Tricky Diplomatic Battles At The UN

The UN General Assembly’s 76th annual session has been characterised by some features not seen before. It is the one and a half year-long COVID-19 pandemic that has changed the holding of the UN jamboree. This year’s regular session that kicked off on September 21 has wrapped up the general debate after a week. Participating in the debate Heads of States or Governments, or foreign ministers of the member states presented their positions on global issues of concern.

Media Automaticity May Mislead You

Today, people encounter a large amount of news, views and information every moment. Easily available on the website, they are edited or unedited. Amongst the instrumental information for daily lives, people are mostly dependent upon mediated communication. Amidst the bombardments of media content, readers/audience find it almost impossible to select suitable or useful news for them. However, people irrespective of their age, class or occupation select the news instantly. In the course of selecting...

Sky Is Not The Limit

The number of articles and how-to blogs made on confidence indicates a growing population who remain highly insecure and diffident in whatever they do. However, there also exists a certain group of people who don’t need to read blogs and articles to gain confidence. They are born confident.

UML Statute Convention from today

The first statute convention of the main opposition CPN-UML is going to kick off from Friday at Godawari-based Sunrise Assembly Hall. The three-day-long convention is aimed at making amendments to the party’s statute. It will also decide on the party’s guiding principles. The party has completed all necessary preparations for the convention, UML’s statute convention main management committee stated. Organising a press meet here on Thursday, the committee informed that party chairman KP Sharma...

Pursuit of American dream with fake documents ends in nightmare

The arrests of over half-a-dozen individuals over the past one month have shown that several Nepalis have forged their documents to apply for DV lottery in a bid to get a visa to the United States of America (USA). The Metropolitan Crime Division arrested three individuals on Tuesday and six individuals in the first week of September. “We arrested the individuals following information from the American Embassy that they found the certificates to be fake,” said Superintendent of Police (SP)...

French ambassador Bourbao presents letter of credence to President Bhandari

"I look forward to engaging with the Government of Nepal and with our Nepali friends from various walks of life to further strengthen the relations between our two countries which are ancient and built on trust."

Govt to form task force to run business in Thamel 

In a meeting held at Singha Durbar this evening with the stakeholders of tourism-related businesses in the Kathmandu Valley, Minister Khand said that respect for business was the honour for the nation and tourism and night-time business should be made respectable.

Cheaper packages introduced to attract tourists to Lumbini

The Lumbini Hotel Association (LHA) has announced a one-night two-day guided tour package for Rs. 2,199. As informed by Leela Mani Sharma, general secretary of the Association, the package will be available for visitors from Friday.

Gandaki govt will support in Pokhara airport's into operation: CM

During the inspection visit, Chief Minister Pokharel expressed his commitment to providing all required support to bring the Pokhara Regional International Airport into operation. He also urged the concerned parties to help solve problems that have affected the ongoing construction works.

898 new cases of COVID-19 detected in 24 hours

In 8,555 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 898 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) through its regular update.