The Week
Post winter blues
Post winter blues
The last episode of Game of Thrones aired on May 19, 2019 and it marked an end of a show that had been in the center of pop culture for almost a decade. The show first caught people’s attention thanks to its explicit content (both sexual and violence) and for killing off main characters like how one...
Jun 07, 2019
The Week
WHAT’S so Funny? Film, comedy and farce
WHAT’S so Funny? Film, comedy and farce
It’s a sensitive age that we seem to be living in. I was following the flare up between various representatives of the Nepali film industry and the aspiring comedian Pranesh Gautam, resulting from the latter’s less than flattering review of the film Bir Bikram 2.
Jun 07, 2019
My City, Entertainment
Comic-Con 2019: 'It: Chapter Two' coming to ScareDiego, Warner Bros., DC skipping event
Comic-Con 2019: 'It: Chapter Two' coming to ScareDiego, Warn...
his year's Comic-Con will miss an annual tradition as Warner Bros. is skipping its Saturday morning presentation in Hall H.
Jun 07, 2019
The Week
Going all out
Going all out
K-pop seems to be getting popular by the day and even in Nepal it’s slowly becoming a subculture of sorts with mostly teenagers and young adults being enamored by it. If they are listening to music, one can be sure there is a K-pop song or two on that playlist. This K-pop craze also has many fans bu...
Jun 07, 2019
POLITICS
NCP work division dispute prolongs
NCP work division dispute prolongs
KATHMANDU, June 7: The ruling Nepal Communist Party leaders are still unable to finalize the work division of the central leaders as they continue to dispute over one-leader-one-position idea.
Jun 07, 2019
POLITICS
Province 2 ruling coalition heads seek to amend policy, program
Province 2 ruling coalition heads seek to amend policy, prog...
JANAKPUR, June 7: Leaders of the ruling coalition have filed an amendment proposal against the policy and program presented by Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha, governor of Province 2, on behalf of the provincial government on Sunday.
Jun 07, 2019
SOCIETY
Dengue becomes ‘epidemic’ in Dharan, two wards declared crisis-hit
Dengue becomes ‘epidemic’ in Dharan, two wards declared cris...
DHARAN, June 7: After failing to control the spread of dengue in Dharan, Nepal Provincial Health Directorate (PHD) has said the disease has become an epidemic and declared some wards of Dharan Sub-metropolitan city as crisis-hit areas.
Jun 07, 2019
POLITICS
With bureaucrats rejected by local units, union seeks legal action
With bureaucrats rejected by local units, union seeks legal...
KATHMANDU, June 7: The official trade union of civil servants has demanded legal action against local elected representatives involved in turning back civil servants adjusted or transferred to the local units by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration.
Jun 07, 2019
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
What if…
What if…
Roll not tears on my death
There should be a reservoir to roll
What is the loss to anyone in the damage
There should be a broken heart to know and understand the value of toll
Jun 07, 2019
SOCIETY
UPDATE: Massive storm kills two, injures dozens in Kailali, Kanchanpur
UPDATE: Massive storm kills two, injures dozens in Kailali,...
KATHMANDU, June 6: Two people have died while more than 37 others were injured when a massive storm hit Kailali and Kanchanpur districts on Thursday evening, officials said.
Jun 07, 2019