2009

It was thanks to a Japanese Buddhist monk, Buddhism was revived in Nepal. The Venerable Kawaguchi, who visited Nepal during the Rana regime and at his request, the then hereditary prime minister, Chandra Samser Rana banned the animal sacrifice to the image of Mahamaya, the mother of Lord Buddha, in the present sacred park of […]

Veisakha full-moon-day, the day that Buddha’s Birthday, the day of His Enlightenment and the day of His Parinibbana fall on the 9th May this year. As the day is considered to be the most significant day in the life Lord Buddha, the son of Nepal and the finder of world peace, the Buddhists of the

In a shocking video footage shown in a Kathmandu based Image Channel Monday afternoon, and posted on YouTube and Nepalnews.com, the Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda” had revealed that his party inflated the figure of PLA combatants into 35, 000. “”We were (PLA’s strength) somewhere between 7,000 and 8,000. If we had reported the

“Karma he jivan khah– Work is life” was his motto, Karma Lal Maharjan a well known industrialist of Kathmandu passed away on Friday, the Nepal Samvat 1129 Chaula Ga (10th April) in Kathmandu. He was 73, when he left his wife, three sons and their spouses, four daughters and their spouses, 12 grand children, two

Tomorrow is the 1st day of Vaisakh of the Vikram Era year 2066. It is indeed a happy New Year day for those who celebrate it in India and Nepal and elsewhere. We Nepalese have been celebrating it as our New Year day since long. But it is no more a secret that we Nepalese

A heartfelt personal gratitude, we would like to express from the bottom of our heart to our pasapin for extending your condolences of kind words through The Newah blog, local and international calls, emails and even advertisements on newspapers in honour of our beloved mother, the Reverend Satyaparami at her untimely demise on 1129 Chilla

Basantapur, Yen (Kathmandu) – A Newah leader warned that if the New Constitution deprives Newah Autonomy, it will be burnt out in the Tinkhya (Tundikhel) Ground. So said the Newah Dey Daboo (Newah National Forum) patron, and former parliamentarian Malla K. Sundar speaking at the first anniversary of the Newah Jagaran Manch at the gathering

In honour of the late Reverend Mother Satyaparami Gurumahn, a memorial service was organized yesterday noon in Gana Mahavihar, Kathmandu, by Dharma Vijaya Foundation Kathmandu amidst a gathering of venerable Buddhist monks, nuns, friends and relatives led by Dharma Vijaya Foundation President Venerable Sobhita Thera, Former Health & Labour Minister Dr. Padma Ratna Tuladhar, Former