The Week
That beautiful expression of love
That beautiful expression of love
Both of them had very creative streaks every since they can remember and loved playing with colors and making things. When they met in college, they discovered each other’s passion for making cards. Often Aditee Bhattarai and Shrinkhala Shreshta’s friends and family would tell them to team up and st...
Mar 17, 2017
The Week
Refined dining
Refined dining
Everyone has flutes, glasses, and goblets at home but not everyone has flutes, glasses, and goblets that can start a conversation and bring a party to life. Not only are these pieces good investment because they will last you a long time and make any dinner event classy and elegant by adding a lot o...
Mar 17, 2017
The Week
Life in Lumbini
Life in Lumbini
If you are traveling when a Nepal bandh has been called, you will inevitable run into a lot of trouble. That’s what happened during my trip to Lumbini where I got stuck on the way for hours on end, and reached the hotel I was staying in only at 1 am in the morning instead of the scheduled 10 pm earl...
Mar 17, 2017
WORLD
Trump's budget boosts military but cuts GOP, Dem favorites
Trump's budget boosts military but cuts GOP, Dem favorites
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new $1.15 trillion budget would reshape America's government with the broad, conservative strokes he promised as a candidate, ordering generous increases for the military, slashing domestic programs and riling both fellow Republicans and Democrats by going...
Mar 17, 2017
The Week
The ‘high’ life
The ‘high’ life
A few years ago, one of my friends from the UK happened to be in Nepal around this time of the year specifically the fortnight covering the ‘Shivaratri’ and Holi festivals. He hadn’t come here for spiritual reasons (although he may beg to differ), to revel in water or color fights or even to find th...
Mar 17, 2017
The Week
Minister of my health
Minister of my health
I don’t know Gagan Thapa well. What I know better is that I want him to continue as my health minister. How many ministers have there been in the post-1990 democratic Nepal who have done something worthwhile for the common folks and not directed all their focus on enriching themselves and their moth...
Mar 17, 2017
WORLD
White House resists GOP pressure, stands by wiretap claim
White House resists GOP pressure, stands by wiretap claim
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday stood by President Donald Trump's unproven accusations that his predecessor wiretapped his New York skyscraper, despite growing bipartisan agreement that there's no evidence to back up the claim and mounting pressure to retract the statement.
Mar 17, 2017
Lifestyle
The sitar legend
The sitar legend
KATHMANDU, March 17: “Only a life lived with dignity is worth living” believes sitar maestro, Tara Bir Singh Tuladhar. He has been considered as individual Nepalis artist reference (Essential Scores and Sound Recordings) by the American Library Association.
Mar 17, 2017
POLITICS
‘Govt committed to fight flow of dirty money’
‘Govt committed to fight flow of dirty money’
KATHMANDU, Mar 17: The government is fully committed to combating the flow of dirty money that propagates financial crime, a central bank official said on Thursday.
Mar 17, 2017
WORLD
French school shooting: 4 shot, 10 hurt, student arrested
French school shooting: 4 shot, 10 hurt, student arrested
PARIS (AP) — A 16-year-old student who had troubled relations with his peers opened fire at a high school in southern France on Thursday, wounding three other students and the principal who tried to intervene, officials said.
Mar 17, 2017