Vaccine Problem

Human beings are gifted at solving problems. When the shortage of food appeared to threaten humankind, the hunters and gatherers introduced agriculture, thus the agricultural revolution took place. When diseases began to wipe out lives, we invented medicines, thus the medical sciences came into being.

Satire in Bhanubhakta’s Poem

These days we all are savvy enough to understand satire. Since many of us are used to watching television shows such as Bhadragol, Golmaal, Harke Haldar, Meri Bassai, and Sakkigoni, we have had a steady stream of satire. I have also witnessed politicians and bureaucrats using satire to lessen the humiliation of their wrongdoing and sometimes, as an author, I have also used satire in my writing to poke fun at human faults and foolishness to correct human behaviours. Satire is

Digital Progress Baffles Life

Digital technology has penetrated every sector that human beings are unable to avoid. Interestingly, we are, knowingly and unknowingly, digging the way that foists the threats of digital technology, which ultimately regulate our behaviour. The pervasive technology has now a bigger say in our political sphere and collective life. The fundamental assumptions of politics are disrupted in a way that is benefitting a handful of people, leaving a huge population aside.

Tropical storm pounds East Coast after killing 1 in Florida

Tropical Storm Elsa carved a destructive and soaking path up the East Coast after killing at least one person in Florida and spinning up a tornado at a Georgia Navy base that flipped recreational vehicles upside-down and blew one of them into a lake.

His Only Wife: A Fairytale

It is a tale of a girl from a poor community ready to get married to an eligible bachelor in town. A single mother who considers this as an end to the years of suffering. The excitement of the family members to receive the gifts and money from the rich soon to be in-laws. All the ingredients of a love story we have heard. But there is a catch. The traditional wedding is cond

PM stresses scientific pursuit for tapping natural resources

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli holds Nepali scientists and their unbridled spirit for scientific pursuit in high esteem. Speaking at an event organised by Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) to honour some notable personalities in the field, Prime Minister Oli voiced his concern and interest towards encouraging scientific thinking and academic research in Nepal.

57% paddy plantation complete across nation

Paddy plantation is going on in full swing across the country, thanks to the timely and regular rainfall. According to the statistics of the Department of Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, paddy plantation has completed at around 56.61 per cent of land by Tuesday (July 6, 2021). Out of 1.37 million hectares of paddy fields across the country, plantation has already been completed in 776,490 hectares so far.

Seven killed, half a dozen missing in landslides

Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rainfall across the country since Wednesday evening killed seven persons, leaving nearly a dozen injured and half a dozen others missing. With the latest six, the total deaths caused by the monsoon-induced disaster reached 51 with 35 injuries and 60 missing cases as of July 8 from June 14, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA).

Emergency Operations Centre used for ministerial residence

A series of prefab houses, which were supposed to be used for Sudurpaschim’s Provincial Emergency Operations Centres (POC) have been misused to accommodate a newly appointed Minister. Constructed under the direction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law within its own premises, it seems as if the houses were built as residential ministry quarters rather than for the purposes of natural disaster management.

Industries in Hetauda operating at 60% of capacity

Most of the industries in the Hetauda Industrial Estate are now operating at less than their production capacity. The prohibitory order imposed for the prevention, control and treatment management of COVID-19 has affected the operation of industries badly. Rajendra Kandel, Manager of Hetauda Industrial Estate Management Office, ​​informed that the industries have reduced production due to lack of market for the goods produced from the industrial area. He said that the industries manufacturing...