Heavy snowfall in Jumla, normal life affected

According to Ashampura Karki, chief of the Water and Meteorological Office, the minimum temperature here on Sunday was minus 3.8 degrees Celsius, but the temperature slightly rose to 0.6 degrees Celsius because of the changes in clouds and air temperature of the area.

Thailand adds 745 virus cases, new restrictions

Thailand registered 745 new coronavirus cases in two days on Monday with a new death reported in Bangkok, where a semi-lockdown went into effect, the government said.

Pelosi narrowly reelected speaker, faces difficult two years

Nancy Pelosi was narrowly reelected Sunday as speaker, giving her the reins of Democrats’ slender House majority as she and President-elect Joe Biden set a challenging course of producing legislation to tackle the pandemic, revive the economy and address other party priorities.

JK Master making film on life of stone breaker

Director Janak Raj Khakurel (JK Master) is going to produce a film, “The Pond”. Director Khakurel has informed that the script writing work of the film, which will tell the story of a family struggling to make a living by breaking stones on a river bank, has reached the final stage. Khakurel, who had earlier directed commercial films such as “Samjhi Diye Pugchha” and “Khudkilo”, is said to have portrayed ordinary Nepalis who have lost their dreams due to scarcity, illiteracy and poverty. Director...

Authorities alerted as fake papers continue to make rounds

Law enforcement agencies have been actively busting rackets involved in producing fake documents for different purposes over the years and have arrested many individuals. However, documents are still being forged through several rackets across the country following which the law enforcement agency has requested the respective departments to verify the documents in the concerned departments.

Devotees to Dakshinkali see steady rise

The famous Dakshinkali Temple, which is located in southwest of Kathmandu, has gradually started drawing crowds of devotees like before the lockdown period. The temple was opened for devotees around a month ago. The temple premise is witnessing crowds with increasing number of visitors to the popular shrine and shopkeepers selling flowers, tea and breakfast and Khuwa. The temple area is seeing crowds of late but the original form of crowded environment like earlier has not yet been noticed, said...

Sarlahi farmers making fortune from tomatoes

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Polls For Political Order

Nepal’s politics has taken a new course after the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) on December 20. The nation is headed for mid-term elections slated for April 30 and May 10 this year. In democracy, elections are best and only viable means to resolve an emerging political crisis. Despite a long history of openness and pluralism, Nepal’s democracy is progressing in fits and starts. With the restoration of multiparty democracy in 1990, the nation embarked on a journey of modernisation...

Travel, Encounters Come Alive

Good travel writing is not confined to scribbling casually and not bothering to rewrite. Its quality involves piecing together observations and information arranged and presented in a substantive sequence for an absorbing read. An ardent student of this genre of writing, the late Pushkar Lal Shrestha’s travel theme threads through an array of people and places, events and landmarks. His published articles have been compiled into an informative and pleasant read, “Yatra bideshko, chinta swadeshko”...

Expediting Local Development

Nepal's physical divisions into plains, hills and mountains seem to have influenced the imbalance in local development and its benefits to the local people. The complicated terrain crisscrossed by mountain ranges, rivers and forests has not only isolated the villages, districts and regions from but also hampered local development activities. The hill region is about a century behind to its development perspective. The reason for it seems to be poor technological development, inadequate means o