Heavens Come Alive With Planets, Stars

The night skies of this month would come alive with major planets, stars and constellations along with numerous entities that would be spreading all over the heavens. Resplendent red planet Mars could be marveled from evening after sundown in western sky. It would then slowly sink towards western horizon before midnight. It would be gliding across the zodiacal constellations Taurus (bull) and Gemini (twins). Confounding constellations Eridanus (river), Orion (hunter) and Monoceros (unicorn) could...

A Recognised Social Campaigner

Born in a poor and backward family of indigenous Tamang community in a remote village of Kavreplanchok district, Akkal Bahadur Tamang has now been a well-recognised social worker and campaigner.

Our Action Defines Our Milieu

Our lives are inter-dependent. With or without our intention, we are making an impact on the lives of others. Our behavior, our activities, and our beliefs affect the functioning of our surroundings. Our milieu and its productivity are a direct or indirect effect of our activities. As humans, we are under some kind of business all the time.

Interesting Travelogue, Memoir Essays

We can call the under-reviewed literary book entitled “Marubhumiko Phul” (Flower of Desert) a travelogue plus memoir. Author Vijaya Chalise, who already has three books of travelogue essays published to his credit, has once again presented some of his cherished memoirs into the pieces of travelogue writings. It is a two-part book: In one part there are eight travelogue essays and in part two there are twelve memoir essays.

Journey to Jephale: Five Things To Do

Simply put, Jephale in Morang is equivalent to Bhedetar. It is because Jephale resembles Bhedetar (1420 meter), a beautiful hill station located at the border of Sunsari and Dhankuta districts. Similarly, Jephale (1800 meter) is also a beautiful hill station in the northern hills of Morang, that also borders Dhankuta.

PM for procedural simplification for industrial development

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has stressed the need for simplifying legal procedures for industrial development of the country. “We are often entangled in procedural hassles. Our planning is so slow and cumbersome that valuable times are lost without getting results,” the Prime Minister said while inaugurating the 70th annual general meeting of the Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC) here on Thursday. “We should not be following such tiresome procedures. Instead, we should move ahead in a simplified...

Deuba calls three-party meet

Nepali Congress president and leader of the main opposition party Sher Bahadur Deuba has called a meeting of the three parties representing the House of Representatives for Friday.  He called the meeting Thursday evening.

Enforcing precautionary measures: A herculean task

The Ministry of Health and Population on Wednesday requested concerned authorities to strictly implement the precautionary measures against the coronavirus transmission, citing upsurge in COVID-19 cases and identification of the B.1.1.7 variant, a fast spreading coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom, as a reason. The educational sectors have been requested to implement the measures stringently, as have been the authorities to control the crowd in public vehicles, shopping malls,...

‘Marked improvement made in education sector’

Kismat Kumar Kakshapati is the chairman of Khajura Rural Municipality in Banke, Lumbini Province. Kakshapati, who was active in social service before entering politics, was elected from the CPN-UML. Our Banke correspondent Govinda Sharma talked with him about the development works being carried out in Khajura. 

Army ex-servicemen’s meet held

The third and final phase of the ex-servicemen’s conference scheduled during the tenure of Chief of the Army Staff (CoAS) Purna Chandra Thapa concluded, Wednesday. Inaugurating the conference held at the Valley Division Headquarters at Uttar Dhoka of Kathmandu, CoAS Thapa assured that the organisation would appreciate the heroism and dedication of the retired soldiers. The conference was organised for the ex-servicemen residing in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur.