Three years on, provincial governments doing poorly in budget implementation

Provincial governments have failed to show much progress in spending the budget they prepare and announce year after year and are unlikely to perform better anytime soon in absence of radical steps. In the 10 months of the current Fiscal Year 2020/21, no province has utilised more than 40 per cent of its budget, according to their budget speech presented last week at the respective Provincial Assembly. Although most of the provinces have stated that their total budget mobilisation would surpass...

Large hearted man delivers relief by chartering helicopter

A large hearted man Rajesh Gurung has chartered a helicopter at his own expense and delivered relief items in Taal of Nasa Rural Municipality of Manang District. Gurung delivered relief items including rice, beans, oil, and biscuits at the flood-hit area where none of the representatives have reached yet.

Provide Timely Relief To Disaster Victims

The country is currently facing a crisis in the form of natural calamity. Monsoon mayhem has hit hard the country as floods, landslides and inundation in different parts of the nation left the victims in tatters. About 15 people have been killed and 16 injured and several have gone missing in many districts as floods and landslides have also posed a threat to public and private properties, infrastructures such as roads, power transmission lines, communication and drinking water facilit

Impact Of Floods On Human Health

Floods are the most common natural disaster affecting millions of people worldwide every year. Nepal, owing to her topography, is one of the countries prone to natural disasters such as floods and landslides. The torrential rains that caused massive floods in many parts of the country recently have caused enormous damage. But the rainy season has just started. It means that the country is likely to face more floods and landslides during this monsoon. Floods cause huge losses to lives, properties,...

Ethics Counts In Politics

Some people in Nepal still believe that moral principles do not count much in politics. What they think is that politics is a mere game of tactics. So they seem to be putting morality and wickedness in the same basket. If we look back to the past, there happened a dispute over the Mahakali Treaty. The leftist parties claimed that the Mahakali treaty was done in secret while the Nepali Congress said that it was mere a compromise. The communist forces took to streets. Later on, there was a revelation...

COVID-19 update: 3,660 recoveries, 1,688 new cases, 34 fatalities in 24 hours

In 7,010 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,688 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population in the regular update.

'Wet masks don't protect from germs'

Many people are found seen wearing wet masks in monsoon season but according to health experts, it is not regarded safe to wear a wet mask.

India reports 60,753 new coronavirus cases

India reported on Saturday 60,753 new COVID-19 cases and 1,647 deaths over the past 24 hours, according to a government statement.

Expert team visiting Melamchi to find out cause of floods and landslides

A team of experts is going to Melamchi of Sindhupalchowk today to find out the possible reason behind the landslide and flood in the Melamchi river. 

Rice plantation for protest in Mahottari

A group of youth of Ward 10 of Balawa Municipality Friday planted rice on the muddy road as a protest. They said the ward chairman and mayor were not completing development works effectively and transparently.