Christie's to host auction of artefacts in June to support Sung-Taek's Himalayan expeditions Christie’s, a world-leading art and luxury business, is set to auction China’s national treasure-class artifacts in June to support an ambitious Himalayan project. Nepal 18 Apr, 2025
Shatabdi Purush Satya Mohan Joshi dies aged 103 Shatabdi Purush (Man of the Century) Satya Mohan Joshi, a culture expert par excellence, writer and historian, passed away on October 16. He was 103. Kathmandu 17 Oct, 2022
Centenarian culture expert Satya Mohan Joshi no more Noted litterateur and culture expert Satya Mohan Joshi passed away at KIST Medical College Hospital at Gwarko, Lalitpur this morning. He was 103. Kathmandu 16 Oct, 2022
Laughter, piano at vacant Lanka presidential palace Sri Lanka’s colonial-era presidential palace has embodied state authority for more than 200 years, but today it was the island’s new symbol of “people power” after its occupant fled. World 11 Jul, 2022
UK hands over two lost artistic heritages to Nepal The United Kingdom (UK) has handed over two artistic cultural artifacts that were disappeared from Nepal. Nepal 19 Mar, 2022
Three stolen artifacts brought back to Nepal Three artefacts dating back to 13th to 17th centuries that were stolen have been brought back to Nepal from the United States. Nepal 03 Mar, 2022
Statues being returned to authorities Nepal Police have taken initiatives to return valuable centuries-old statues, idols, and artefacts that were left unattended for decades inside police stations of the three districts — Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Lalitpur — in the valley. Kathmandu 15 Feb, 2022
EDITORIAL: No place for statues While we keep lamenting the loss of our idols and other artefacts to theft, it is a pity that we are not taking good care of those that are in our possession. Opinion 10 Feb, 2022
Recovered statues, artefacts gathering dust in police stations It is quite uncanny to find a handful of centuries old statues, artefacts, and stone scriptures dumped together with other waste materials inside police stations in Kathmandu. Kathmandu 09 Feb, 2022
Don't write on the walls Imagine, you have at least one visitor at your home for 365 days. What if each one of them carved their names or wrote something or drew a heart symbol on the walls, corridor and staircase? Would you be happy? Blogs 24 Jan, 2022
Where are we headed? Every time I woke up in the cosy small room in this traditional house in hillside Pokhara, I felt the aura of ‘Sandhya’. In a Nepali language, sandhya aptly means evening, between day and night. I had been offered Sandhya’s bedroom for my stay in Pokhara where I was for a party-building project in Gandaki Province. Her home was adorned with her paintings on the walls and artefacts hanging here and there. Opinion 23 Jan, 2022
Statue of Laxmi-Narayan returned after 38 years An androgynous idol of goddess Laxmi and god Narayan which was stolen around 38 years ago and trafficked to the United States of America has been reinstated at its rightful temple at Patan in Patko Tole on Saturday amidst a function. Kathmandu 05 Dec, 2021
