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Nepali World Cyclist – Furtemba Sherpa [Featured Video]

Posted on: June 29th, 2011 by Mk

Furtemba Sherpa, Nepali world tour cyclist, is currently on US tour and has recently launched a new website – furtemba.org along with release of a new video that introduces Mr. Sherpa and his mission to pedal around the world for peace and environmental protection. Furtemba Sherpa was featured as the TexasNepal Personality of the Month for May 2011. This video was edited by TexasNepal Team member Rajan Odari. [Read more...]

Anup Bhandari featured on KLTV’s Proud of East Texas

Posted on: June 13th, 2011 by Mk

Anup Bhandari, a very talented Nepali painter from Kilgore, Texas, was recently featured by the local TV channel KLTV on June 12, 2011 under "Proud of East Texas" segment. [Read more...]

Prabal Gurung wins Swarovski Award for Womenswear at the 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards

Posted on: June 7th, 2011 by Admin

Prabal Gurung, a very successful Nepali fashion designer currently residing in New York, won the Swarovski Award for Womenswear at the 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards held at New York city on June 6, 2011. [Read more...]

TexasNepal.com Turns Two Today! (June 1, 2011)

Posted on: June 1st, 2011 by Admin

June 1, 2011 marks the second anniversary of the establishment of TexasNepal.com and we would like to thank all our dear website viewers and our well wishers for their love and continuous support that has helped us to reach this far and also has been encouraging us everyday to work harder. [Read more...]

Registration Open for NST Summer Camp 2011

Posted on: May 31st, 2011 by Admin

Nepalese Society of Texas is organizing Summer Camp for Nepali kids for the fourth time from June 11, 2011 through June 22, 2011 at Nepali Community Center in Irving. [Read more...]

Binaya Shakya wins second place in Mr. America Bodybuilding Competition 2011 Novice Division

Posted on: May 25th, 2011 by Admin

Binaya Shakya, a Nepali bodybuilder currently residing in New York, won the second place in Mr. America Bodybuilding competition held on May 21, 2011 by INBF. [Read more...]

Buddha Jayanti Puja in Irving [Photos]

Posted on: May 9th, 2011 by Swoyambhu Shakya

Photos from Buddha Jayanti Puja at NST Hall on May 7, 2011. [Read more...]

The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton [Full Video]

Posted on: April 30th, 2011 by Admin

Watch the full coverage of the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. [Read more...]

Help Manoj Shrestha Get Home

Posted on: April 26th, 2011 by Admin

Manoj Shrestha, a student at San Jacinto College, Houston passed away on April 24, 2011. His sister and friends are collecting fund to send his body back to Nepal. Please follow the link to contribute. Thank You. [Read more...]

Nepali New Year 2068 Celebration in Austin

Posted on: April 18th, 2011 by Admin

अमेरिकाको टेक्सास अस्टिनमा जब नेपाली हरु एक भएर यसरी नेपाली नयाँ बर्ष मनाउन जुटे, तब नाच्यो सिंगो अस्टिन ! कस्तो एकता, कस्तो हार्दिकता, कस्तो एक अर्कामा सहयोग गर्ने शैली, माहुरीहरु जसरी काम मा जुट्ने शैली, हरेकले काम को भाग खोजिरहेछ, तर्किन होइन ! यस्तै देखियो टेक्सासमा । हेम सरिता पाठक प्रतिस्ठानको आयोजना, नेपाली नयाँ बर्षको [Read the Rest...] [Read more...]

Photos and Video from Holi Celebration at Grapevine Lake by Indreni Cultural Association

Posted on: March 23rd, 2011 by Admin

Continuing the trend for the third year, Indreni Cultural Association organized a cultural event to celebrate “Holi” – the festival of colors on Saturday, March 19, 2011 in Grapevine, Texas. [Read more...]

Dr. Sanduk Ruit is the “God of Sight” for thousands of Nepalis

Posted on: December 8th, 2010 by Mk

This video report by AlJazeeraEnglish documents the work of Dr. Sanduk Ruit, a Nepali eye surgeon some call the “God of Sight” who has successfully treated thousands of Nepalis suffering from cataract and has given them back the precious gift of vision. Study shows that an estimated 150,000 Nepalis are blind because of cataract with [Read the Rest...] [Read more...]

साझा सवाल अंक १५५ – जनताको दैलोमा सभासद

Posted on: December 1st, 2010 by Mk

बीबीसी वोर्ल्ड ट्रस्ट द्वारा तयार पारिएको साझा सवालको १५५ औं अंकमा देशका विभिन्न क्षेत्रबाट निर्बाचित सभासदहरुलाई जनताको घरदैलोमा लगेर उनीहरुको प्रतिक्रिया लिईएको थियो | यस अंकमा सहभागी सभासदहरु : झक्कु प्रसाद सुबेदी (नेकपा माओबादी), कृष्ण प्रसाद सापकोटा (नेकपा एमाले) र नविन्द्रराज जोशी (नेपाली कांग्रेस) हुनुहुन्छ र साझा सवालको यो अंक ३१ अक्टोबर सन् २०१० मा [Read the Rest...] [Read more...]

Anuradha Koirala named the CNN Hero of the Year 2010

Posted on: November 21st, 2010 by Mk

Anuradha Koirala, the founder of Maiti Nepal, has been named the CNN Hero of the Year for 2010 at an event organized by CNN in Los Angeles on Saturday, November 20, 2010. Anuradha Koirala was chosen the CNN Hero of the Year based upon an online poll on CNN.com that ran for eight weeks from [Read the Rest...] [Read more...]

Khagendra Thapa Magar Officially Declared the World’s Shortest Man by Guinness Record Officials

Posted on: October 14th, 2010 by Mk

Khagendra Thapa Magar turned 18 on Thursday, October 14, 2010 and was officially declared the world’s shortest man by Guiness record officials at Pokhara, Nepal. Khagendra was measured in at 26.4 inches (67 cm) tall at a ceremony organized in his homewon, Pokhara, where he was handed certificate by Guiness officials. Khagendra’s family had been [Read the Rest...] [Read more...]