Fun after school After-school activities benefit a child in ways that might surprise you. According to a study by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, children who participate in after-school programmes are more engaged in and have a better attitude about learning,... Travel Abroad 15 Nov, 2005
TOPICS: Sports are a tool for global social change For many the UN brings to mind a picture of Security Council negotiations and debates over weighty international problems. Still, if you pull back the curtain of mystique, you see an unexpected variety of UN programmes changing lives in practical but... 31 Oct, 2005
IN BRIEF Eatery catches fire LALITPUR: Property worth five lakh rupees was destroyed when a fire broke out on the second floor of the Namaste Restaurant in Pulchowk on Friday, the police said, adding that the police and the restaurant staff doused the fire... Horoscopes 21 Oct, 2005
Education programme in the offing for Dalit, Chepang kids Keshav AdhikariJogimara (Dhading), March 25:With the objective of educating the children of the Chepang, Dalit and other marginalised groups, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the district education office, and different village... Travel 26 Mar, 2005
The way she moves Rabindra PokharelKathmandu:When she fell into a trance, dancing to the old Nepali folk song “Mai chori sundari”, attired in the traditional chaubandi choli and faria with the patuka (a shred of cloth wrapped around a woman’s waist in traditional... Travel Abroad 09 Mar, 2005