The six-team city-based franchise league will be the country’s one of the most watchable sporting events, says Everest Premier League (EPL) Pvt Ltd., organizer of the event.

EPL made this statement as it informed about tournament updates on December 05, 2017.

“We have been working closely with international vendors who have experience of working in Indian Premier League. We can assure that TU grounds will get a completely different look for EPL,” reads a press statement by EPL Managing Director Aamir Akhtar.

Through this league, EPL is introducing third umpire system in the history of Nepali cricket, which is generally used for monitoring run outs and stumping. “We can only manage third umpire for run outs and stumpings,” informed Akhtar.

Akhtar further said that they are aiming at attracting as many spectators as possible to establish a good crowd culture in Nepal.

Former national cricket team Skipper and current Nepali U-19 team Coach Binod Das is acting as the Chief Operating Officer (CEO) of EPL. Nepal can expect a lot from EPL, says Das.

“We are trying to make EPL the most watchable sporting event of the country not only in terms of television but also in terms of ground entertainment that crowd can get,” Das adds.

Highest-ever Cash Prize

The winner of the league will get a cash prize of Rs 2.5 million, the highest-ever cash prize provided by any Nepal’s domestic cricketing event so far.

Kathmandu Kings XI, Lalitpur Patriots, Chitwan Tigers, Biratnagar Warriors, Pokhara Rhinos and Bhairahawa Gladiators are the teams participating in the league.

While 10 Nepali players were selected through auction, EPL makes it mandatory for every team to have at least three international recruits and one player in the squad selected through the talent hunt.

Besides 15-member Marquee squad, Paras Khadka (Warriors), Gyanendra Malla (Patriots), Shakti Gauchan (Rhinos), Sompal Kami (Kings XI) and Sharad Vesawkar (Gladiators) are among six marquee players already announced.

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The event, being organized by Project Sarangi, will host live performances by over 90 musicians and bands such as Sakchyam, Miku and Panchamrit, among others. 

The show is primarily targeted at encouragement of young Nepali musicians passionate about and playing traditional folk instruments.

 “The event was organized to provide a platform for upcoming musicians dabbling in different forms of Nepali ethnic music and creating music out of traditional folk instruments,” says Kiran Nepali of Project Sarangi.

“We will have traditional percussion groups, Tungna players from the mountains and the youths who have been pursuing traditional-enriched instruments, for the event,” he adds.

Project Sarangi is a group of sarangi players that works for the preservation and promotion of the Sarangi art by crafting souvenirs and professional-grade instruments to encourage the craftsmanship alive.

The organization has also been conducting various special classes for Sarangi players across the Kathmandu Valley.

Through this concert, Project Sarangi intends to bring out budding musicians who have been in the Project’s three-month long workshop that was held from March-May 2017.

The concert starts has been scheduled to begin at 2 pm and lasts till 8 PM on November 04, 2017.

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Nepal and Hong Kong are all set for final matches in the sixth round of the ICC World Cricket League Championship being held towards the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

In this match to be held on October 13-15, 2017, the two teams will fight to secure the top-four position that is currently occupied by Kenya with 12 points.

Currently, the Hong Kong team is at the fifth position with 11 points followed by Nepali cricket team at the sixth place with 8 points.

The top four teams that pass the seventh round will be joining Afghanistan, Ireland, the West Indies and Zimbabwe in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018.

Whereas, the last four teams will have to face Canada and Oman in the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 2018 for winning the two remaining positions.

“It is a crucial series for Nepal. As a team, we have worked very hard to win both games and be in the top four in the standings after round seven. We will look to play high-intensity cricket and are looking forward to facing Hong Kong,” says Paras Khadka, the captain of Nepali team.

Meanwhile, Nepal National cricket team Head Coach Jagat Tamatta says, “The matches against
Hong Kong are important for us to keep our hopes alive in the WCL Championship. It is a challenge for us but we do not have other options. We are hopeful of playing better cricket against Hong Kong and remain in track to finish in top four to qualify for the World Cup Qualifiers.

The Hong Kong captain Babar Hayat says, “There are still six teams vying for four qualification spots. So, it is important for us to win both matches against Nepal and get maximum points.”

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The event, which had the Nepali Ambassador to Qatar Dr. Ramesh Prasad Koirala as the chief guest, was held at Asian Amphitheatre, Grand Mall, Qatar.

Amid the presence of around 15,000 attendees, Lama bagged the Nepal Idol 2017 title and received a Mahindra KUV 100, a record deal worth 1.5 million Nepali rupees along with a cash prize of Nepali Rs 2 million.

In this event, that was judged by Singer Indira Joshi and musicians Kali Prasad Baskota and Nhu Bajracharya, Lama won the top prize, followed by Nishan Bhattarai and Pratap Das who stood after him in the first and second runner-up positions and were given receiving a cash prizes of Nepali Rs 1.5 million and Nepali Rs 1 million, respectively.

According to the organizers of the event, the winners were selected based on the voting process through SMS and mobile app and around 93,100,000 members cast their votes during the finale.

As part of the occasion, the Nepali Ambassador called on Nepalese in Qatar to reach out to the Nepali Embassy in case of any issues troubling them.

Excited over the victory, Lama said, “I want to be adored, not only by the people of my community but by everyone. I will pursue my career in music and see people appreciating my musical works.”

Lama remained dedicated to learning music since his childhood. His process of learning music positioned him as the top-four singer in the Big Icon, a singing competition in 2012, among various others.

Apart from music, Lama is currently pursuing Tourism Hospitality Management course.

Bhattarai, the first runner-up, said that the show provided him a platform to exhibit his singing skills. He expressed satisfaction saying that he won the hearts of the public even if the title was missed.

The second-runner Das, one of the top 10 contestants of Nepali Tara, welcomed the support extended by the audience.

Apart from the contestants, the event also witnessed the performances by comedian duo Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya, popularly called as Maha Jodi.

Teria Magar, Nepali winner of two Indian dance reality shows, singers Hemanta Rana and Nalina Chitrakar are among others who performed at the event.

This event was jointly organized by the Onix Action International and Everest Nepal Youth Association. Nepal Idol, affiliated to the Idol franchise, is a reality show aired by Nepal’s only HD television AP1.

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Nepal is all set for the 66^th Miss Universe contest to be held in Las Vegas, the United States in November 2017.

Nagma Shrestha will be representing Nepal in this global contest that marks the country’s first-ever participation in the Miss Universe pageant.

In this regard, Nepal’s reputed institute The Hidden Treasure (THT) crowned Nagma Sreshta at an event held in Kathmandu on September 22, 2017. The event marked the 22^nd anniversary of Hidden Treasure, the institution behind the Miss Nepal annual beauty pageant.

“When the invitation from the Miss Universe franchise, which is based in New York (USA), was received after the completion of the national beauty pageant Miss Nepal 2017 in April, THT took the decision to select Nagma Shrestha, Miss Nepal (Earth) 2012 to represent Nepal at the upcoming Miss Universe pageant,” said The Hidden Treasure in its official release.

THT further said that Nagma Shrestha holds an extensive experience at pageants and is a suitable candidate to represent the country in the Miss Universe 2017.

Shrestha holds a good track record of representing Nepal at the Miss Earth 2012 contest, where she went up to the finale round.

She also won the third runner-up award at the World Miss University contest in China and was also the award-winner for the best tourism video at the Miss Eco Universe 2016 in Egypt.

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By defeating Bhutan with 9 wickets, the Nepali U-19 cricket team registered its second victory in the ACC U-19 Eastern Region cricket tournament.

Bhutan won the toss to bat, however, the team’s batting order couldn’t obstruct the striking performance of Nepali bowlers. While Nepali Skipper Dipendra Singh Airee took 5 wickets, Sandip Lamichhane alone took 4 wickets leaving 1 for Nandan Yadav.

Finally, Bhutan team could set a score target of 51 runs with only two of its batsmen making double-digit score.

The Nepali team managed to finish the set target of 51 runs in just 8.3 overs by losing only 1 wicket. Asif Sheikh remained not out at 23 and Sandip Sunar scored 21 runs.

With this victory, the Nepali U-19 team won entry into semi-final match of the tournament.

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