New Cradle Of Big-Power Focus

Intelligent leaders have the sense to grasp the ground reality when confronted by challenging conditions; not all possess the sensitivity to make due assessment of what others suggest. Expediency can be synonymous to deceit when principles are buried the moment an individual power or group interest finds a going against it. Commenting on the prevailing world affairs recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin said: “As a former citizen of the Soviet Union could see, the problem of empires is that...

COVID Burnout: What Now For The World?

The ongoing COVID-19 infection has turned into a global pandemic with repercussions still being felt by the world on a daily basis. It is also portrayed by many health experts as the most severe worldwide crisis in the 21st century.

Freedom To Choose

The autonomy of a woman has been the topic widely discussed in recent days. While the debates in Nepal are focused on the need for women to be modest in their appearances, the issues worldwide include the ban on swimming caps designed for Black athletes, lack of provisions for Olympic athletes who are breastfeeding and the fine imposed on the Norwegian women's beach handball team due to their dress code. Despite the variation among these issues, the common theme is the regulation on the bodies of...

KMC makes Nepal Bhasa compulsory in schools

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has made Nepal Bhasa language a mandatory part of school curriculum for all students from Grade I to Grade VIII. Nepal Bhasa is a compulsory subject not only in community schools but also in all the private education institutions operating within KMC’s jurisdiction. According to Motiraj Khanal, Education Officer of KMC, the Metropolitan Office has already deployed 172 teachers in 89 community schools of its territory from this academic session to formally...

Local representatives of Nepal and India jointly celebrate Saune Pandhra, plant paddy seedlings and have rice pudding together

The plantation ceremony was attended by the mayor of Dasharath Chand Municipality, Narendra Singh Thapa, and president of Baltadi Gram Assembly of Pithoragarh District of India, Gopi Ram and a member Umesh Chand Bhatta, among other local representatives from both sides.

Hong Kong stronger as global financial hub with national security law

Figures do not lie. Over 300 billion Hong Kong dollars (38.6 billion U.S. dollars) flowed into Hong Kong from July to October 2020, and there was also a capital net influx for the whole of 2020. As one of the major bourses in the world, HKEX witnessed an over-50-percent year-on-year increase in IPO fund-raising in 2020, while assets under management here amounted to nearly 35 trillion Hong Kong dollars (4.5 trillion U.S. dollars), up 21 percent from the year before.

1,981 new cases of COVID-19, 2,020 recoveries, 18 deaths in 24 hours

In 8,402 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,981 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population in its daily update.

Student unions demand quick probe over Darchula tuin incident

Five student unions affiliated to the opposition alliance have demanded quick investigation over the Darchula Tuin incident and immediate action against the culprit.

30 fall sick after consuming 'Prasad' in Sindhupalchowk

Bhagwati Nepal, deputy mayor of Melamchi Municipality informed that everyone who consumed the Prasad had been taken to a local hospital.

CPN (Maoist Center) to hold CC meet on Aug 14, decides to give full shape to Cabinet at earliest

Narayan Kaji Shrestha, spokesperson of the party, added that the meeting also decided to complete the task of giving a full shape to the Cabinet at the earliest and manage works of the ruling alliance efficiently.