China bans movies, actors from prominent Taiwan film awards BEIJING: China said Wednesday that it was banning Chinese movies and actors from participating in Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, one of the Asian film industry's most prestigious honours, as Beijing ramps up economic and political pressure on the island... Travel Abroad 07 Aug, 2019
X Japan hopes new album will lead to elusive success in West TOKYO: Legendary Japanese rock band X Japan is hoping its new album will find success in the US now that there is more interest in the West in music from Asia. X Japan leader Yoshiki said Thursday that America wasn’t ready for Asian rock music... Travel Abroad 14 Sep, 2018
Everest Climbing Permit: Expedition handling agency faces action for forgery Seven Summit Treks fined US$ 44,000 Forgers to get seven years in jail Revenue fraud to be investigated KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has decided to take stern action against a Kathmandu-based trekking... Travel 30 Aug, 2018
Australian, Chinese climbers taken to Everest with �fake permit� KATHMANDU: It has been revealed that two mountaineers were taken to the world’s highest peak for an expedition by producing a ‘fake climbing permit’ in the last spring season. According to the Department of Tourism (DoT), renowned Australian... Travel 20 Jul, 2018
Flavours of the City Kathmandu The Kathmandu Triennale (KT) 2017 is in full swing and it is a galore of contemporary art. There is an array of exhibitions, performance art, installation art, murals, film screening alongside symposiums, master classes and encounters... Travel Abroad 02 Apr, 2017
Chinese artists gift painting to PM Dahal KATHMANDU: A team of Chinese artists handed over a painting of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to Dahal on Tuesday. The portrait of the two leaders was painted from a photograph taken during the BRICKS... Horoscopes 06 Dec, 2016
Rare blue diamond sold for $30.8m HONG KONG: A rare blue diamond bucked the recent downturn in the auction market when it was sold for $30.8 million at Sotheby’s, setting a new record. The ‘De Beers Millennium Jewel 4’, a 10.10-carat oval-shaped fancy vivid blue diamond,... Travel Abroad 10 Apr, 2016
Ai Weiwei creation NEW DELHI: Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has recreated the famous image of a three-year-old Syrian child who drowned in Turkey last year by staging a photo of himself lying face down on a beach in Greece. The photograph last year of the child... Women 02 Feb, 2016
Lego changes policy COPENHAGEN: Toymaker Lego will no longer ask what its bricks will be used for when making bulk sales, the company said, after facing criticism for refusing to sell to controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. The Danish company found itself at the centre... 14 Jan, 2016
Fans collect Lego bricks for Weiwei LONDON: Ai Weiwei is taking on Lego, brick by brick. Art galleries around the world are collecting plastic pieces for the dissident Chinese artist after the Danish toy company refused to supply its product for his latest project. Ai, whose... Art & Culture 01 Nov, 2015
Spirit of beauty KATHMANDU: Grand is the word that best describes the painting exhibition of Chinese artist Zhao Jianqiu. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Sino-Nepal diplomatic relations, the exhibition ‘Celebrating the Trans-Himalayan Bond Ink Wash Paintings... Art & Culture 13 Oct, 2015
Art exhibition KATHMANDU: An exhibition of Nepali art by Chinese artist Chao Zhen Chhyu opened at the Nepal Art Council from Sunday. The exhibition was organised coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic ties between Nepal and the... Horoscopes 12 Oct, 2015
