House session from today

The budget session of the federal parliament is beginning from Sunday. The session of the reinstated House of Representatives and the Upper House is summoned for 4pm Sunday at the Parliament Building New Baneshwor.

Agriculture needs commercialisation: Dr. Karki

Nepal’s agriculture sector is not developing satisfactorily as billions of rupees are being spent to import food. Farmers here are facing shortage of agricultural inputs, including fertilisers. However, the country has now adopted agro-technology which is contributing to increased production and reduction in production cost. The country which has become self-reliant in eggs and meat is now trying to be self-reliant in cereals. Against this backdrop, Laxman Kafle of The Rising Nepal recently talked...

Karnali welcomes Shrawan with ritual

The people of Karnali continued with their centuries-old tradition this year as well and celebrated the first day of the Nepali month of Shrawan by lighting ceremonial fires. The people marked the day Nepalis call Saaune Sankranti by banging plates, blowing conch shells and making fires on their roofs, balconies or gardens. Every house makes these fires in the evening with cedar and pine wood and prays for it to carry away all the diseases and infirmities that may afflict their families. The locals...

California fire prompts evacuations; Oregon blaze balloons

A rapidly growing wildfire south of Lake Tahoe jumped a highway, prompting more evacuation orders and the cancellation of an extreme bike ride through the Sierra Nevada on Saturday as critically dangerous wildfire weather loomed in the coming days.

Returned artifacts kept in museum

Three artifacts lost from Nepal are now put at the National Museum, Chhauni after being returned home. The artifacts of 13th to 16th century of Salabhanjika Strut, Shakyamuni Buddha and Ganesha sculpture were returned from the USA.

Development of ICPs, dry ports to reduce cost of trade

In a few years from now, Nepal will have at least a dozen dry ports including Inland Clearance Depots (ICDs) and Integrated Check Posts (ICPs). Currently, the country has two ICPs in operation at Nepal-India border in the south in Birgunj and Biratnagar and three ICDs in Birgunj, Bhairahawa, Kakarbhitta. Birgunj ICD is the railway-based such facility in the country. Plans are underway to develop railway facility at the Biratnagar ICP and proposed Chandani Dodhara ICP.

Will vote for and participate in govt.: MP Chaudhary

Lawmaker and Central committee member of CPN-UML Metmani Chaudhary said that the camp of Khanal-Nepal led CPN-UML was preparing to cast their vote in support of the government and will participate in Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba-led government very soon.

Add Vaccination Centres

Ever since our authority started immunisation of people against the COVID-19 pandemic, the government is effortful to give continuity to the vaccination programmes. The past government was deeply engaged in this immunisation process throughout the country.  Several doses of the vaccine have arrived in the country through purchases and grants. Apart from 4 million doses from China, the US has given 1.5 million doses and Japan has promised to provide 1.6 million doses.

Court Steps In To Save Parliament

Before leaving his official residence at Baluwatar, former prime minister KP Sharma Oli accused the Supreme Court (SC) of dismissing him from premiership. Using his oratory skill, he said: “I have janaadesh (people’s mandate) to govern the country but I have to leave office owing to the court’s parmadesh (mandamus).” Prima facie, his remark appears true but it glosses over many opposite truths that have roiled the contemporary Nepali politics for the last couple of years. The Hous

Lessons From COVID-19 Pandemic

As of the time of writing this article, there were more than 189,165,624 COVID-19 cases globally and 4,074,457 deaths in 220 countries and territories. These are very likely the tip of the iceberg, given limited testing and an unfortunate stage to hide cases to avoid wage and job losses.