‘We are implementing our election promises’

We are fulfilling our election promises. We are currently working on constructing a smart refreshment centre and a fire station. We are in the process of implementing large drinking water projects and expanding the municipality’s roads.

Collapsed Florida building drew global visitors, residents

The Champlain Towers South drew people from around the globe to enjoy life on South Florida’s Atlantic Coast, some for a night, some to live. A couple from Argentina and their young daughter. A beloved retired Miami-area teacher and his wife. Orthodox Jews from Russia. Israelis. The sister of Paraguay’s first lady. Others from South America.

COVID-19 Second Wave: Eye Opener To Risks

That Nepal is under pernicious threat of the coronavirus pandemic is a foregone conclusion. The revelation that the country has discovered a new strain of viruses following the second wave of the pandemic has turned the country's pandemic issue on its head. The presence of a more dangerous variant- the Delta strain, which, according to the experts, carries the ability to transmit among masses rapidly and can kill many, has sent a chill down the spine of our health authorities and common people alike. While...

The Calcutta Connection

When Job Charnock established Calcutta, now called Kolkata, as the British trading post in 1686 he was cursed by everyone, from his soldiers to his subordinates for choosing this shithole, humid, mosquito-infested thickly forested swampland as a base.

Local Levels Hard Pressed To Define Priorities

Local governments – rural municipalities (Gaupalika) and municipalities (Nagarpalikas)- are keeping in hectic schedules this time of the year now. They are required to endorse their respective annual programmes and budget through their assemblies (legislatures) within the next week. However, these democratic political institutions are hard pressed to define their priorities and choices for the next year amid the COVID-19 offensive and looming populist lure of the elections to be held during the...

Is Nepal A Rich Country?

Nepal is a rich country. It boasts diverse altitudes from 59 meters (Mukhiyapatti Musharniya in Dhanusha) to 8849 meters (Sagarmatha peak in Solukhumbu), climatic variation ranging from tropical in the south to alpine in the north. According to Nepal Fifth National Report to Convention on Biological Diversity (2014), a total of 118 ecosystems have been identified in Nepal, including 112 forest ecosystems, four cultivation ecosystems, one water body ecosystem and one glacier/snow/rock ecosystem. Covering...

Space Exploration Reaches New Height

Space exploration uses astronomy and space technology to explore outer space: an investigation, using crewed and unmanned spacecraft, of the reaches of the universe beyond the atmosphere of our planet and the use of the information, so gained to increase knowledge of the cosmos and benefit humanity. The first rocket launched into space was the V2 missile, started by the Germans in 1942.

Biden extols bipartisan infrastructure deal as a good start

resident Joe Biden announced on Thursday a hard-earned bipartisan agreement on a pared-down infrastructure plan that would make a start on his top legislative priority and validate his efforts to reach across the political aisle. But he openly acknowledged that Democrats will likely have to tackle much of the rest on their own.

Local levels unveil budget for fiscal year 2021/22

Local levels including metropolitan cities across the country unveiled the budget for the fiscal year 2021/22 on Thursday. Pokhara Metropolitan City presented a budget of Rs. 6.277 billion while Biratnagar Metropolitan City presented Rs. 4.1 billion.

Housing grants available till mid-November

The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has extended the deadline for rebuilding the private houses till mid-November this year providing an opportunity to the earthquake victims who couldn’t rebuild their houses within the earlier deadlines.