Indonesia jet carrying 62 goes missing on domestic flight

Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelago nation, with more than 260 million people, has been plagued by transportation accidents on land, sea and air because of overcrowding on ferries, aging infrastructure and poorly enforced safety standards.

Should ASEAN worry about China's de-Aseanization?

For China, a united, stable and prosperous ASEAN is in accord with national interest, so China is not a threat to ASEAN, but a partner for win-win cooperation.

362 new cases of COVID-19, 699 recoveries in 24 hours

With 362 new cases of the novel coronavirus confirmed on Friday, the national COVID-19 tally has reached 264,521.

With virus surging, Biden to speed release of COVID vaccines

With COVID-19 surging and vaccinations off to a slow start, President-elect Joe Biden will rapidly release most available vaccine doses to protect more people, his office said Friday, a reversal of Trump administration policies.

Chan mind spiritual painting exhibition at Siddartha Art Gallery

A single brushstroke, Chan mind spiritual painting by Jerome Edou has been put in display at Siddartha Art Gallery, Babarmahal – revisited in Kathmandu, from December 12. Artist Jerome Edou has displayed 51 monochrome ink paintings on the Chinese paper. This art exhibition calms the mind of the visitors affected by COVID-19 trauma and gives the feeling of being in another spiritual realm.

Performing Intricate Balancing Act

Nepal sits smugly in the centre of great powers of Asia - India and China -, not by choice but by geospatial destiny. It acquires magnetic attraction owing to its strategic geography which is vital for their security, stability and peace. Nepal’s panoramic landscape remains the central axis of sensitive Himalayan geopolitics around which India, China and the USA confer enormous value to their security policy and manoeuvring for influence. It has sucked Nepal into great power

Challenges Of Reopening In-Person Classes

The decision to resume classes physically after the imposition of lockdown since March 2019 has once become talk of the town. Media, public forums and unions associated with educational sector are divided over the decision to resume in-person classes starting January 14 (Magh 1). Private and Boarding School’s Organisation (PABSON) has cordially welcomed the move by the government while the parent’s organisation and health experts have rejected it, stating t

Privately-Owned Public Spaces

Back in October of 2015, Facebook banned the phrase “everyone will know” from their platforms. For more than a day, people could not post the sentence on their timelines, look it up through Facebook’s search or send it to their contacts through Facebook Messenger. Many thought it was a prank. Reddit was alight with suspicions and conspiracy theories. Suddenly, the three words “everyone will know”, which were theretofore harmless, began sounding ominous and com

Entrepreneurs demand reopening of borders

Siddhartha Chamber of Commerce and Industry Rupendehi has demanded that Nepal-India border, especially the Belahiya-Sunauli borderpoint, through which a larger number of tourists enter Nepal, be reopened. The association has requested the government to create an environment conducive to increasing the tourist activities in the region by fully reopening the border checkpoints, complying with all the safety measures taken by the government.

Work on Suryabinayak Zoological Park moving slowly

With the approval of a master plan for the construction of a Zoological Park, which also includes a zoo, in Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur district, the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC), is now preparing its Detailed Project Report (DPR).