Dharahara, also called Bhimsen Tower, was a nine-storey, 61.88-metre-tall tower at the center of Sundhara in Kathmandu. It was built in 1832 by Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa under the commission of Queen Lalit Tripura Sundari and was a part of the architecture of Kathmandu recognized by UNESCO. The iconic tower is being reconstructed at the cost of Rs 3.45 billion. The tower was destroyed in the great earthquake of 1934 and was later rebuilt. After more than three years of the devastating 2015 earthquakes, the reconstruction of Dharahara has finally begun in a fast speed. The picture was shot on 24th...

People who make short visits to Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, are very health-cautious, esp. when it comes to drinking water. There is a big demand of bottled water in Kathmandu. The use-and-throw water bottles become a problem with environment point of view. A pile of such used plastic-water-bottles has been erected in the yard of Professors' Guest House of Tribhuvan University at Balkhu for proper disposal purpose. Photo: Dipendra Kanu, Birgunj

बारा जिल्लाको बरियारपुरमा बिस्वप्रसिद्ध पन्चवर्षीय गढ़िमाई मेला नजिक आउँदा बलिप्रथाको विरोधको वावजुद खसीबाख्राको ब्यापारिक माग छिमेकी मुलुक भारतको बिहार, रक्शौलमा समेत बढेको छ | २०७६ को मङ्सिर महिनाभरि लाग्ने मेलामा गढ़िमाईसित भाखल गरी मागेको सबै पूरा हुने ठूलो जनविश्वास रहेको छ र आफ्नो इच्छा पूराहुनेले प्रत्येक पाँचवर्षमा लाग्ने मेलामा बलि दिने प्रथा सदियौंदेखि चलिरहेको छ | रक्शौलमा मोटरसाइकलमा खसीबाख्राको ओसारपसार गरिराखेको दृश्य ... तस्वीर: स्वप्निल सिंह ठकुरी, बीरगंज

माटी के गिलास भा रामगिलास मे चाह पिए के माजा दुसर कहाँ बा ? सोन-सोन माटी के सुवाद मुह से ना जाला ... आधुनिकता के सन्गे लोग इ सब चिज भोर परारहल बा बाकिर अभि भी इ चाह के सुवाद बीरगंज के आदर्शनगर मे लिहल जा सकेला ... तस्वीर : श्याम सर्राफ