Record-holding Nepali climbers receive hero's welcome after conquering final 8,000-meter peak

KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 14In a triumphant homecoming, thousands of supporters thronged Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday to welcome a team of record-holding Nepali climber...

Dashain festival- tika and jamara rituals continue

KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 14:The rituals of receiving the Dashain tika and jamara as blessings of the Goddess Navadurga continue today, too on Aswin Shukla Paksha Dwadashi, the 12th day o...

Five bodies of Russian climbers yet to be retrieved from Dhaulagiri

MYAGDI, OCTOBER 14:The bodies of five climbers who died during an expedition to Dhaulagiri peak are yet to be retrieved.The bodies of climbers from Russia have remained at an altit...

Light rain forecast for hilly regions

KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 14The Meteorological Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has predicted the possibility of rain due to the combined influence of w...

Nepali youths organize International Astronomical Olympiad in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 13While many Nepalis were celebrating the Dashain festival, a group of Nepali youths was actively conducting the International Astronomical Olympiad in Nepal.Thi...

As old as, or even older than jazz …

One of the performers at this year's Surya Nepal Jazzmandu is Dhrupad Gurukul Kathmandu - an ensemble that carries forward the ancient tradition of Dhrupad, a major form of Hi...

Joker is back, this time with Lady Gaga – and songs

VENICE, OCTOBER 1" Joker " is a hard act to follow. Todd Phillips' dark, Scorsese-inspired character study about the Batman villain made over a billion dollars at the box offi...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs faces new sex assault allegations in woman's lawsuit

NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 28Sean "Diddy" Combs was hit with new sexual assault allegations Friday as a woman filed a lawsuit in New York saying she was repeatedly raped and drugged at th...