General Strike update: 157 enforcers nabbed, 14 vehicles vandalised

Spokesperson of Nepal Police Basanta Bahadur Kunwar informed The Rising Nepal that 157 shutdown enforcers were nabbed in the Kathmandu Valley alone.

Shut down of Tuins, delay in construction of bridges affect Darchula entrepreneurs

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tuin (Wire Bridge) over the Mahakali River had been closed from April 2020. Due to the inaccessibility of Tuin, the locals of Byas Rural Municipality have started feeling like they have been staying on a stranded hill.

General strike: 80 people arrested for causing obstruction (photo feature)

A nationwide general strike called by the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Prachanda-Nepal faction has affected people's lives across the country with disruption in vehicle mobility and demonstrations at different places.

UK coronavirus variant has arrived in Kansas

The Kansas health department says a more contagious variant of the coronavirus first identified in Great Britain has arrived in the state.

Landless squatters hope to get land ownership certificates

Ashok Shakya, 61, who has been living in Lothar Bazaar on the border of Chitwan and Makwanpur districts, has never officially realised his ownership of the land he has been living in. The then government said that the public land was divided. Apart from a document given in 2014, there are no other documents to claim his land.

Govt to support gold, silver businesses

The government said it would help make the gold and silver businesses more organised. The government has expressed its commitment to provide necessary support in policy arrangements, ensuring adequate supply of raw materials and organising training and international jewelery conference.

Traffic fines can be paid online

Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD) Wednesday introduced online fine payment system. Anyone booked for violating traffic rules can now pay the fine online.

Landless issues to be solved in two years: PM

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed his confidence that the issues related to the landless people would be resolved within two years. Addressing the National Meeting of the Nepal Landless Squatters Organisation on Wednesday in the capital, the Prime Minister stated that the country and people would not achieve prosperity without resolving the issues of the landless people.

Cancer causes 9% deaths in Nepal

Of the total deaths in a year, 9 per cent are due to cancer in Nepal. On average, cancer kills 45 people every day in Nepal, according to Nepal Cancer Relief Society (NCRS). Also, over 26,000 new patients of cancer are added in the country every year.

Compulsive Exodus

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world to the core. It is probably the first global event as it has affected almost everyone, irrespective of his/her country of residence or socio-economic class. When the pandemic will be over, people will have the same stories to share with their friends and relatives living abroad.