Dry port planned in Chandani Dodhara

Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board (NITDB) is set to develop Inland Container Depot (ICD) and Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Chandani Dodhara Municipality within next four fiscal years. Master plan of the project is ready while required documents for the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) are prepared and sent to the Ministry of Forests and Environment for pre-approval, Ashish Gajurel, Executive Director of the board, said in an interaction with the journalists on the ICD/ICP at Chandani...

NRB directs BFIs to deliver services with health vigilance

Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has directed banks and financial institutions (BFIs) to provide services with full health vigilance amid growing risk of second wave of COVID-19. The central bank on Monday issued a directive to continue the service in full compliance with the provisions made in the past for COVID-9 risk reduction.

EC seeks clarification from 46 political parties for not submitting audit report

The National Election Commission, Nepal issued a deadline for the political parties, which have not submitted their audit report for three consecutive fiscal years 2017/18 - 2019/20, to submit their clarification. Issuing a statement here on Monday, the National Election Commission, Nepal has asked 46 political parties to submit their clarification letter within seven days.

Winter session of House concludes

The 7th session of the reinstated House of Representatives was prorogued without discussing and approving any of the 36 bill drafts tabled earlier. President Bidya Devi Bhandari prorogued the 7th session of the House of Representatives from 1:00 pm on Monday on the recommendation of the government. Issuing a notice, the office of the President said that the House session was prorogued from Monday afternoon staying under the provisions of Article 93(2) of the Constitution of Nepal on the recommendation...

Government’s Safety Moves Against Virus

Considering the resurgence and fast spreading of the COVID-19, including its new mutant variant, the government has issued new restrictive measures to cope with the pandemic. At this stage, there is no complete lockdown order but large gatherings, which provide easy channel for virus transmission, have been ba

Need Of Robust Civil Society Movement

Editor and writer Narayan Wagle has emerged as an energetic civilian activist these days. Starting with the anti-rape campaign during the March 8 observation week, Wagle has been a key figure in the civil society movement that was sparked recently after the dissolution of the federal parliament. As a regular reader of Wagle’s writings from a journalist’s perspective, I gained a new insight by reading reports about him as one of the main leaders who was involved in the civil society movement....

Nepal Does Better In Global Hunger Index

The Global Hunger Index (2020) – released in Lalitpur early this month – ranks Nepal 73rd among 107 countries with sufficient data to calculate the Global Hunger Index (GHI). Nepal’s hunger level is ‘moderate,’ the second best on the GHI Severity Scale, which is a five-category scale of 100 points where 0 means no prevalence of hunger and 100 indicates the extremely alarming state of hunger. With the score of 19.5, Nepal is on the same scale as Sri Lanka in South Asia. All the rest countries...

Moments Of Solitude

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Plastic tar: Durable option in road blacktopping

The smoothly laid asphalt road in Pokhara’s Anupam Tole, Ward No. 14 has weathered harsh monsoons and a steady stream of motor vehicles without showing the usual signs of wear and tear. Paved two years ago, it is yet to develop the mosaic of cracks, and potholes that typically make their appearance after heavy rainfall. Holding the road together is an unremarkable material: plastic. Only 100-metre-long, this road is the first of its kind in Nepal that is blacktopped by melting waste plastic....

MoHP confirms 1,667 new cases of COVID-19, 11 fatalities in 24 hours

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1,667 new infections were recorded in 8,055 RT-PCR tests, and 69 cases were recorded via 683 antigen tests being done at health desks in various border points.