Author: Sam Allcock

The people of Tilottama will enjoy a colorful fusion cultural dance called Sarayn, which was organized by the Hotel Pauwa in Yogikuti today. This event is one of the best attempts to hold and showcase the Butwal cultural heritage. Sarayn dance originally performed in Terai region of Nepal is energetic dance and dancers are decorated in bright costumes. It mainly portrays episodes from Hindu epic and folk tales thus it is not a mere dance but an eminance of episodes. This show at Hotel Pauwa should attract the natives of this region and tourists wishing to enjoy the experience of…

Biratnagar, a bustling commercial city in present day eastern Nepal, is now hosting a cultural parade where the western Netherland like people parade standards of the colourful colourful culture of the place with pride. Started from yesterday, the festival is being celebrated with restrictions which have now become mandatory due to the pandemic rules. This event is popularly called the “Biratnagar Cultural Mela,” and this annual event has been organized for more than twenty years now. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, changes in the festival format have been made to allow the people’s movement while exciting talents and…

Hailing the second largest city of Nepal Biratnagar, extreme weather climes have threatened the region as intense rainfall is still going on. Rain which started late Saturday night continued through to early Sunday and has caused disruption as well as fears that low lying areas may be flooded. The Meteorological Forecasting Division has forecasted moderate to heavy rains right through the day with some areas of the city predicted to receive up to 150mm of rain. This has led local authorities lower to take precautionary measures in order to prevent any adverse risks from occurring in the region as well…

Nagarkot rising just 32 kilometres east of Kathmandu is now a less crowded hill station which is gradually changing its tourism management strategies towards sustainable tourism and travellers’ involvement. This new development is slowly revolutionising the experience of the tourists in this highly travelled range that features the Himalayas, including Mount Everest. Emerging policies by local tourism organisations and manufacturers are directed towards sustainable tourism, the practise of which has the least harm to the environment to bring maximum advantages for the local population. Such approach corresponds to the global tendencies of eco-tourism and meets the demands of more and…

The Indian tourists and their Nepali guide were safely evacuated from the Nagarkot forest in Nepals yesterday Sunday, about ten hours after they had been reported lost. This sad event, which took place in the Bhaktapur district some 30 kilometres from Kathmandu, points at the same time to the bosom appeal and hazards which may be hidden at tourism overheated admired Nepal trekking lands. The tourists who are from India have been named as Nitin Tiwari, Rashmi Tiwari, and their boy Tanish Tiwari, together with their Nepali guide Hari Prasad Kharel, have been on a trek in Nagarkot forest in…

In a dramatic political moment, Lumbini Province Chief Minister Kul Prasad KC moved the floor test in the Provincial Assembly on Monday amidst opposition and boycott by the CPN-UML. It is a historic moment for the province to come out in a vote of confidence following a turbulent period in the government’s existence. The floor test was conducted in tense circumstances that involved protests and boycotts by CPN-UML in and out of the voting booth. Their absence, though, was courteous. They were not many to hinder the assembly from attaining the quorum necessary for the confidence vote. Koshi Chand Chief…

To prevent violence in the upcoming local elections, Makawanpur security officials from Nepal and India have agreed to close the border in Lumbini Province for 72 hours. This decision is taken against the backdrop of the preparation for the holding of the local-level elections that are tremendously instrumental in the democratization of the process in the concerned area. The closure of the boarder is intended to ensure that any external influence orIllegal activities which may interfere with the electoral process is eliminated. This is in a bid to ensure elections are conducted securely to minimise cases of violence and generally…

Though air pollution has reached alarming levels in many cities of Nepal including Kathmandu, the country is struggling hard to cope with the emerging environmental issue. The government has launched a new number of strategies to fight against this urgent problem, which affects the health of the population and the state’s economy. According to Department of Environment data, AQI for Kathmandu valley has been above 150 in recent weeks, which falls in ‘unhealthy’ category. The AQI has gone beyond 300 a number of times, this being a sign of “hazardous” air quality. The levels of pollution depicted here are mainly…

When the challenges persist in Nepal’s media sector, a creative YouTube series refreshes the journalism of the country. Similarly, ‘Herne Katha’ which is run by Bidhya Chapagain and Kamal Kumar is arguably becoming the favourite journalistic compilation of several years in Nepal bringing change in the way news and stories are reported and delivered. Herne Katha was initiated in 2018 mainly focusing on traveling to unheard areas of Nepal and report unexpected stories that go unnoticed. The series is intended to change the object of interest from the political news that usually comprise the first pages of the newspapers, and…

The executive summary of this new report published today by the Nepal Press Freedom Watchdog (NPFW) reveals that Nepalese journalists are increasingly being threatened and intimated. The survey of the state of press freedom in Nepal this year recorded 30 percent increase in attacks on media practitioners in the past one year which is an alarming sign on declining freedom of journalism in the Himalayan Kingdom. Therefore, the NPFW, a non-governmental organization established to bring the awareness of pressing freedom situation in Nepal, collected information from different sources firstly from the journalists, secondly from the media, and thirdly from the…