AQI for the last 24 hours measured at Phora Darbar
This Week on E-Paper
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the murder of schoolteacher Muktinath Adhikari by the Maoists in Lamjung district during the peak of the insurgency — for immediately not agreeing to donate 25% of his salary to their cause.. Read more...
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Despite the surge in new cases, devotees gather in the trijunction of Punayamata, Roshi and Rudrawati Rivers in Panauti for Makar Mela, a month-long celebration in Magh that takes place every 12 years, on Saturday. The Mela begins as the Sun enters Makar Rashi (Capricorn) on the day of Makar Sakranti as per Vedic astrology.
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Nirmal (Nims Dai) Purja, Chhang Dawa Sherpa, Karma Tenzing and Tashi Sherpa planted Nepal's double triangle at the South Pole after skiing the 'last 1 degree' spanning 100km on Tuesday. Earlier, the group climbed Mt Vinson, the highest massif on Antarctica at 4,892m.
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Former King Gyanendra Shah lays a wreath at the statue of Prithvi Narayan Shah in #Kathmandu on Tuesday to mark Prithvi Jayanti. His first such activity after Nepal’s monarchy was abolished in 2008. Earlier, in a statement he said Nepal had become a geopolitical playground for outside powers after it became a republic.
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Health workers administer vaccines to students at a local school in Bhaktapur on Monday. Nepal Government has started administering vaccines for 12-17 age group at various schools inside Kathmandu Valley since the first week of January.
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Youth in Kathmandu stage a protest to press the government to scrap the tax on menstrual hygiene products on Saturday. The government charges 15% customs duty and 13% VAT on sanitary pads.
