WHO Nepal refutes news report on vaccines

World Health Organisation Nepal has refuted misleading claims that the organisation has approved a ‘mix and match’ regimen for Vero Cell and AstraZeneca Covishield vaccines citing more effective results.

Bhaktapur local levels unveil budget

The local levels of Bhaktapur district have unveiled the budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2021/22 according priority to health, education, culture, tourism and infrastructure. Out of four municipality of the district, three municipalities --- Suryabinayak Municipality, Changunarayan Municipality and Bhaktapur Municipality --- presented the income and expenditure statement for the coming fiscal year on Thursday.

Heed Children’s Welfare

Children are an important future resource for the overall development of any country. As teachers, doctors, engineers, environmentalists, politicians and social campaigners, they will have a vital responsibility for leading the nation towards the path of progress and prosperity. They will also have to deal with various social evils and anomalies, and development challenges. There is no denying the fact that Nepal is one of the nations in the world to have a significant number of young people. Looking...

NTV’s Quest For Global Outreach

Does Nepal need a separate television channel with the contents designed for the global audience? Is the country capable to start up and continue a worldwide television channel? These questions sounded similar to those raised during the initial phase of Nepal Television (NTV) in the mid-1980s. A section of people had opposed the television broadcasting project, citing that it could be a white elephant. They argued that entire efforts to operate the TV stations would be futile, troublesome and expensive....

Confronting Challenge Of Climate Change

Climate change has been a daunting challenge. Tackling it effectively requires combined efforts from the countries around the world. Those countries that emit higher amount of gas emissions have greater responsibilities in curbing the harmful gases that exacerbate climate change. Efforts towards reduction of greenhouse gases globally have been underway for some years though they are not sufficient to achieve the targets set by international agreement reached in Paris in 2015.

Mend Your Ways

North Korea is one of the very few nations that remains completely secluded from the outside world. But the communist country's extent of abilities is beyond one's imagination -- be it nuclear expansion or hacking. From The Lazarus Heist- Episode 10 produced by the BBC, we hear shocking news about the country. The podcast revolves around a 2016 hacking incident that Bangladesh Bank was a target of. A group of North Korean hackers, popularly known as the Lazarus Group, was nearly succ

Chinese tunnel design team arrives

A Chinese expert team has arrived in Kathmandu on Wednesday to take tunnel construction work under Kathmandu/Terai-Madhes Fast Track (Expressway) Project ahead. A 14-member expert team including the project manager of China’s Poly Changda Engineering Company Limited, which has been awarded the contract for the construction of Package No. 2 Dhedre-Lendanda Tunnel under the project, has arrived in Kathmandu, according to Nepali Army Headquarters on Thursday.

51-feet tall Shiva idol built at Pumdikot in Pokhara

Chandra Kanta Baral, chief of Pumdikot Development Committee, said the main objective of establishing the idol of Shiva is to develop Pumdikot as a special touristic site. He informed that 400 million rupees has been allocated for promotion of tourism of the area and the construction is expected to be completed within five years.

China issues white paper on CPC's practice in human rights protection

The year 2021 marks the centenary of the CPC. Over the past century, the CPC has invested a huge effort in human rights protection, adding significantly to global human rights progress, said the white paper.

PM Oli gives responsibility of additional ministries to existing ministers

Prime Minister Oli has kept the Defence and Foreign Affairs ministries with himself, according to Sher Bahadur Tamang, central committee member of the ruling CPN (UML) and former minister for health and population.