‘Mt. Everest Fashion Runway’ breaks its own Guinness world record

Nepal has broken its own record of hosting a fashion show at the highest altitude. The ‘fashion show’ was held at the Everest Base Camp at an altitude of 5,500 meters on Thursday with the aim of drawing the world’s attention to the conservation of mountainous areas and biodiversity. The show was attended by Princess of the Netherlands and the Prince of Italy.

Kiwi farmers in trouble due to loss of over Rs. 45 million

Farmers in Ilam are in trouble after the hailstorm damaged the kiwi fruit, which is becoming a reliable source of income. Farmers are in trouble after the production of kiwi is to reduce by 90 per cent due to the hailstorm that hit last April. This season is also the main season of 'Red Kiwi' picking. Farmers have also been deprived of good price as the production of red kiwi has declined.

Maju Dega reconstruction halted for a year

Reconstruction work on Maju Dega, the three-storied temple of Hanumandhoka Durbar Square, has been halted for a year. Its reconstruction work had formally begun in October, 2018, three and a half years after the devastating 2015 earthquake. Kathmandu Metropolitan City has been reconstructing the three-storied temple. The metropolis has not extended the contract term after it expired in November 2020. Roshan Shakya, chief of Hanumandhoka Durbar Area Conservation Programme Office, said that extending...

Govt will help tourism sector recover: PM

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed the government’s commitment to help the tourism sector to build infrastructure, identify new tourism products, and facilitate the private sector, and help recover from the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Investigators probe deadly Amtrak derailment in Montana

A team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board was at the site of an Amtrak derailment in north-central Montana that killed three people and left seven hospitalized Sunday, officials said.

Sustainable Energy For All

Energy has been an indispensable element in every moment of life. Without energy, people’s daily routine and works become chaotic and disrupted. The use of various forms of energy -- electricity, solar, wind power, geothermal and biomass, among others -- are the key to sustenance of human life. In fact, the discovery of fire -- the biomass energy -- heralded the human civilisation on the earth. As the primitive human started to eat roasted and cooked food, especially meat, ther

Aukus Triggers Diplomatic Ruckus

More than what Brexit did to the European Union and how the US President Donald Trump changed his political and diplomatic course so sharply, the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (Aukus) defence alliance, announced this month, set off a commotion and diplomatic spat in the industrially advanced West. The trilateral partnership stunned some of the traditionally closest allies.

Social Media Is Not So Social

According to research, an average individual spends about 2 hours and 24 minutes per day on social media in 2020. If a person uses their phone, then they are spending 50.1 per cent of their time on social apps. Globally, a whopping 4.48 billion people are active on social media. We

Hunger Amid Plenty

Malawi’s politicians celebrated a bumper maize crop in 2020, highlighting that the yield was 42 per cent above the five-year average and 29 per cent above the national requirement. They attributed much of the bountiful yield to the country’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme, which lets farmers buy inputs such as seeds and fertilisers at subsidised prices. Good rainfalls in most parts of the country also helped. But even before the celebrations died down, nutrition experts sounded a note of caution:...

Services of BPKIHS not up to mark: NMC report

A report based on the inspection of the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) has shown that the health centre was incapable to provide services as per its standards. The report was prepared by officials of the Nepal Medical Council (NMC).