Six new members of Music, Drama Academy take oath

Among 15 assembly members, six members, including Baba Basnet, Bhumika Subba, Sunil Maskey, Shishir Yogi, Pradip Bomjon and Laxman Gammnage ( Laxmi Prasad Bhattarai) were administered the oath by Chancellor of the Academy Narayan Bhakta Shrestha.

Beyond bridges: Biden redefines infrastructure to add people

Beyond roads and bridges, President Joe Biden is trying to redefine infrastructure not just as an investment in America the place, but in its workers, families and people.

Waste piles up on roads as Sisdol locals obstruct disposal

The streets of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) are now littered with piles of garbage dumped by people. Locals at the Sisdol Landfill Site in Nuwakot district have obstructed garbage disposal for the last five days, putting forth various demands.

COVID-19 won't obstruct Census 2021: Dr. Regmi

The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), a statistical agency under the National Planning Commission, is conducting the 12th Census from 9 May 2021. It has already concluded training for the facilitators, supervisors and surveyors and is mobilising more than 50,000 human resources in the campaign that happens every 10 years. This time, the CBS is employing information technology and reaching the ward offices for cross verification of the data. Against this backdrop, Modnath Dhakal of The Rising Nepal...

China’s Vaccine Aid

In the first week of February, China had announced to provide 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the donation during a telephonic conversation with Minister for Fo

Enhancing Nepal-Bangladesh Ties

President Bidya Devi Bhandari paid a two-day state visit to the Republic of Bangladesh from 22-23 March 2021 at the invitation of her Bangladeshi counterpart Mohammad Abdul Hamid. The visit was itself special as the leaders of the South Asia attended a programme organised to mark

Pandemic Puts Women On Receiving End

A new research has revealed that around 41 per cent women have lost their jobs while the income of 88 per cent women has decreased. Around 44 per cent women can barely sustain their families every month since July 2020, stated the report recently launched by South Asia Economic Policy

Stop Racial Hatred

The hashtag #StopAAPIHate has been trending in the social media for a while now. AAPI stands for Asian American and Pacific Islanders and #StopAAPIHate is an initiative in the United States to support AAPI communities against racial discrimination. The hashtag was founded by the Chinese for Affirmative Action, Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council and the Asian American Studies Department of San Francisco University in 2020.

Govt will increase social security allowance: PM

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Tuesday said that social security allowance would be increased from the next fiscal year. Speaking at a programme organised to mark the 23rd anniversary of the Reporter’s Club Nepal, Prime Minister Oli said the social security allowance would be increased from mid-July this year, the beginning of the next fiscal year.

One dead, six injured in Fagu clash in Bara

Sanja Devi, a 65-year-old woman, died while undergoing treatment for the injuries sustained during a clash while playing Fagu at Ward 23 of Kalaiya Sub-metropolitan City.