trends
Summer trends
Every season brings with it a new set of trends. The Week talked to Onisha Mulmi of Galz Beauty Parlor to find out what new hair and makeup trends are expected to take over this summer, and how to get them right.
May 05, 2017
The Week
The real deal
The real deal
Janisha Bhattarai had the distinction of being the first person, male or female, to file candidacy from Kathmandu for the May 14 local election. She is contesting to become deputy mayor of the city. She, incidentally, is also the daughter of Rasendra Bhattarai, who in 2003 made headlines with his cl...
May 05, 2017
The Week
Politics of change
Politics of change
In life, change is usually not very welcome because it tends to cause upheavals and disrupts the security of the familiar. Politics, however, is an altogether different case. In fact, the whole practice of holding periodical elections in a democracy is to give people the chance to exercise that very...
May 05, 2017
Lifestyle
Fashion through the years
Fashion through the years
From a time when clothes had to be imported to being able to buy local designer wear, Nepali fashion industry has come a long way. Over the years, trends have come and gone, while some trends have made a resurgence time and again. The Week talked to a few insiders of the Nepali film industry to know...
May 05, 2017
ECONOMY
Ncell granted go-ahead to offer 4G service
Ncell granted go-ahead to offer 4G service
KATHMANDU, May 5: Nepal Telecommunications Authority(NTA) has granted go-ahead to Ncell, the largest private ICT service provider company in the country, for offering 4G service following mounting pressure from various stakeholders on Wednesday.
May 05, 2017
The Week
Hobby-horsing craze in Finland
Hobby-horsing craze in Finland
HELSINKI, May 5: Sporting a black leather jacket, dyed red hair and a tattooed arm, Alisa Aarniomaki looks like she’s on her way to a rock band rehearsal session. But instead of carrying a guitar, the 20-year-old Finn gently holds on to something else: a puffy stuffed horse head on a wooden stick co...
May 05, 2017
The Week
The road to recovery
The road to recovery
Petty thief, extortionist, drug dealer, KC claims to have done it all at one point. And the motive was pretty straight forward: To maintain his own high.
May 05, 2017