Over 100 tourists rescued by NTB to date

Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has, to date, coordinated the rescue of 125 tourists stuck in different parts of the country and facilitated their travel to Kathmandu. Similarly, the Board has tracked around 700 tourists through its travel locator forms available on its website and around 1,200 tourists in collaboration with various diplomatic missions in Nepal. According to data released by NTB, it has also handled almost 1,000 calls and 200 emails since the latest prohibitory orders were imposed in...

Lalitpur Metropolis to restore two ponds

The Lalitpur Metropolitan City (LMC) has signed an agreement with the Rajdal Batallion of the Nepal Army to reconstruct two historic ponds in Lagankhel currently located on the latter’s premises. The agreement was signed on Sunday by Lalitpur Mayor Chiri Babu Maharjan and Rajdal Battalion Commander Sumit Bikram Rana.

National census rescheduling being awaited

The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has been preparing to resume national population census, which was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing restriction enforced since April 29, from mid-July.

Cartoon obsession increases in kids amid restriction

The craze for animated cartoons among children has increased during the restriction order imposed to control COVID-19. After schools switched to online teaching and learning activities, children have plenty of time at home. They cannot go out for physical games and spend most of their time watching animated cartoons or playing video games on TV or smart phones.

The Jumbo Migration

A few days ago, a herd of wandering 15 elephants in China hit the headlines of the media across the globe. Around this time, Nepal witnessed the similar sight of migrant elephants wandering and entering Nepal from India. On June 10, a herd of around 40 to 45 elephants entered Bardiya district of Nepal from across the border. The elephants, including their calves, entered the Shiva Community Forest in the district through Khata Wildlife Corridor from Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pr

Japan Stands With Nepal Against Pandemic

On June 2, 2021, Japan co-hosted the COVAX AMC Summit with Gavi to procure funds to provide vaccines for developing countries. Taking this opportunity, let me sum up Japan’s assistance for the world and Nepal in the fight against this formidable infectious disease.

Promote Financial Literacy For Sustenance

“Money is one form of power, but what is more powerful is financial education. Money comes and goes, but if you have the financial literacy/education about how money works, you gain power over it and can begin building wealth”. (Kiyosaki and Sharon, 1995 as cited by Macha 2009)

Avoid Biased Labels

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has decided to designate coronavirus variants with Greek alphabet names in order to stop the associated discrimination and stigma. Prior to this decision, there had been outrages over the labelling of variants of concern according to their country of first discovery. The WHO's historic decision is gearing to have a significant influence on curbing the prevalent virus stigma. Ever since the former US president Donald Trump called coronavirus a "China virus", there...

Sithi Nakha, the day to clean up water sources, today

On the sixth day of the waxing moon, a religious and eco-friendly festival ‘Sithi Nakha’ is being celebrated in the Newar community by cleaning the water sources. According to the lunar calendar, the festival falls on Wednesday with the onset of monsoon season by cleaning all water sources- well, stone spout, royal cannel, water tank and pond. The word “Sithi” was modified from the Sanskrit word “Shashthi” which means sixth and “Nakha” means festival in Newari language. The name...

Monsoon unleashes floods, Manang worst hit

As the monsoon activated further from Tuesday, major rivers and its streams have swollen, causing floods and inundations in many regions. According to Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) update made at 1:00 pm, the regular monsoon phenomena was further activated due the low pressures area developed in Jharkhand, India, and the lower pressure line of the monsoon itself. According to Manju Basi, meteorologist at the Division, these two separate systems developed in the last 24 hours have been...