As we mark Nepali New Year 2082 next week, take a look back at our editorial 20 years ago this week where we said that we need both peace and democracy to move ahead, amidst the Maoist war and ...

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It is observed on the 2nd of Baisakh, the first month of the year as per the Lunar calendar. Nepal entered the New Year 2082 on Monday. The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started ...

Believed to have started from the Malla Dynasty, Biska Jatra formally starts four days before the start of the Nepali New Year. Biska, in the Newari language, means killing snakes. As a part of ...

symbolising prosperity and considered sacred in the age-old tradition as it celebrated the Sindoor Jatra, or Vermillion Festival, to mark the arrival of the Nepali New Year. The streets were ...