UK homeowner delays sale of home after Banksy mural appears

LONDON: Banksy’s latest mural has delayed a homeowner’s plans to sell in England after it recently appeared on the house’s exterior wall. The elusive British street artist’s piece — titled “Aachoo!!” — depicts an elderly...

After fires, Australia gets ready for floods

SYDNEY: Just days after bushfires threatened an Australian World Heritage site, thousands were bracing for floods on the subtropical east coast on Sunday, with beaches closed and the authorities urging people to sandbag their...

Mexican archaeologists uncover facade of Aztec skull tower in capital

MEXICO CITY: Archaeologists have unearthed new sections of a famous Aztec tower of human skulls dating back to the 1400s beneath the center of Mexico City, authorities said on Friday. The team uncovered in March...

Denhari, the indigenous craft of Tharus, on verge of disappearance

KANCHANPUR, DECEMBER 12 ‘Denhari’, which has been traditionally used by the Tharu community in the district for storing food grains, is on the verge of disappearance. Denhari is earthen structures constructed inside the house by...

States will start getting COVID-19 vaccine Monday, US says

WASHINGTON: The nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning, US officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final go-ahead to the shots needed to end an outbreak that has...

Second meeting of Nepal-Canada BCM held virtually

Kathmandu, December 12 The second meeting of Nepal-Canada Bilateral Consultation Mechanism was held virtually last evening. Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bharat Raj Paudyal and Assistant Deputy Minister of Global Affairs Canada Paul Thoppil...

Photo Gallery: Along they march for departed loved ones

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 13 People scatter sacred seeds ‘Satbeej’ in remembrance of their departed loved ones during the Bala Chaturdashi festival at Pashupatinath Temple premises, in Kathmandu, on Sunday, December 13, 2020. Bala Chaturdashi is observed with...

Shivaprasad Khatiwada’s book ‘Sampada’ published

KATHMANDU: Shabdartha Publication House today released Shivaprasad Jaisi Khatiwada’s maiden poetic literature ‘Sampada’ in Kathmandu, on Saturday. Minister for Tourism, Culture and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai unveiled the book amid an event at Multipurpose Hall of...