Biden opens overseas trip declaring ‘United States is back’

President Joe Biden opened the first overseas trip of his term Wednesday with a declaration that “the United States is back” as he seeks to reassert the nation on the world stage and steady European allies deeply shaken by his predecessor.

Taplejung farmers attracted to coffee farming

Farmers in western part of Taplejung district were busy with professional coffee farming. Mostly the farmers in Aathraii, Tribeni and Mauwakhola Rural Municipalities have already begun coffee farming.  Farmers were attracted towards coffee farming as they saw huge profit on this cash crop. “Market demand for coffee is increasing nowadays and we are interested in making earnings through its commercial farming,” a farmer Chandra Tamang said.

Global recovery strong, but uneven: WB

The global economy is expected to expand 5.6 per cent in 2021, the fastest post-recession pace in 80 years, largely on strong rebounds from a few major economies. However, many emerging markets and developing economies continue to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, the World Bank said in its June 2021 Global Economic Prospects. Despite the recovery, global output will be about 2 per cent below pre-pandemic projections by the end of this year.

‘Curbing black carbon emissions can slow glacier melt’

Black carbon deposits originating from factories, cooking and vehicles are compounding the effects of climate change to speed up the melting of the Himalayan glaciers. More aggressively curbing black carbon emissions can slow glacier melt and improve the security of water resources in the region, according to a new report published by the World Bank.

Schools gearing up for new academic session

Schools across the country have started preparing for the next academic session, scheduled to get started from mid-June. Recent announcement by the local governments that the schools can publish the final results of their students through internal assessment cleared the way to move in that direction. Local governments made that announcement after the federal government asked schools to enroll their students for the next session from mid-June in a virtual manner.

Easing The FDI Flow

With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year ago, the global economy has nose-dived on an unprecedented scale. The global health crisis forced nations to adopt tough restrictive measures, including lockdown and prohibitory orders to rein in the spread of coronavirus. The transport, trade, manufacturing and tourism has come to a grinding halt, triggering massive lay-offs and economic recession. The pandemic has badly struck the economic globalisation as the globa

Budget And Its Governing Principles

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel read out the budget statement promulgated through ordinance last week. The budgetary principles and allocations have been appreciated from different sectors though there is objection from the opposition on the ground that the caretaker government should not have promulgated the budget of the scale of please all expansionary type since the election is on the card, of course, subject to judicial review. The budget has envisaged some targeted...

Budjet's Focus On Ending Pandemic

The federal government has recently unveiled an ambitious budget of Rs 1.647 trillion for the fiscal year 2021/22, which mainly focused on combating the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring vaccination for all citizens and boosting education and physical infrastructure. However, the opposition political parties have accused the government of bypassing the parliament to introduce the ‘populist’ budget. As the House of Representatives (HoR) has been dissolved, the government has

Govt to confiscate textbooks with old map of Nepal

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has decided to confiscate newly printed school textbooks with old map of Nepal. The ministry decided that after it found some publishers had printed the country’s old map in the textbooks for the new academic session, scheduled to start from next week.

Bhanubhakta Zoological Park is sanctuary for 177 species of birds

One hundred and seventy-seven species of birds have been sighted in Bhanubhakta Zoological Park at Byas Municipality in Tanahun district during both summer and winter seasons. In the summer season, the park is a playground for some 144 species of birds and other species are found in winter. A recent seven-day bird monitoring observed 124 bird species in the park during this summertime. "We have listed 124 species of birds during the short-term monitoring of the summer season. We are very happy...