Could Zambia Be A Promising Ally For Nepal?

The bilateral relations between the Zambia and Nepal date back to as early as 1970, when the then king Mahendra visited Zambia to attend the third NAM summit. The two nations established diplomatic relations on 10th September, 1986. Ever since then, they have co-existed peacefully, maintaining friendship and cooperation.

Advance Of Taliban

Everyone was nervous about the withdrawal of the United States (US) and NATO troops from Afghanistan. Nobody, not even the signing parties, truly expected the Taliban to abide by the peace deal it reached with the US in February last year, but the extremist group was also not expected to advance this much this fast.

New Bridge over Budhiganga elates locals

The construction of a suspension bridge over Budhiganga River at Tapri Sera, connecting dozens of settlements of Triveni and Budhiganga Municipalities of Bajura, has been completed. The 190-meter long bridge was constructed at a cost of Rs. 11 million.

Wild elephants destroy crops in Sarlahi

A herd of three wild elephants has destroyed paddy in Ishwarpur Municipality-14, Harkathwa, in Sarlahi district.

Disney swings to profit as reopened parks bolster revenue

Revenue in the parks and products division surged to $4.3 billion from $1.1 billion a year ago, as theme parks closed last year were open for part or all of this year's quarter. Disney World in Florida has been open since last summer; California's Disneyland only came back at the end of April.

Protecting snakes is beneficial, say conservationists

Sankes play an integral role in maintaining a balance in the ecosystem and have been worshipped by Hindus for a long time. However, they are treated as enemies and killed at first sight. Nevertheless, there is a rise in the trend of conserving snakes with their safe rescue rather than killing them. Many Nepalis have been involved in rescuing snakes and leaving them in forests recently; Shyam Kumar Pradhan and Birendra Tiwari are two of them.

Gloomy economic situation of country as presented in white paper

The agriculture sector contributed 26.8 per cent to the gross domestic product (GDP) in the FY 2016/17, however, it is expected to shrink by 25.8 per cent in the FY 2020/21.

Netflix pays Rs. 35 crores to Sanjay Leela Bhansali for the first season of Heeramandi

Just a few days back it was reported that Sanjay Leela Bhansali had joined hands with the OTT streaming giant Netflix to develop his next venture, Heera Mandi.

2,763 new cases of COVID-19, 27 fatalities in 24 hours

In 11,708 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 2,763 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population on Friday through its regular update.

Monetary Policy: inflation to be contained at 6.50 per cent  

The monetary policy has projected that the inflation would be contained at 6.50 per cent this year while the private sector credit is expected to grow by 19 per cent.