PM directs to install four bridges in Melamchi area

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba Tuesday directed the government officials to immediately engage in installing four mechanical bridges in the flood-ravaged Melamchi area of Sindhupalchowk district. A meeting of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority chaired by the Prime Minister at Singha Durbar this evening decided to construct four mechanical bridges in the flood-hit Melamchi area immediately to make life easier in the affected areas.

Construction of border outpost completes in Tinkar

Construction work on the Armed Police Force’s Border Outpost (BOP) at the Nepal-China border in Tinkhar of Vyas Rural Municipality, Darchula, has completed. Yogesh Bohara, a local contractor who was assigned with the responsibility of the outpost construction expressed his exuberance over completing the project in less than a month. Located at a high altitude, the road leading up to the outpost in Chiyalekh, just two kilometres away from Tinkar village, is treacherous as a result of which helicopters...

Vaccination To All

The long wait of the elderly citizens for the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine has finally ended on Monday. The government has started inoculating the citizens aged above 65 years who were administered the first dose with Covishield vaccine from March 7 to March 23, with AstraZeneca vaccine as the second dose. The senior citizens had desperately been waiting for the second dose of Covishield for more than four months after they were inoculated the vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India....

Salute To The Athletes

During the mundane of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics came as a breath of fresh air that brought smiles and happiness to millions of people who watched it via television globally. Amidst opposition and support, the Tokyo Olympics 2021 happened and concluded successfully. For most of the 17 days it was an excellent source of enjoyment for my family. I was particularly glued to my seat watching the closing ceremony where, among other stuff, my e

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Improved Gender Parity

It is said that gender is a social construct. As a matter of societal concept, it certainly determines the ways men and women are treated. Further, a society is responsible for demarcating roles to the respective genders that then become self-fulfilling.

Gold smuggling on rise, 10.409 kg seized in 8 months

A passenger who had come to Kathmandu from Saudi Arabia was arrested along with smuggled gold at the airport in Kathmandu on August 5. Rishabh Mahato, 24, of Dhangadhimai Municipality-8 of Siraha was caught in the parking lot of Tribhuvan International Airport.

Maiden expedition to Nepal-China border pillar no. 3 successful

For the first time ever, a team of Armed Police Force (APF) has reached the Nepal-China Border Pillar No. 3 located at Chimla Bhanjyang of Namkha Rural Municipality Ward No. 5. Since its erection, the pillar had remained unattended, that is until now. “At the government-level, the border pillar has been monitored for the very first time,” informed APF’s DSP Gahendra Bhandari. The team led by Bhandari was able to navigate its way through treacherous landscape after a grueling three-day journey....

Parajuli’s film related book coming to the market

Journalist Jiwan Kumar Parajuli has prepared the book based on the experiences of the representative characters which includes a critical interpretation of the Nepali film industry.

Messi agrees deal to sign for Paris St-Germain - Guillem Balague

Lionel Messi has agreed on a two-year deal to join Paris St-Germain following his shock exit from Barcelona, says BBC Sport columnist Guillem Balague.