Doctors asked to update their deputation

Issuing a notice on June 17, the Nepal Medical Council asked all the registered doctors to update their working station in a timely manner in an effort to maintain a proper record. According to the Council, the update is needed to analyse the health system, because it helps in knowing the present situation of doctors as well as their distribution across the country.

Uphold Constitutional Principles And Spirit

Constitutionalism that is integral to democracy is an evolving process. It is institutionalised through practice. The Supreme Court (SC) is the ultimate interpreter of the constitution, and helps develop constitutional norms when a justice seeker moves the court. The SC is now set to issue a landmark verdict on the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) after completing the hearings on it. This is the second time the apex court is saddled with the task of settling the complex

Leadership, Integrity And Trust

A well-known political commentator in Great Britain A. A. Gill had observed interestingly about the rise and fall of leadership of former British prime minister Tony Blair saying, "We call him, with curled lips, a sociable man who has worked very, very hard on being liked. He is by his own admission a people's person, a straight kind of guy, and he has done his best. But it counts for naught. He will leave office well and truly loathed. Loathed and mocked. Loathed, mocked and despised." The aforesaid...

Promoting Women's Entrepreneurship

The word ‘entrepreneur’ is a general term relating to industry and commerce. Anyone engaged in supplying goods and services to consumers is a business entrepreneur and a person who produces the goods himself or with the help of others is called an industrial entrepreneur.

Joblessness & Depression

COVID-19 has been a dramatic global health and economic shock. As SARS COV-2 spread across nations, economic activities have plummeted. Individuals first changed their behaviours and then as government’s lockdowns took effect. The contagion has disrupted every aspect of our lives. Even before the onset of the crisis, the social and economic integration of young people was an ongoing challenge. Now, unless urgent action is taken, young people are likely to suffer severe and lifelong effects of...

MoHP reports 2,077 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours

In 7,835 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 2,077 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed Dr. Krishna Prasad Poudel, spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population in the regular press briefing.

Process to send caregivers to Israel to begin soon, amendment to curriculum at final stage

Director General of Department of Foreign Employment Krishna Prasad Dawadi informed that amendment to the curriculum has already started as per the suggestions from different quarters for simplifying the technical part of the subject. According to him, the amendment will be completed within a week and Israel will be informed about the preparations made to send the caregivers.

Kasthamandap reconstruction to miss mid-July deadline as lockdown hampers reconstruction works

The UNESCO world heritage site which is believed to have been originally constructed somewhere in the 7th century was destroyed by a devastating earthquake in 2015. The structure that was majorly constructed out of Sal wood used to house traders travelling between India and Tibet in China. 

CPN-UML task force meeting ends on a positive note

Subash Chandra Nembang, coordinator of the task force, said, "We will reach a conclusion by today evening after meeting Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and leader Madhav Kumar Nepal in order to retain the party's unity."

Xi urges world political parties to shoulder responsibility for pursuit of people's wellbeing, progress of mankind

The cloud summit, which gathered leaders of more than 500 political parties and organizations from over 160 countries, was convened as human society has "once again found itself at a historical crossroads" that leads to either hostile confrontation or mutual respect, seclusiveness and decoupling or openness and cooperation, zero-sum game or win-win results.