Timely Response Against COVID-19 Saves Lives

PROPER response and handling can make a big difference when it comes to controlling the spread of COVID-19. While movement restrictions and early vaccinations have brought desirable results, common flaws like cultural and political gatherings held in indiscriminate manner have brought devastating consequences. We have good examples from New Zealand and Australia which have adopted restrictions with ruthless rules.

Socialism The Need Of The Day

AS the world is moving towards capitalism and towards a globalised system of production, the industries in different parts of the world are becoming more and more dependent with each other. Big companies like Apple have factories in China which produce goods, but the users in the western countries are unaware of the exploitation of the workers. These stories have hit the media many times. Now during pandemic the inequalities, created by a globalised capitalise

Confidence Vote Bolsters Constitutionalism

CONSTITUTIONAL and parliamentary practices are evolutionary phenomenon. They do not follow prescriptive measures because politics as a driving tool is dynamic, not static. Politics moves forward as per the demand of time and context. The ingredients of democratic governance have also evolved in a course of time in Nepal following the political movements and subsequent democratic practices. So, it takes time to establish constitutional convention. Latest political development of government formation...

5.8 -magnitude earthquake hits Lamjung

An earthquake of measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale occurred at 5.42 am this morning .

Battle Against Pandemic

AS prohibition orders continue and the nation's streets wear a deserted look, every now and then there are wailings of ambulance sirens. Staying at home, people feel twinges of anxiety while the siren wails, throughout the day or deep into the night. These are anxious times when the second wave of coronavirus has gripped the nation.

Nepal made oxygen gas cylinder tested

Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) has tested the oxygen gas cylinder produced in Nepal for the first time. Minister for Education, Science and Technology Krishna Gopal Shrestha inaugurated the cylinder test on the premises of NAST on Tuesday.

386 COVID-19 dedicated hospitals in operation

The government on Tuesday said that a total of 386 COVID-19-dedicated hospitals have come into operation across the country for the treatment of those infected with the coronavirus.

New, highly infectious variant of SARS-CoV-2 also detected in Nepal

"In the gene sequencing done in coordination with the World Health Organisation (WHO) by collecting 35 swab samples from various parts of the nation last week, a new B.1.617.2 variant was detected in 97 per cent of the samples," informed the Health Ministry.

US reaches out to Arab leaders on Israel, Gaza fighting

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his envoy reached out to Palestinian and regional Arab leaders on Tuesday as attacks between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers raged on, maintaining what the Biden administration is calling its quiet diplomacy while still declining to press for an immediate cease-fire.

China-Europe freight train trips surge in April

The number of China-Europe freight trains hit 1,218 in April, up 24 percent year on year, data from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) showed on Tuesday.