Bring culprit to justice, NHRC demands

The National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) has expressed grave concern over the incident of Guthichaur Rural Municipality in Jumla district, where a 13-year-old Padam Buda was allegedly beaten to death by the police.

No plan to add new pride projects

The government has no plan to immediately add any new development and infrastructure projects in the list of ‘national pride projects’. Given the sluggish progress and woeful state of the ongoing pride projects, the Ministry of Finance and National Planning Commission are not in the favour of extending the list any time soon.

Democracy Brings Prosperity

Ever since Nepal ushered in an era of democracy and freedom in 1951, our society marched towards the path of modernisation and economic development. People started tasting the fruit of freedom. Democracy also guaranteed competitive politics that paved the way for development projects in the country. Barring some incidents in the past wherein the former monarchs trampled over the people's freedom of electing representatives and governments, the country a

Tackling Anemia-Related Ailments

Anemia is still a global health problem despite the adequate knowledge of its cause and remedy. It affects billions of people throughout the world in terms of health, quality of life, and working capacity. Anemia is a condition in which the number of red blood cells (RBCs) circulating in the body decreases or the hemoglobin concentration within red blood cells is lower than normal. Hemoglobin is the main protein in our red blood cells with a life span of 120 days.

Real Reasons Behind Texas Power Failure

What’s happening in Texas is not an indicator that renewable energy is less reliable — it’s a signal that our infrastructure is frighteningly unprepared for extreme weather. Millions of people across Texas have now spent as many as five days without electricity and water, thanks to a blast of Arctic air that plunged much of the Southern Plains into bone-chilling temperatures and overwhelmed the state’s power grid. The reasons the system failed are complex, though that’s not the impression...

Stop Hoarding Vaccines

We were taught in schools by our gurus about the colonial powers of the past, and their atrocities against various civilisations. Huge number of Red Indians of the Western Hemisphere was reduced to a limited numbers, while the Atlantic slave trade and disappearances of Inca civilisation occurred for accumulating land and resources. The Western colonisers tortured Maori people of New Zealand, launched Opium wars to contain Chinese people and destroyed booming cotton industries of this part of the...

Chand group open for talks with govt

The Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) led by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplab’ has said that it is positive to talks with the government and open for mainstream politics. In a statement issued on Saturday signed by the party’s General Secretary Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplab’, CPN stated that their rebellion is a conscious effort towards progressive transformation and the welfare of the country, society and for the rights of the people.

Talented Mithila artists use cow dung as canvas

It’s a humbling notion – how some creature’s waste can be another’s treasure. For centuries we have known and utilised bovine excreta as a reliable source of fuel. But not many know that such piles of dung also work wonders while creating art. Normally used as alternative to firewood, Mithila artists mould Guinthas or cow dung cakes in creating fascinating works of art.

88 new cases of COVID-19, 136 recoveries in 24 hours

The Ministry of Health and Population on Saturday confirmed 88 new cases of COVID-19, taking the nation's novel coronavirus tally to 273,351.

Allowance Makes Single Man’s Life Easier

It has become easy for Bal Bahadur Ghale, a single man from Pyutar of Bagmati Rural Municipality-4, Lalitpur to manage his daily life with the single man allowance provided by the Rural Municipality.