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Rituals associated with the Chhath festival begin today, with devotees across the Tarai-Madhes, Kathmandu Valley and other parts of the country preparing to worship the Sun God.
Politics & Governance
|| ShareSansar || The Government of Nepal has announced an additional public holiday on Monday, the day after Chhath Festival, allowing the festival to be observed over two consecutive days. The Ministry of Home Affai...
Science & Climate
The government has declared a public holiday on Monday, November 16, the day after Chhath, in addition to the holiday already announced for Sunday, November 15, on the occasion of the festival.
Politics & Governance
KATHMANDU: The government has announced an additional public holiday on Monday to mark the Chhath festival, according to a notice issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Sunday had already been declared a public holiday, as Chhath falls on the same day this year. The government has now extended the holiday to Monday to accommodate […]
National (Nepal)
A fairer holiday, safer travel and lasting infrastructure would be a start.
Business & Economy
Markets are filling with shoppers buying fruits, traditional offerings and bamboo items ahead of the festival.
Kathmandu, Nov 13: The government has announced one more day as a public holiday coming Monday on the occasion of Chhath festival. The Home Ministry issued a notice, sharing the information on it t...
Kathmandu, November 12 Nirmala Devi Yadav of Sundarpur Tol in Chakraghatta Rural Municipality-4, Sarlahi, had already made preparations for Chhath, the major festival dedicated to the Sun God, whi...
Politics & Governance
The government has extended the holiday to November 16, a day after the festival, to allow devotees to complete their religious observances.
Makwanpur. It has been revealed that an EV car carrying passengers returning home to Sarlahi to celebrate the Chhath festival met with an accident in Bhimfedi, Makwanpur. Mukesh Yadav of Chakraghat...
Science & Climate
Bamboo and cane products used in Chhath rituals are selling briskly in markets across the Tarai-Madhesh as preparations for the festival gather pace.
National (Nepal)
A single national holiday leaves Madheshi, Tharu and other observers to negotiate time off for a five-day tradition with a 36-hour fast.
Kathmandu, November 12 Preparations for the Chhath festival have intensified along riverbanks, ponds and other water bodies at various locations across the Kathmandu Valley. With the number of pe...
Mahottari. With the end of the Tihar festival, preparations are underway for the Chhath festival, which begins today, Kartik Shukla Chaturthi, with increased hustle and bustle in the villages and m...
National (Nepal)
A 14-seater was carrying 20 people when it plunged off the road in Bhimphedi early Thursday. The crash has devastated Sarlahi’s Sundarpur, where families were preparing to celebrate Chhath.
World News
MAHOTTARI: The Mithila region, including Mahottari district, has come alive with festive activities as preparations intensify for the four-day Chhath festival, which begins today on Kartik Shukla Chaturthi, following the conclusion of Tihar. Households across the region are filled with devotional Chhath songs praising the Sun God (Surya Dev) and Goddess Shashthi (Chhathi Maiya). The […]
National (Nepal)
Ten people were killed and six others injured when an electric vehicle carrying passengers home for the Chhath festival plunged off a mountain road in Makwanpur district on Thursday morning, police said.
Education & Youth
Sanjay Yadav recounts how he was thrown from a microbus that plunged 700 metres down a slope in Makawanpur, killing 10 passengers.