Swing to action to save lives of citizens: PM

The government has decided to use all its resources and skills to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic. A meeting of the COVID-19 Crisis Management Centre (CCMC) held in Singha Durbar in the presence of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday decided to integrate the health system of the country against the pandemic. "For this, we should work to

Muster Global Support To Combat Pandemic

THE COVID-19 pandemic has caused global health crisis. The virus respects no borders and nationalities. It first spread in China and travelled to most parts of world, infecting and killing millions of people in the past 16 months. Therefore, it needs regional and global cooperation to eradicate the scourge of the pandemic. There are various diplomatic efforts to muster the support of nations to this end. In the third week of April, five south Asian nations, including Nepal held digital interaction...

The Price Of COVID Denial And Complacency

AS a saying goes, no disaster strikes with a warning. The coronavirus disaster we are facing now had, however, plenty. The first wave it unleashed had already demonstrated the power of its lethality and cruelty. Health experts had warned – drawing on historical precedents, particularly the Spanish flue of 1918 – successive waves were a foregone possibility and would be more disastrous. Before the scientific warnings were heeded, the second wave hit the country resulting in the hue and cry that...

Vaccines In Focus

LOCAL authorities in several COVID-19 hotspots of Nepal have been scrambling to manage oxygen and intensive care beds with the second wave of pandemic. Many people are dying from this contagion daily in lack of life-saving oxygen.

Local levels take steps to tackle pandemic

As the deadly second wave of COVID-19 pandemic began to engulf every corner of the country, local bodies across the nation have come forth to manage oxygen plants, isolation wards and quarantine centres. Shortage of oxygen has resulted in increased deaths across the country. The rural areas that were considered safer than the urban centres during the first wave of the pandemic last year are now witnessing a huge number of COVID-19 positive cases owing to the celebration of family functions and social...

Israeli strikes kill 42, topple buildings in Gaza City

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 42 people Sunday, medics said, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fighting between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza would continue despite international efforts to broker a cease fire.

Love breaks all barriers: special education lights up lives of the disabled

"He was very clever but silent," He Li said. Teng's parents sensed something might be wrong as he was still unable to speak when he was two and a half years old.

Marxist View of State: Consciousness of Chinese Nation Community

In a word, General Secretary Xi Jinping’s idea of “building a strong sense of the Chinese nation community” is a creative development of the Marxist concept of state, a reinterpretation of the birth and development history of the Chinese nation, and a solid foundation for the future development of the People’s Republic of China.

 Challenging Rules-based International Order: New Discourse of China Threat Theory

Equality and respect, not confrontation, are the only keys for this conundrum. The U.S. should treat China’s rise rationally and go back to negotiation and dialogue as soon as possible.

Well-known filmmaker Chetan Karki passes away

Film director, lyricist, and novelist Chetan Karki died today at the age of 84 while receiving treatment at the Army Hospital in Kathmandu.