Six arrested for scooter theft, purchase

Police have arrested four individuals on charge of stealing a two-wheeler and selling it; two buyers have also been held. The arrests came as the Metropolitan Police Circle, Jagati, initiated an investigation into the theft of the motorcycle (Bhe Ja 4413) owned by Laxman Bahadur BK on June 13.

Urgency Of Vaccines

It is medical consensus that COVID-19 vaccines are the only reliable and effective means to prevent disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Vaccines help build immune system in human body, which shields the people from the virus attack effectively. When a larger segment of population is vaccinated against the virus, the given country or society achieves the herd immunity, which is the key to fighting and eventually eradicating the scourge. The vaccinated people are less likely

Bamboo Curtain Outlasting Iron

Democracy defining machine, in its traditional run, is crackling. In international affairs, the very issues disparaged as figment of imagination might actually be under deep planning. This is how conspiracies are cooked behind closed doors. The route and timing of the scheme determines its actual impact. Disinformation doesn’t buy any longer. Discretion should not desert politicians, and biases should not derail fair conclusions. Politics in pure terms is an aspiration to serve society and sho

Are We Heading Towards Socialism?

In a virtual meeting last week, a group of land rights activists and scholars tried to unpack the budget speech presented by the Minister of Finance a month ago. Central to the meeting was to assess the budget’s implications, both immediate and long-term, for the life of the landless and land poor. The meeting’s moderator asked all the speakers to keep in mind the constitutional vision of the socialism-oriented polity while commenting the budget statement. It is on that meeting that the title...

Slim Hope For Tourism

As Nepal has seen a drop in new COVID-19 cases, the country has reopened regular international flights to limited destinations like Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates (UAE), South Korea and Japan since June 24. It has also decided to allow domestic airlines to operate 50 per cent of their scheduled flights from July 1.

Upper Tamakoshi tunnel test successful

Testing of the tunnel of the Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectricity Project successfully completed on Sunday. The project had started to fill the tunnel since April 29.

Finn’s weaver population declining in Nepal

The number of Finn's weaver, which is called Sunaulo top chara in Nepali, found only in Shuklaphanta National Park (SNP) in Nepal is gradually declining. The number of Finn’s weaver is declining in the world due to increasing human intervention in nature. The species, which is on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is considered very sensitive.

China's Xinjiang sees foreign trade surge in May

Additionally, the new data shows that the region's foreign trade has been increasing by more than 30 percent for three consecutive months.

COVID-19 update: 3,007 recoveries, 1,353 new cases, 34 fatalities in 24 hours

In 6,000 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,353 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population on Sunday during its regular press briefing.

Road to Tinkar, Chhangru disrupted (with photos)

Ashok Singh Bohara, ward chair of Byas Rural Municipality-1, said that the road linking Chharu with Dumling of ward no 1 of the rural municipality has been eroded at multiple points by the Mahakali River as the river has been swollen with mud and aggregate besides monsoon rains. As Indian side has been constructing road along the river and throwing debris into the river, the river has been blocked at times and eroded the road in Nepal side, according to Bohara. The road on Nepal side also goes along...