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KRITIKA GURUNG SCORES 8.0 IN THE IELTS EXAMINATION

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Kritika Gurung wants to study ‘Aeronautical engineering’. Her intense desire and deep attachment to the subject have made her even more confident not only to succeed but also to become an authority in days to come. By LB THAPA Hard work pays off is not merely a popular slogan but a reality. Because, with the dint of hard work and perseverance, Kritika Gurung has proved that hard work really pays off. She put her heart and soul together for the preparation of her IELTS test and eventually achieved a scintillating success.   received “When I saw the IELTS course for the first time then I was baffled. Because I had never studied such courses before. Honestly speaking, I was damn nervous but the next moment I decided to take up the challenge and face it with all my capacity”, said Kritika Gurung, an 18-year-old science student from Chhorepatan Higher Secondary School, Pokhara.   Kritika Gurung Kritika Gurung is hell-bent to study ‘Aeronautical engineering’. Her intense desire and deep atta

PM DEUBA’S VISIT TO INDIA: WAS IT MORE THAN A DAMAGE REPAIRING?

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  Many senior political experts in Nepal say that the present visit of PM Sher Bahadur Deuba to India did successfully bring Indo-Nepal relations back on the track which had been damaged by the erstwhile PM KP Oli.   Nepali political experts say PM Deuba's visit to India has been successful as several important agreements have been made and most importantly PM Deuba's visit has also repaired the damage that had been caused by erstwhile PM KP Oli. Photo: PTI   By LBTHAPA Many political experts in Nepal think that Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s three-day visit to India has been extremely successful. The present visit of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has further consolidated the social, political, economic, and cultural relationship between Nepal and India.   According to the sources, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi had a special meeting in New Dehli where both of the prime ministers did talk about several matters including borde

THE LONE SURVIVOR OF KHARPANI FLASH FLOOD DISASTER

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  The Seti flash flood disaster was unseen and highly unexpected that killed several people in a matter of no time. Photo: The Kathmandu Post   I was the only person who survived. I saw the flash flood which swept away many people and their houses in a matter of few seconds : Gyanu Gurung, a survivor of the Seti flash flood, at Kharpani After 10 years of the Seti flash flood disaster By LB THAPA Saturday 5 May 2012 was an ordinary day like many other days. It was my day off so I was busy writing an article for The Rising Nepal, a national daily. Meanwhile, at about 11 o’clock in the morning, a police van began moving around the Seti River and asked the people, who were busy collecting sand from the Riverbank, to go away from the riverside immediately.  I stopped a police van and asked them why we should not go near the river. Upon this, they told me that a massive flash flood was on its way to hit the Seit gorge soon. And they were right. A massive flash flood had been formed due to a