Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is in custody at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, has been re-elected as mayor of his hometown of Davao. The election result is not considered unexpected, as the Duterte family has held the position for more than 20 years, but it is uncertain whether he will […]

Kathmandu. The Everest Nepal Cultural Group, which has been introducing Nepal to the world through cultural exchanges, has returned with a glorious performance on behalf of Nepal in the international folk cultural fairs held in Castres, Saint Girons, Saint Julien, Vic Sur Cere, and Dax Laguet cities in France and Les Preses and Barcelona in […]

London. Suman Rai, the producer of the movie Gorkha Warrior and a social activist, has been in the jewelry business in the UK for a long time. Rai, who has been running the Anugrah Bullion (Jewellery) showroom, launched ‘Anugrah Bullion and Diamond’ as the third showroom on Monday. After the success of two showrooms in […]

Kathmandu. The 12th International Folk Festival, organized with the main slogan “Welcoming tourist artists, the foundation of Nepali folk culture,” has been completed. More than ten lakh people have observed the fair organized in different parts of the country from February 18th to 27th. The festival started on the 19th of Falgun with the opening […]

Canada’s Immigration Minister, Mark Miller, has announced plans to limit the number of foreign students entering the country. The number of foreign students enrolled in Canada increased by over 193% between 2012 and 2022. This has led to housing and employment issues, with housing rents increasing by 22% in the last two years due to […]

Kathmandu. Public opinion is divided about the Hindi film ‘Animal’ directed by Sandeep Reddy Bhanga. On the one hand, it is making a bang at the box office; on the other hand, it has been criticized for glorifying ‘toxic masculinity’. This controversy has also entered the Parliament of India. In Thursday’s Rajya Sabha meeting, the […]

253 Nepali students from war-torn Israel have returned to their country via the Nepal Air Service Corporation’s NineN-ALZ Airbus 330 aircraft. The students were stranded in Israel after an attack by the Hamas group in the southern region, bordering Gaza. Ten Nepalese students were killed and one student remains missing. They were rescued four days […]

Indonesia. Authorities in Indonesia’s ultra-conservative Aceh province have issued an order banning people of the opposite sex from riding in the same vehicle. Men and women without family ties, and especially those of the opposite sex who are not married, have been ordered to sit separately in vehicles and public places. The local government said […]

Kathmandu. The government has extended the time to register mobile phones in the Mobile Device Management System (MDMS) till mid-August. According to the Ministry of Finance, it has been decided to extend the deadline given by the Economic Act 2080 by one month to middle of August. Nepal Telecommunication Authority has implemented such a system. […]