Coronavirus cases surging in northeast China

China is seeing a new surge in coronavirus cases in its frozen northeast, and has reported its first death attributed to COVID-19 in months.

Super Plus Size Model contest in final round

The second audition of ‘Super Plus Size Model’-2021 is to be held on January 23 in Kathmandu. Model Songs Nepal is organizing a competition with the slogan ‘All shapes are beautiful’. This is the third edition of the super plus size model contest.

Tulsi Ghimire appointed brand ambassador

Veteran film director Tulsi Ghimire has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Salai Destiny for the second time. Chairman of Salai Destiny Manoj Sinal said that Ghimire had been re-appointed as the brand ambassador of the company through the second annual general meeting held in Kathmandu on Monday. The company was founded in 2018 to manufacture digital boards and software that show the daily value of gold and silver.

PM’s Emphasis On Sovereign Equality

One of the oldest nations, Nepal has been able to keep her independence and sovereignty intact throughout the history. Located at the important geostrategic territory of South Asia, Nepal passed through a series of ground-breaking changes – foreign invasions, national unification and oodles of internal political upheavals. She fought wars with both British and Chinese Empires but never buckled under any exterior attack or blockade. Overcoming all adversities and survival

Political Feuding Hurts Democracy

Nepal opted bracing for the destiny of a democratic and federal polity more than a decade ago. Nepali people had paid a heavy price for such a far going political transformation. Several thousand people sacrificed their lives and many more endured suffering in their fight for democracy and justice. The traditional monarchical rule had been toppled with a long cherished hope that the better days will dawn if the country chose and adopted a federal democratic republican polity as the governing norm.   However,...

Neglecting health guidelines while protesting risks spreading coronavirus

After the parliament was dissolved on December 20, there have been several protests and demonstrations across the country, either supporting or denouncing the move. However, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts worry that such large gatherings might lead to a calamitous situation. The Exhibition Road in Kathmandu and the four government colleges located there – Bishwo Bhasa Campus, Nepal Law Campus, Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus and Balmiki Campus – have become major hubs for the protests. These...

Huntsman arrested from Shey Phoksundo National Park

A joint patrolling team of Nepali Army and officials from a national park Wednesday detained a man allegedly involved in hunting and smuggling of protected wild animals. The arrested person was identified as Laxmichandra Shahi, 53, a permanent resident of Tripura Sundari Municipality-6 in Dolpa district. According to a press statement issued by Nepali Army, the man entering the Shey Phoksundo National Park was caught red-handed along with the loaded gun and other weapons to hunt wild animals and...

FM Gyawali leaving for India today

Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali is leaving for New Delhi on Thursday on a three-day visit for the sixth meeting of Nepal-India Joint Commission. This is the first top-level visit from Nepal to India since the bilateral ties hit the rock bottom following the border dispute in the Kalapani region after India unilaterally constructed a road connecting Pithoragadh to Lipulek, a Nepal-China border point, via Nepali territory in May 2020.

Maghe Sankranti, Maghi greetings

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has extended her best wishes on the occasion of Maghe Sankranti and Maghi. In a message released by the Office of the President, the President stated the festival fosters friendship, harmony and tolerance among the citizens of various communities and ethnicities residing in the mountain, hill and Terai regions.

Devkota named TRN Managing Editor

Parmeshwar Prasad Devkota has been appointed the Managing Editor of The Rising Nepal. Devkota, who had been handling the responsibilities of the Deputy Executive Editor of the English language daily, was appointed to the position by the Gorkhapatra Corporation management on Wednesday. He will begin work in his new capacity from today.