Jumla students to get textbooks soon

District COVID Crisis Management Committee (DDCMC) of Jumla decided to at least make available textbooks to school children as soon as possible. The DCCMC took the decision after it received complaints that students of the district schools were not getting their textbooks, said assistant chief district officer of Jumla Nandaram Chaulagai. Though the new academic session began from mid-June, still many students of the district have been unable to buy textbooks.

US virus cases nearly triple in 2 weeks amid misinformation

COVID-19 cases nearly tripled in the U.S. over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation that is straining hospitals, exhausting doctors and pushing clergy into the fray.

Ligligkot landslide victims continue living in school

Khem Maya Devkota's family of Rautepani in Palungtar Municipality-3, in Gorkha district, has been forced to take temporary shelter in a nearby school ever since their house was swept away by a landslide some 20 days ago. Devkota said she had not faced such a hardship even in the wake of 2015 Gorkha earthquake.

Rain-induced disasters still obstructing 13 major highways

As many as 13 major highways have been obstructed because of the incessant rain since mid-June. According to information of the Department of Roads (DoR), one-way traffic has resumed in 73 of 132 obstructed roads.

Routine immunisation affected due to COVID-19

Many children throughout the world have missed regular immunisation because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty-three million children missed out on basic vaccines through routine immunisation services in 2020 – 3.7 million more than in 2019, according to the official data published by WHO and UNICEF. This latest set of comprehensive worldwide childhood immunisation figures, show a majority of countries last year experienced drops in childhood vaccination rates.

Hope Of Business Revival

A large number of businesses and industries, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), in the country are reeling under a severe crisis of existence due to prolonged restrictions imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020. About four-month long first lockdown in 2020 and limited operation of businesses for another four months had caused a severe blow not only to them but also the economy of the country that was getting to the path of high growth trajector

Why Public Institutions Fail

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Tourism To Bounce Back After Pandemic

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MPs Switch Camps

It is said that there are no permanent friends or permanent foes in politics, only permanent interests. Alliances form and break up and then re-form again; so do government coalitions. The latest episode to oust Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli from his office is a case in point. When Oli, in an obvious act of overreach, dissolved the House of Representatives (HoR) for the second time on May 22, a coalition took shape with the participation of Nepali Congress, CPN- Maoist Centre, Upendra Yadav-led Janata...

Rainwater harvesting key to solve urban water shortage

Catch rain. It’s free! This was the point raised in Wednesday’s webinar on rainwater harvesting in the urban areas organised by Smart WASH Solutions (SWS), a company, and the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC). Former Minister for Environment, Science and Technology Ganesh Shah opened the session and stressed the need for harvesting rainwater to solve water scarcity in the urban areas of Nepal. He believed that even letting a drop of rain go to waste was unacceptable and urged everyone to build...