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 ...

During this year’s Nepali New Year’s Day on April 14, Thapa had announced that all signages — both in government and private establishments — must be written in Nepali along with any other language.

On Nepali New Year’s Day, Anit Thapa, the chief executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), directed all elected representatives in the hills to ensure that Nepali was used in ...