My City, Entertainment, Movies
If 'zips invented', Maisie Williams ready to return to 'Game of Thrones' spin-off
If 'zips invented', Maisie Williams ready to return to 'Game...
If makers are planning for a 'Game of Thrones' spin-off, they would have to invent zips for Maisie Williams to cast in the show. Maisie Williams aka Arya Stark seems to be fed-up of the costumes and said she will be in the show's reboot if "they invent zips and not have leather costumes that are lac...
Jul 21, 2019
SOCIETY
Artificial pond attracting wild animals
Artificial pond attracting wild animals
KANCHANPUR, July 21: Two artificial ponds have been created in Singhapur community forest in Krishnapur municipality. The ponds were created to facilitate drinking water for the protected wildlife in the forest.
Jul 21, 2019
WORLD
Germany marks 75th anniversary of plot to kill Hitler
Germany marks 75th anniversary of plot to kill Hitler
BERLIN, July 21: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Europeans to confront populism, nationalism, racism and anti-Semitism as she paid tribute to the Nazi resistance in her own country.
Jul 21, 2019
WORLD
US concerned over China’s ‘interference’ in South China Sea
US concerned over China’s ‘interference’ in South China Sea
HANOI, July 21: The United States said it’s concerned by reports of China’s interference with oil and gas activities in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, where Vietnam accuses Beijing of violating its sovereignty.
Jul 21, 2019
My City, Gen-Next, Article
My journey of helping
My journey of helping
As a kid, if anyone asked me what I wanted to become, my answer varied every year, or should I say each quarter. As I grew, I did not have a concrete answer, but I knew I liked basketball as a sport and accounts as a subject. In no time, I started pursuing Chartered Accountancy. I completed the cour...
Jul 21, 2019
SOCIETY
Five including three children die in separate accidents
Five including three children die in separate accidents
LAHAN, July 21: Five people including three children died in separate incidents that took place in the district on Saturday. Five-year-old Sandhya Kumari Shah, the daughter of Pramod Kumar Shah of Siraha municipality-12, died after being bitten by a poisonous snake. She was playing in front of her h...
Jul 21, 2019
Editorial
Heed the victims’ call
Heed the victims’ call
Nepal’s transitional justice process is getting prolonged further while the victims of the atrocities carried out by both the state forces and rebels during the decade-long Maoist insurgency are still waiting for justice. This is a great injustice to the victims and betrayal to the national cause of...
Jul 21, 2019
OPINION
Think global, act local
Think global, act local
All problems are global but their solutions are local. Believe it or not, most of the problems we are facing today are caused by various phenomena for which we are responsible including haphazard use of insecticides that is very hazardous to public health. It becomes more concerning when vegetables...
Jul 21, 2019
OPINION
Guard your apprehension
Guard your apprehension
Since the restoration of democracy, Nepali interest groups are quite vocal on our foreign affairs matters. Media and independent scholars are no different. So they keep telling us that Nepal’s foreign relation should be more dynamic, our foreign policy should be redefined in changed regional or glob...
Jul 21, 2019
OPINION
Expediting development
Expediting development
A follow-up interaction session between National Planning Commission (NPC), attended by a senior member of the commission, and Nepal Policy Institute (NPI) was held in Bangkok on May 29 this year. During the session, NPI recalled priority issues which were proposed as development planning goals in a...
Jul 21, 2019