Jill Biden gets Delaware beach day for her 70th birthday

President Joe Biden and his wife went to their Delaware beach house to help the first lady celebrate her milestone birthday on Thursday. The first lady was already at the house in Rehoboth Beach when the president arrived Wednesday evening.

COVID-19 infections significantly down in Banke

Banke district, which became a coronavirus hotspot a month ago, is gradually heading towards zero infection. In the district where up to 700 infections were found in a single day, the number of infections has dropped to two digits daily. In the last few days, less than 100 infected people have been added and the number of deaths has been declining, according to COVID-19 Management Centre, Banke. Naresh Shrestha, Coronavirus Facilitator and Public Health Officer at COVID-19 Management Centre, Banke,...

Manjushree Park construction affected due to dispute

The proposed master plan of Manjushree Park of Chovar has been hampered due to local dispute. With nine year’s efforts of consumers’ committee, a 33-feet-tall statue of Manjushree, ancient Buddhist saint, was erected in the park. However, the dispute between the local consumers’ committee and Kirtipur Municipality over the authority to run the park has put the project in limbo.

Four int’l airlines allowed to fly to and from Kathmandu

The government made flight schedules of the four international airlines to and from Kathmandu public on Wednesday. Flights of four countries to and from Kathmandu had resumed from June 1.

Irreparable Loss

The novel coronavirus disease has turned out as the cruellest pandemic of the 21st century. Even if the world has succeeded in making anti-COVID-19 vaccines within a year of its outbreak, the loss of lives and economic costs it caused were beyond imagination. Over 3.5 million people have succumbed to the pandemic that hit almost all countries across the globe. It has exposed unequal social order, turned the economy upside down and created political crises in many places. T

Expanding Mediation Services

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) tools have become increasingly popular in Nepal. Of them, mediation has been widely accepted and used to resolve disputes both in the courts and communities in Nepal. In Nepal's case, it should be admitted that judiciary has been at the lead to promote and expand mediation in institutional terms. The judiciary has formally introduced mediation for dispute settlements in the courts across all hierarchies-- supreme, high and district -- for decades.

Pay Tax, Demand Welfare And Accountability

Instigated by the recent demise of family members, fraternity from the movie industry have been lamenting about the sorry state of infrastructure and accountability in Nepal. Being celebrities, their plight got highlighted. Otherwise, Nepalis of all classes have had a harrowing experience with COVID-19 as it goes on a rampage, unchallenged. However, the callousness of the state is because of our indifference to the political system that governs us. And to the belief, private wealth can cover for...

Prevent Eating Disorders

Eating disorders have become increasingly common in recent decades, causing significant psychological and health problems such as severe disruptions in people's eating habits, cognition, and emotions. Such disorders result from intense societal pressure to diet and conform to unrealistic weight and body size standards. Females develop eating disorders at a higher rate than males. Females between 12 and 35 years are often affected by eating disorders. However, people belonging to any age group can...

Govt announces plan to develop five new river diversion projects

Budget of the coming Fiscal Year 2021/22 has included seven large river diversion projects to be developed in their different phases across the country for irrigation as well as water supply purposes. Large amount of budget is earmarked for Bheri-Babai, Naumure and Sunkoshi-Marin Multipurpose river diversion projects, and Tamor-Chisyang, Kaligandaki-Tinau, Madi-Dang and West Seti-Kailali river diversion projects. Five projects, except Bheri-Babai and Sunkoshi-Marin are new programmes.

France, UAE provide medical supplies

Expressing solidarity with Nepal in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the French Government has extended support of medical equipment and supplies to Nepal. Francois-Xavier Leger, Ambassador of France to Nepal, handed over a planeload of shipments containing 504,000 FFP2 masks; 20,225 antigen test kits; 12,000 protection glasses; and 14 respirators including consumables to Minister for Health and Population Hridayesh Tripathi at a brief ceremony held at the Tribhuvan International Airport...