Paddy plantation begins in peri-urban areas of Kathmandu Valley (Photo Feature)

With the arrival of the monsoon farmers of the peri-urban areas of Kathmandu Valley have started paddy plantation. Amid a lack of workers due to the prohibitory order, farmers have begun paddy plantation themselves this year. 

Wheat production increases in Parsa

Production of whet has increased in the Parsa district this year. According to the Agriculture Knowledge Centre Parsa, wheat production has increased by 5,210 tonnes to 85,965 tonnes in the Parsa district this year.

Bhairahawa has enough stock of fertiliser

There will be no shortage of fertiliser in Rupandehi this year. There is no shortage of fertiliser as enough fertiliser arrived here in January and cooperatives and farmers have stock in their houses.

Biden, unlike predecessors, has maintained Putin skepticism

President Joe Biden frequently talks about what he sees as central in executing effective foreign policy: building personal relationships.

Teen who recorded Floyd's arrest, death gets Pulitzer citation

The teenager who pulled out her cell phone and began recording when she saw George Floyd being pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer was given a special citation by the Pulitzer Prizes on Friday for her video that helped to launch a global movement to protest racial injustice.

Farmers forced to sell paddy at cheap rate in absence of dryer machine

Farmers in Jhapa are worried about the lack of marketing and fair price of paddy. Although the federal, province and local governments have introduced various programmes to attract the farmers to cultivate Chaite and Boro paddy, they are worried about the lack of marketing and fair price of the produced paddy.

Vaccination postponed after dispute

Vaccination against COVID-19 at the National Medical College of Birgunj has been postponed following a dispute over unauthorised administration of vaccines to people of other age groups instead of the selected ones.

Medical equipment donated by EU States arrive

Medical equipment donated by three EU Member States – Slovenia, Austria and Malta – arrived at the Tribhuvan International Airport Sunday morning. The Member States have supplied the equipment through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to assist Nepal in its fight against this terrible second COVID wave. The delivery of the consignments today is yet another show of solidarity to the ongoing efforts of Team Europe to assist Nepal during times of need and emergency, read a statement issued by...

Provinces Focus On Fighting Pandemic

Despite the chaotic political environment, Nepal’s federalism is sailing smoothly. In 2015 when the Constituent Assembly promulgated the historic constitution, Nepal formally ushered into a federal democratic republic. Its transformation from a unitary state to a federal one brought structural changes in the governance system. It created three-tier political and administrative units – federal, provincial and local. In 2017, elections to the three levels of government were held successfully to...

Pandemic Compulsions

Various forms and lengths of lockdown, massive use of facial mask and a large degree of social distancing fail to be a choice but a circumstance of compulsion. Initially berated, downgraded and initially much-condemned by the West, lockdown proved to be the right approach also in this particular part of the world. Had COVID-19 hit only the communist countries or Venezuela, Syria or Turkey, among others, the West would have cried, “crime most-foul”, and clamped stringent sanctions on the “pariah”...