Girl students’ skirts too short in Chitwan – The inspection team
Aug 10, 2012 @ 17:46
The inspection team sent by Higher Secondary Education Council from Kathmandu visited the colleges in Chitwan  district for inspection and finding girl students in higher secondary schools (+2 colleges) wearing short skirt, has advised the length of skirt should be below knee.
According to the District Education Office (DEO, the team made this suggestion after monitoring many higher secondary schools and the team also found many ‘+2′ colleges in Chitwan with lack of fully-equipped laboratories and libraries. They also found the poor condition of other school infrastructures like classes, canteens and toilets. The school buildings housing students beyond their capacity were also found.
The inspection team was sent after receiving complaints that the colleges in Chitwan were being run without proper infrastructures and there is connection between colleges and bridge course and tuition institutes for mutual benefit.
Gai Jatra Celebrated
Aug 4, 2012 @ 12:21
Gaijatra, the festival of cows was observed across the country on Friday. It is the festival celebrated by Newar community in which families, who have lost their members and relatives during the year paraded the streets, especially in the Capital, disguised as cows or with actual decorated cows, in memory of the deceased.
‘Gai’ or ‘cow’ helps departed souls cross a cosmic river called Baitarini in their journey after death, according to the religious scriptures. And according to another popular belief, King Pratap Malla initiated the festival in the 17th century to console his wife, who was in deep sorrow due to the untimely demise of her son Chakrapatendra Malla. Everyone in the country tried to make her laugh by coming out with cows and mimicry and also showed that she was not alone who have lost someone. Continue reading
“Maina†film based on real story of Maina Sunuwar, who died due to severe tortured by the army, is going to be shown in European various countries.
Today Director K.P. Pathak has take off for Europe and Pathak will be on one month long European Tour. The film will be shown in Belgium on 19th August, in Netherland on 20th August, in Sweden on 25th August, in Denmark on 26th August and in United Kingdom on 7th September.
Special Jury Award (by Film Development Board), Appreciation Award (by Nepali Film Industry) and many more award receiving film ‘Maina’ has not been publicly shown yet though it was made 3 years ago.
During Maoist insurgency period, Maina Sunuwar was detained by the army when they went to arrest and interrogate her mother, Debi Sunuwar on receiving information of her connection with Maoist.
Nepali film ‘Farki Aau’ is a presentation of Baburam Dahal for Parbat Films. The movie is a Ram Poudel’s production featuring superstar Rajesh Hamal and Niruta Singh in leading roles. Hot actress Sonia KC is also featured in the movie.
Actress Rekha Thapa has slapped a Journalist Chiranjibi Poudel of Sourya Dainik in his office on Sunday.
Rekha slapped Chiranjibi after having furious discussion over the Gaijatra Satire “Rekha Thapa’s Mini Skirt mystery” (Rekha Thapa ko Miniskirt Rahasya) that was published in Sourya Dainik last Friday. She said it has assassinated her character.
Both Rekha and Chiranjibi confirmed of the slap scandal and Chiranjibi had also told and online media that he had returned another slap to Rekha. Rekha told that she doesn’t have any objection on Gaijatra satire but, she added she was objecting certain words used by Chiranjibi.
Click here and see page no 8-9 for the Gaijatra Satire written by Chiranjibi. Is this just Gaijatra Satire or has crossed the limit ?
Yuma Rai was crowned Miss Rai 2012Â in the beauty contest held in Rastriya Naach Ghar, Jamal on Thursday.
(Photo credit: Dipesh Raj Dhimal/Purbelitimes)
Seli Rai became the First Runner Up and Srija Rai became the Second Runner Up. Â In this contest, the Third Runner Up was also announced and it goes to Bidiyok Rai.
Yuma received cash prize of Rs 50,000 whereas First, Second and Third Runner Ups received Rs 20,000 each.
 Top 5 Contestants    (Photo Credit: Facebook)
134 underage children were rescued from several embroidery factories when the District Administration Office (DAO) Bhaktapur raided there on Monday, according to news report.
The children were pressed into hard labor from early dawn to late night for a very less salary. According to one of the rescued children, 10-year-old Irfan Mukeri of Malangawa, Sarlahai, he worked for 14 hours every day in a congested dark room of a factory, but earned only Rs 200 per month.
Police raided several embroidery factories in Bhaktapur in the presence of an accompanying team of child right activists, representatives from Central Child Welfare Board (CCWB) and representatives of District Child Welfare Board (DCWB).
The administrations said that most of the rescued children are from Muslim families and were trafficked from Bihar of India and from several districts of Nepal. Most of them are under aged.
For health check up, all the rescued children were taken to a training centre of Agriculture Development Bank at Bhaktapur and are being kept at a shelter of Carnet Nepal at Lalitpur. (Photo credit: republica)
Prakash Dahal suspended from party after affair with a married woman
Jul 9, 2012 @ 17:44
UCPN (Maoist) has suspended party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s son Prakash Dahal from the party’s Newa State Committee over his alleged extramarital affair with student leader Bina Magar.
Bina, the president of the Free Students Union of Saraswoti Campus and a central committee member of All Nepal National Independent Students Union (Revolutionary) and Prakash are apparently not in contact with their families for the past few days.
After getting divorce with the first wife, two years ago, Dahal has married for the second time and has a one-year-old son from his second wife. Magar is also a married to a different person.
Since Everest expedition in May 2012, rumours were being heard about their public display of affection and illicit relation. Magar was also in that expedition team.
As the serious questions were raised in public over Dahal’s activities, the party has suspended him and has initiated an investigation into the matter, according to party spokesperson Dina Nath Sharma.
WWF Nepal welcomed Miss Nepal Shristi
Jul 10, 2012 @ 04:33
WWF Nepal welcomed Miss Nepal 2012, Shristi Shrestha as its seventh Young Conservation Ambassador on Monday.
Before Shristi, Miss Nepal 2011, Malina Joshi was appointed Young Conservation Ambassador. The Miss Nepal pageant winners were being appointed as the Young Conservation Ambassador by WWF Nepal from 2004 and since then Payal Shakya, Sugarika KC, Sitashma Chand, Zenisha Moktan and Sadichha Shrestha have got such appointment.
Anil Manandhar, Country Representative of WWF Nepal acknowledged Malina for her active contribution to help raise awareness on WWF’s conservation endeavors and welcomed Shristi.
According to WWF Nepal, Shristi will be actively involved in helping promote conservation, in WWF’s Snow Leopard Conservation Campaign, The Green Lumbini Initiative and The Generation Green campaign. She will work with students and Eco Clubs of various schools to raise awareness about conservation and develop youth projects focusing on environment and species conservation. (Photo Credit: WWF Nepal)
International Indigenous Film Festival has begun
Jul 12, 2012 @ 18:30
The 6th Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival (NIIFF) has begun from Thursday, July 12 and it will continue till July 15 at Nepal Tourism Board and Rashtriya Sabhagriha at Bhrikuti Mandap from 10 am to 7 pm.
 In the film festival organized by Indigenous Film Archive (IFA), many national and international filmmakers will present their works. 79 films and documentaries have been shortlisted from 20 countries, out of which Nepal has 27 films and documentaries that are on Magar, Tharu, Tamang, Newar, Limbu, Rai, Hayu, Sunuwar, and Chepang communities.
The selected films are from Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Tanzania, Colombia, Finland, India, Philippines, New Zealand, Mexico, USA, Canada, Norway, Switzerland etc.
Stalls with various ethnic foods from communities like Limbu, Magar, Tharu, Newar, Dhimal, Chepang, and Sunuwar have been also placed.
For the Awards best 3 films, 3 awards will be distributed as Golden Drum, Silver Drum and Bronze Drum. There is Public Choice Award and Encouragement Award for the Best Nepali Film too.
Father jailed for 25 years on charge of Rape
Jul 16, 2012 @ 18:18
Bhim Bahadur Subedi, a resident of Hetaunda Municipality-4, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on the charge of raping his daughter on April 24 while she was alone at home.
Neighbours had informed the police after hearing the girl scream and Subedi was taken into custody, according to RSS Reports. The Makwanpur District Court handed down 15-year imprisonment for rape and an additional 10-year imprisonment for incest on Subedi.
Miss SLC Teen 2012 is Bibita Chand
Jul 16, 2012 @ 18:49
Bibita Chand, 16, was crowned Miss SLC 2012 in the competition entitled “Miss SLC Teen†organized by Bandana Kala Kendra and Team Work Nepal at Rastriya Nachghar Saturday.
Bibita, who passed her SLC examinations from Siddhartha Banasthali Institute of Kathmandu, left behind other 14 contestants. Susma Tamang from Naya Bazaar won the first runner-up title and the second runner-up was Nisha Nepal from New Baneshwor.
To the question, “What do you want to be: A successful person or good human being?â€, Bibita answered that she wanted to be a good human being because positive quality, good personality, and discipline were always there in good human beings which can also be found in successful persons and won the title. The title winner received full scholarship at Premier College and a purse of Rs. 30,000.
Dramatist Bijay Bisfot, Principal of Premier College Nabaraj Subedi, Beautician Nanu Rajbhandari, Coordinator of Trikon Public School Chakra Tamang were in the panel of judges. (Photo Credit: Republica)
Corruption case against 65 principals of government schools in Saptari
Jul 19, 2012 @ 18:00
Cases have been filed in District Administration Office (DAO), Saptari against 65 school principals in corruption charges. RSS writes quoting DAO officer Bishnuranjan Baral that 17 principals of the secondary schools, six principals of lower secondary, 40 of primary schools and two teachers from Madrassa schools have been accused.
Majority of the petitioners are chairman and other officials of the School Management Committees and some are guardians of the schools too.
In the case filed on December, 2011 against Amodhilal Mandal of Rastriya Primary School, Trikaul, Mandal was found guilty, so sent to Saptari District Prison, Rajbiraj, in April while some of the principals have returned the embezzled money.
Other filed cases are against Ramakanta Yadav of the Mahendra Chunni Janata Higher Secondary School, Manaraja including Mohammad Hussein of Shishubari, Digambar Saha of Shankar Higher Secondary School, Hamsha Narayan Mehata of Kushaha etc.
Bijay Kumar Pandey’s talk show, Dishanirdesh, featured Rekha Thapa, the top actress in Nepali movie industry. In the show she talked about here reel life, real life, and her thoughts and feelings.
Little Lady Talent Show, another contest of girls between ages of 9 to 11, was held in Kathmandu on Tuesday.  This year, 10 Years old Sumi Gamaal of Syuchatar, won the title ‘Little Lady ‘along with cash prize Rs 5000.
 10 years old of Kalimati, Najejda Tamrakar became the First Runner up and 9 years old Shuvekchha Shakha of Bhaktapur became the Second Runner up. First and Second Runner up received cash prize Rs 4000 and Rs 3000 respectively.
Other title winner little ladies according to Nagarik news are:   Talent- 10 years old Yesna Adhikari, Popular- 11 years old Supriya Khadka, Dress- 10 years old Najejda Tamrakar, Photogenic-9 years old Cristina Dhoju, Discipline- 9 years old Sunistha Shakya, Friendship- Prism Vaidya.
Since I988, JCI Kathmandu-Nepal has been organizing this Little Lady Talent Show and this year, 27 contestants were selected from among 50 applicants. (Photo credit: Nagarik )
Catwalk in swim wear and bikini by Nepalese girl in Nepal may not have been heard by all yet. But it has happened in swimming pool of New Dakshinkali Village Resort on June 15.
 In the event managed by Creative Event Network International (CNI), nine models Sony Khadka, Anjana, Sruti, Bini, Reshma, Sujata, Namrata, Junu and Sabina presented the swim wear and bikini design of designer Natasha Khimka and Somnath Niraula.
Before the fashion starts at 4Â PM, visitors were enjoying pool side dance party on the music played by DJ Splash, Rupesh or Rob from 2 PM. By that time the choreographer Pratima Shrestha and her assistants Srijana and Reshma were preparing models for the catwalk.
 Two sequences of fashion show were shown in half an hour and after that again DJs started to play music for dance. Four models started to dance in swimming pool splashing water on each other. Others also joined them, some in swimming pool and some out of the pool.
Around two hundred visitors were enjoying the event. According to the organizer, Iras Shrestha, next Fashion Show and Splash Grind will be held in July. (Photo credit: CNI)
Midfielder cum striker of national football team, Bharat Khawas, Nepal´s no 1 tennis player, Aslesha Lissanevitch, cricket player Shakti Gauchan, Sabita Chaudhary of athletics and Ramila Tandukar of volleyball are nominated for the popular player of the year category under the Pulsar Sports Award at the Nepal Tourism Board. Who will be the winner among these nominees will be finalized through SMS voting during the Sports Award which will be held on July 4.
NSJF is annually conducting the Sports Award. On the basis of performance, sports persons are nominated in eight different categories: Pulsar player of the year male and female, youth player, coach, para athlete, lifetime achievement award, special award and popular player of the year.
During the award ceremony, the winner of the special award, lifetime achievement award and para-athlete award will be disclosed and for remaining other category, nominees are yet to be disclosed. (Photo credit: Republica)
SLC 2068 Result – Regular and Exempted
Jun 13, 2012 @ 14:06
This year, 55.5 percent of the examiners passed the SLC exam. That was about 9 percent less than the previous year. There were 5,54,022 examinees out of which 2,30,499 had passed.
Regular – 2068 Result – PDF file – (7.7 MB)
Exempted – 2068 Result – PDF file (70 Kb)
Pass stat:
20,111 – passed with Distinction
82, 619 – passed with First Division
1,09,795 passed with Second Division
8,241
passed with Third Division.
Street children got distinction in SLC
Jun 15, 2012 @ 18:46
Street children passed SLC exam that also with distinction mark. Hard work of 17 years old Gopal Lama has rewarded him.
Both mother and father have left Lama in the childhood. Father married another girl when his mother was pregnant and his mother also married another person after few years of his birth turning him to street children and his home became street.
According to nagarik news, he has struggled as street children in Kathmandu and Chitwan. During this struggle, he has realized the value of study, but, got chance to study when he started to stay in “Hamro Gharâ€, NGO in Narayangadh, involved in caring street children.
Street boy, Lama has got 83.12% and shows street children are also not less than those who study spending huge amount of money in tuition and expensive schools.
(Photo credit: Nagarik)
Hari Bansha married second time
Jun 21, 2012 @ 18:08
Renowned comedian Hari Bansha Acharya has married again today evening with Ramila Pathak at a simple ceremony. Hari Bansha’s first wife, Meera Acharya, has died one year ago in April.
It is learnt that Hari Bansha has married on request of his family, relatives and well-wishers. Very few members of the families and close friends were present in his short wedding rituals held at the residence of the bride´s sister at Gongabu in Kathmandu on Thursday.
Fifty five-year-old Acharya has two sons Mohit Acharya and Trilok Acharya from his first wife whom he has married 30 years ago and Ramila has a 21-year-old son from her earlier marriage and her husband had died 10 years ago in an accident. Ramila is 10 years younger than Hari Bansha.
Madan Krishna Shrestha, another famous comedian of Ma-Ha duo has sent best wishes to new Acharya couple from Bangkok as Madan Krishna is at present there for treatment of his wife. (Photo credit: Facebook)
A presentation of BN Films, Nepali film ‘Vijaypath’ features top Nikhil and Sanchita in leading roles. The movie features cinematography by Shiva Dhakal, bckground music by Dinesh Sunam, choreography by Kamal Rai / Gobind Rai, action by Astha Maharjan, music by Basanta Sapkota / Santosh Rai, story by BP karki, script / dialogue by Pradeep Bhatta, and editing by Bipin Malla,
21 years old Sabina Maharjan was crowned Miss Jyapu 2012 which is the beauty contest between women from Jyapu Community like caste of Suwal, Singh, Dangol, Maharjan, Prajapati, Awale, Munikar and Kisan etc. It was held on 17th June at Nepal Academy Hall, Kamaladi and Sabina received Rs 25000 cash prize on winning the tile.
Likewise, Runa Maharjan, 23, won the title 1st Runner Up and another Sabina Maharjan of 17 years old won the title 2nd Runner Up. They received cash prize of Rs 15000 and Rs 10000 respectively. In this beauty peagant organized by Nasa Mandal, Miss Jyapu 2012 title owner Sabina also become Miss Talent and received additional Rs 5000 cash prize.
