Nepal creates the history by entering the second FIFA World Cup qualifier 2014
2 July 2011: It was an exciting day for me as I was tuning online radios and browsing our national dailies to see our players performance against East Timor from my office. I felt great and proud to see Anil Gurung scoring a goal in 3rd Minute in penalty in myrepublica.com in headlines. But was quite restless till the end of the first half as they couldn't score any goals. But when I tuned the Radio Kantipur on the second half
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New year 2068
Bishnu Gurung
Happy New year 2068 to all the Nepalese around the Globe,
It's almost that time of the year when we say goodbye to Nepali Year BS 2067 and welcome Nepali New Year BS 2068. It is known as "Navavarsha" in Nepal.
Nepal has its official calendar that begins from the first day of the first month Baisakh. This very first day is observed as Nepali New Year which usually falls in the second week of April. People go for picnics, have get-togethers and celebrate the day
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India won cricket World Cup after 28yrs
India have won cricket's World Cup after 28 years with a victory over Sri Lanka by six wicket at Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. India sparked wild celebrations among their billion supporters after winning the world Cup for the second time. After Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and opted to bat first, Mahela Jayawardene smashed 103 not out off just 88 balls and featured in half-century stands with Sangakkara (48), Thilan Samaraweera (21) and Nuwan Kulasekara (32) to take Sri Lanka to 274-6.
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Holi - The festival of Colours
The festival of colors which usually falls on Falgun but this time it is on Chaitra 5 (March 20, 2011). It is one of the main festivals of Hindus and it is celebrated in Nepal, India and Sri Lanka with exchanging colors and spraying coloured water on one another.
In Nepal, it is celebrated by throwing lola (meaning water balloon) It usually starts a week ahead by young boys and girls.
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Bryan Adams mania
I m not a die heart fan of Adams as my mood changes as the seasons goes but I love most of his songs "Please Forgive"," Everything I Do, I do it for you". This historic concert which was held on 19 February at Dashrath Stadium made me flip the daily newspapers and go on googling for hours to know more about it. As it was widely covered on national Medias and the controversy between the employee of Dashrath Stadium and their demands just few days ahead the Concerts put me lots of questions in my head.
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Prashant Tamang, 3rd Indian Idol is no more Single
The 27 year old Prashant Tamang who even celebrated his valentines day at Niathu Resort as reported was engage with Martha Aley (Geeta) at Guwahatis since June 16 2010, the reception which was slated at the end of last year was delayed since Prashant Tamang had commitments for a lengthy European Tour.
Since winning the Indian Idol, Prashant Tamang has also released an album of his own and two films namely Anga Loma and Gurkha Paltan which were super hits in Nepal.
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Tamu Lhochhar / Puspandra (Tamu New Year)
The Tamu Lhochhar is celebrated on 15th Poush of Nepali calendar every year which falls around 30 December of English Calendar. Lhocchar means " New Year" in English "Lho" meaning year and "chhar" meaning new. It is associated with the natural phenomena and the morning sunrise on of 15th Poush is the New Year for Gurung peoples.
It marks the beginning of the Tamu Sambat or Gurung Calendar year. Lhochhar also heralds the change in 'Lho'. Gurungs divide time into cycles of twelve years (lohokor), to each year of which a special name is given, which is known as barga (lho).
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