“Samsung mobile products occupy about 90 percent of market share in Nepal”
Puskal Khatiwada, marketing manager of Samsung Mobiles in Kathmandu, talked about how Nepali consumers estiamate Samsung proudcts and future plan of the company to better meet the needs of people in Himalayan country in an interview with Bishnu Gautam. Q. Who do you think love to use Samsung mobiles and other home appliances in Nepal? A. […]
Samsung mobile products become more popular in Kathmandu
Number of the showrooms and shops of the Samsung products, especially the mobile phone sets, have increased in Kathmandu, the capital city of the tiny beautiful Himalayan country. When one passes through New Road, the downtown in Kathmandu, and other major markets of city these days, he can notice new bigger white signboards with Samsung […]
Nepalese Women Offer Prayer To Setting Sun In Celebration Of Chhath Festival
Nepalese women in Biratnagar, eastern Nepal, are offering worship to the setting sun on Monday on the occasion of the Chhath festival. Chhath is also marked across India.
[The AsiaN 1st Anniv] Celebration Message from Nepal
It is a matter of pride that the launching of the AsiaN has completed its first year. During a year, several news articles on diverse issues of the people of Asia as well as the globe were printed in the AsiaN. The wide coverage of areas and issues by the AsiaN was really praiseworthy as it […]
12 foreigners, seven Nepalis killed in a plane crash in Kathmandu
Kathmandu, Sept. 29: Nineteen passengers including three crew members were killed in an aircraft crash in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday morning. A Dornier Aircraft belonging to Sita Air crashed a kilometer away from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), the only international airport of the tiny Himalayan country, after it collided with an eagle immediately after takeoff. […]
Avalanche at Mt. Manaslu claims 11 lives, injuring18 others
KATHUMANDU — At least 11 climbers were killed and more than 18 injured in an avalanche that lashed the upper reaches of Mt Manaslu in Gorkha district, some 200 kilometres away from Kathmandu early Sunday (Sept. 23). Nine of them died in the spot while two died during treatment in Kathmandu. According to Nepal Police, nine bodies […]
AJA takes part actively in campaign to end social discrimination in Nepal
KATHMANDU – Asia Journalists Association (AJA-Nepal) is actively participating in the nation-wide social campaign launched to end the caste-based discrimination and untouchability in Nepal from Wednesday (Sept. 12). Issuing a press statement, AJA vice chairman and AJA-Nepal Chapter chairman Bishnu Nisthuri said that his organization was a part of the campaign and the AJA headquarters […]
AJA vice-presidnet Nisthuri wins prize
Kathmandu –Vice-president of Asian Journalists Association and its Nepal Chapter chief Bishnu Nisthuri was decorated with the Dayashanker Palikhe Memorial Award last month. Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai presented him amidst a special function organized in the tourist city of Pokhara last month. It is one of biggest journalism prize established from the public. Nisthuri, […]
Conquering Mt. Everest’s impossible without Sherpas ②
*This is the second of two-part story about the role of Sherpas they have played for the successful climbing of the Mt. Everest. According to Ang Chhiring Sherpa, of the total 3700 individuals who climbed the peak, some 1900 are Sherpas. Eight of them were women Sherpa. This year too these people of the high Himalayan region continued their […]
Conquering Mt. Everest’s impossible without Sherpas ①
*This is the first of two-part story about the role of Sherpas they have played for the successful climbing of the Mt. Everest. Kathmandu, June 14: Sherpas have been synonymous to mountaineering since the first Mt. Everest expedition of 1921. “The first Everest Expedition of 1921 had seven to eight Sherpas including my grandfather,” said Ang […]