Three go missing in Karnali as boat capsizes

Ram Prasad Gharti, DSP at the district police office, Surkhet, said seven of the ten people are safe and that of the three missing persons, two are women and a child.

7th heaven: Aussie McKeon leaves Tokyo with 7 swim medals

Emma McKeon won two more gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, making the Australian the first woman to earn seven medals in swimming at a single game.

Experts warn second wave is not yet over, one in every four people tested is positive for Covid

Experts have warned that the second wave of the Coronavirus is not yet over and this continuation may lead to the direct rise of the third wave of the Coronavirus.

Mahakali River irrigates Tirkhadeni area

The elected representatives of the local levels of Nepal and India have jointly planted maize and eaten Nepali-style rice pudding (Kheer) on the occasion of Shrawan 15 at Tirkhadeni, Dashrathchand Municiplaity–10 on Friday.

Tree house lures tourists

The Jyantang community forest of Myagde Rural Municipality-2 is now becoming a new tourist hotspot of Tanahun. Following the construction of a green garden and beautifully designed tree house, the destination draws many footfalls every day. The garden is located at the top of a hill. The tree house and park was constructed with the financial and technical assistance of the Division Forest Office.

Around 95% paddy plantation done across country

Paddy plantation of this year almost complete as plantation has been done in around 95 per cent of paddy field by the second week of Shrawan. According to the statistics of the Department of Agriculture (DoA), paddy plantation has completed in around 1.298 million hectates of land out of the total 1.371 million hectares of paddy filed by last Tuesday. Dr. Mahadev Paudel, information officer and senior agriculture economist of DoA, said that paddy has been planted in 94.64 per cent cultivable land...

Home Ministry seeks truth on Darchula incident

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has directed the local administration to find out the truth related to the incident of Malghat of Byas Rural Municipality of Darchula, where a 33-year-old man went missing while he was crossing the Mahakali River.

Florida breaks record with more than 21,000 new COVID cases

Florida reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to federal health data released Saturday, as its theme park resorts again started asking visitors to wear masks indoors.

Time For Smart Lockdowns

OUR nation is staring at the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The recent spike in the number of infections and deaths calls for meticulous preparations against the fresh surge of the dreadful contagion, which has already claimed the lives of about 10,000 Nepalis. Health experts have warned that if the authorities do not focus or implement control mechanisms such as imposing strict restrictions against the large gatherings of the people in time, the pandemic's third wave will hit the count

Foster Intraparty Unity

AS political catchwords have immense power to influence the ordinary people, crafty politicians use rhetorical language, often manipulate it to manufacture ideologies that are no more than false consciousness, and sometimes even distort the truth to mislead the audience. Hundreds and thousands of junior political actors follow their leader thinking what the leader says is absolutely true without trying to know the validity and soundness of their statements. This tendency can lead t