Heritage & Culture

UNESCO mission wants Valley heritage in danger list

KATHMANDU, June 22: The Reactive Monitoring mission of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has asked the committee to place the cultural heritage of Kathmandu Valley in the danger list in view of the government's failure at…

DoA blames NRA for delay in heritage reconstruction

Gyan P Neupane & Sangeet Sangroula (KATHMANDU, Nov 17): The Department of Archaeology (DoA) has blamed the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) for the snail-pace progress in the reconstruction and renovation of historical…

Govt unveils design for new Dharahara

Detailed design revealed for new Dharahara tower in Kathmandu, 16 months after original collapsed in earthquake. Proposed 11-storey tower with modern facilities, museum, mini-theatre, and earthquake-resilience up to magnitude 8. …

Government to retrofit three facades of Singha Durbar

Nepal government's decision to retrofit three out of four blocks of Singha Durbar, a historically significant building damaged by earthquakes, aims to preserve its architectural heritage. Jolts of Nepal Earthquake in 2015 sev…

A new tower to rise besides the ruins of Dharahara

Nepal government decides to build a new modern tower just next to a collapsed Dharahara Tower. Dharahara Tower was fully collapsed during Nepal Earthquake in 2015. Department of Archeology (DoA), a concerned government authority …

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