NCP Split : A Windfall For Opposition

As the shocking split in the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has given rise to chaos and uncertainty in the country's politics, reality has dawned upon the NCP leaders and the common citizens - unity of the two communist parties had remained a mirage owing to urges and grudges of the party top brasses. Several NCP rank and file must have felt deceived by the unexpected turn of events in the ruling dispensation. They will not forget the fissure in the party that had three years ago contested the...

Threat Of New Variant Of Virus

With strenuous efforts on the part of scientists, vaccines against COVID-19 have been, or are being, developed in developed countries. And massive vaccination campaigns have also been launched in some countries like the USA, the United Kingdom and Russia. What i

Globalising Higher Education

Quality Assurance and Accreditation (QAA-TU) Centre of Tribhuvan University has taken steps for the internationalisation of higher education in Nepal due to growing visibility around the globe. Such an initiative in South Asian region is supported by the Merge: Erasmus+ Programme. With the theme of ‘Improving Internationalisation Practices in South Asian Higher Education,’ it has been co-funded by European Union. The TU is one of the partner institutions of MERGE to globalise the internationalisation...

NOC profits go up even as fuel consumption falls

The profit of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has increased even when fuel consumption has decreased due to the effect of COVID-19. The corporation has earned profit during the shutdown period since March 24, 2020. According to the final audit report of the last fiscal year 2019/20 made public by the corporation on Sunday, it has earned a profit of Rs. 12.87 billion in a year through the trade of petroleum products. The corporation managed to make profit due to savings in the transportation cost as...

Crown Textile contractors held for causing losses of Rs. 21.64 million to Nepal Police

Police have arrested two contractors on charge of irregularities in the purchase of Nepal Police uniforms (pants). Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police detained Pitamber Kumar Munka, operator and owner of Crown Textile, and Narendra Nath Poudel, representative of the company, on Sunday from different places. “Following necessary police investigation, we made their arrest public only on Monday after taking court’s remand order for further investigation,” Superintendent of Police...

Sugarcane farmers call off protest after deal with govt

Sugarcane farmers and the government inked a four-point agreement on Monday ending the Kathmandu-centric agitation. In a meeting held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies today, a four-point agreement was reached between the representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the agitating farmers, said Dr. Narayan Prasad Regmi, spokesperson of the Ministry.

Health experts paint a gloomy picture of air pollution

The stomach-churning anti-smoking adverts that highlight cigarettes as the number-one cause of lung cancer are only partially true. In the current climate marked by increasing air pollution especially in sprawling urban centres like Kathmandu, even breathing has become a health hazard. “Breathing Kills!,” cautions Dr. Arvind Kumar, Founder of Lung Care Foundation, who in his 30-year-career as a lung cancer surgeon, has firsthand witnessed the mayhem inflicted by the toxic pollutants. Speaking...

China calls U.S.-fabricated Xinjiang-related information "lie of the century"

Zhao made the comments as the U.S. Embassy in China retweeted several posts from the U.S. State Department, which made accusations against the Communist Party of China's Xinjiang policies and claimed that over a million Uygur Muslims had been detained in Xinjiang camps.

36 street people rescued in Saptari

The Manab Sewa Ashram, which is running a campaign to make roads free of street people, has rescued and taken them for providing basic needs and treatment. The Manab Sewa Ashram, under the coordination of local journalist and human rights activist Manohar Kumar Pokharel, has rescued 36 people by cleaning and feeding them in the Rajbiraj Municipality premises after completing the needed legal process.

Gulf returnee youth of Baglung starts earthworm production, earns Rs. 1mln a year from agriculture

Acharya has been so successful in his business that he had been making Rs.150,00 rupees a year for the last three years. He sold one quintal of earthworm last year alone.