Settlement Of NC’s Membership Row

The grand old political party, Nepali Congress (NC), was plagued by intra-party disputes regarding the distribution of active membership for one and a half years. The row had unnecessarily been prolonged due to the power struggle between the major factions led by party president and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel and another leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula. However, it has smartly resolved the issue, paving the way for its 14th general convention schedul

Critique Of Non-political Activism

We generally assume that politics is about formulation of government and rule. But this is by no means all. Politics is not simply confined to such matters as which party to vote in the election and whom to make the head of state or of the government. Nor is it simply to rule. It encompasses all affairs of life. Famous political writer George Orwell (1946) claimed,

Migrant Workers Prone To Human Trafficking

In this column INSIGHT, one of the regular issues that has been addressed is related to the plight of the migrant workers of Nepal. Right from the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, it is evident that the people who work the hardest, earn the least but cumulatively earn and send the largest foreign money remittance to Nepal are still the Nepali migrant workers. During the pandemic, we saw long queues of m

Plight Of Afghanistan

Kabul fell into the hands of Taliban as twenty years of Western mission came to an end in Afghanistan. While president Ashraf Ghani fled, Afghanistan went once again to the dark ages. Consequently, thousands of Afghans have been crowding in the cap

Fuel price hiked, consumers hurt  

Executive director of Nepal Rastra Bank Prakash Kumar Shrestha said that the rise in the fuel price will hurt the consumer in the coming days. He, however, said that it would be a bit early to predict the degree of rate change in the consumer price index (CPI) as the price of some of commodities may fall over a period of time.

2,020 new cases of COVID-19, 35 fatalities in 24 hours

In 9,909 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 2,020 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday through its regular update.

Salman Khan to feature in Chiranjeevi’s next Telugu project

And now Salman is all set to make an extended guest appearance in Chiranjeevi’s latest Telugu project. Directed by Mohan Raja, this untitled film is a remake of the Malayalam hit Lucifer. Salman is expected to have a long action sequence alongside Chiranvjeevi.

Sanfe-Martadi road obstructed for over two months

A road section from Barjugad to Martadi, the district headquarters of Bajura, along the highway has been disrupted due to landslides at multiple points following an incessant rainfall on June 6.

Valley CDOs decide to allow vehicular movement after 8 PM

The meeting of Chief District Officers (CDOs) of three districts of Kathmandu Valley has decided to allow the operation of public and private vehicles after 8:00 pm from Wednesday.

Mahakali highway obstructed for a week

As the landslide has also sunk a part of the road, the road area has been narrowed which makes it possible only for the small vehicles to pass through. But, with efforts to cut off the rock for widening the road, not even small vehicles are allowed to ply now.