Cable car access to Maulakalika soon

The Maulakalika temple at Gaindakot in eastern Nawalparasi, a famous religious site of the country, will be linked with a cable car within a year.

Buddha Jayanti celebrations to be toned down

Buddha Jayanti celebrations will be muted this year too, thanks to COVID-19. The Lumbini Development Trust (LDT) has decided to limit the Jayanti and only light 2565 butter lamps and recite the ceremonial Paritraan.

Tunnel testing of Upper Tamakoshi resumes

The Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project being constructed in Bigu Rural Municipality–1, in Dolakha district, is once again testing its main tunnel. The project, which is finally nearing completion a decade after construction began, first tested the tunnel on April 29 by sending water through it. However, the test had to be stopped because of a leak. Wat

FNJ Gulmi hands over Rs. 6m to set up oxygen plant

Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Gulmi chapter has provided Rs. 6 million to Gulmi Hospital for setting up an oxygen plant at the hospital. Chairman of the federation Top Lal Aryal on Monday handed over a check of Rs. 6 million to Dr. Uttam Pachya of Gulmi Hospital. On May 8, it had launched a donation collection campaign to set up an o

Malaysian train collision injures more than 200 people

Two light rail trains collided in a tunnel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, injuring more than 200 people, in the first major crash for the 23-year-old metro system.

Export increases to Rs. 108b in 10 months

The country’s export has improved significantly during the first ten months of the current fiscal year. According to the foreign trade statistics of the Department of Customs, export trade has increased by 32.19 per cent to Rs.108.479 billion in the first ten months of the current fiscal year compared to same period last fiscal year.

Let’s celebrate Republic Day as people’s festival: PM Oli

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has stressed the need for celebrating the Republic Day as a people’s festival and not just as a formality. Addressing a meeting of the Republic Day Celebration Main Organising Committee at the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar on Monday, Prime Minister Oli said that Democracy Day and Republic Day should be celebrated as people's festivals and the Constitution Day in a more special manner.

Successful Ascents

In spite of the raging COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal, mountaineering activities, especially expeditions to Sagarmatha, have resumed in spring this year. Over 170 climbers made it to the summit of Sagarmatha on Sunday (May 24) alone, according to the Department of Tourism (DoT). They were successful in reaching the summit as the weather was favourable. Some 100 more aspirants are now in the process of making their push to the summit. Earlier in the second week of this month, as many as 150 climbers had...

Ensure Fair Distribution Of Vaccines

With the rollout of vaccines against COVID-19, the question of fairness and equity in the distribution of the vaccines has cropped up. The world's leading drugmakers are producing COVID-19 vaccines. It is almost like a miracle to develop the vaccine in a short span of time. However, wealthy countries are taking advantage of the vaccines. As many as twenty-nine poorer countries have received just 0.3 per cent of the vaccines, whereas some wealthy countries have stocked up on vaccines in excess of...

Fixing NEPSE For Average Nepalis

NEPSE has seen an influx of new retail investors entering the market to make a quick profit as evidenced by an additional 1300, 000 DMAT registrations and higher trade volume. This outcome might be due to the combination of factors like liquidity owing to COVID-19, profits made by other investors and lower capital requirements in comparison to other investments such as real estate. Generally, novice investors are more likely to lose money in the stock