When will cinema halls reopen?

Almost all areas closed due to the risk of COVID-19 infection have now resumed. The areas that are considered highly risky for coronavirus infection, such as public transportation, domestic and international flights, schools and zoo have already resumed their business. However, there has been no plan to open cinema theatres that have remained closed since March.

Persistent Disparity

The human development index report made public by the National Planning Commission on Sunday has placed Nepal in the medium human development category. The index makes an overall assessment of the quality of life in terms of essential impactful factors, mainly life expectancy, education and per capita income. Life expectancy has its link with access to health care facilities, nutrition, clean drinking water and mental wellbeing. Education determines the quality of life, employmen

Pro-Monarchists Up The Ante

The pro-royalists lately held rallies in cities and towns, demanding the country should restore the monarchy and declare the nation a Hindu state. The rallies received wide media coverage and captured the imagination of plenty of people for different reasons. Given the present political scenario wherein the political parties were held responsible for creating chaos that threatened the newly gained political stability, the pro-royalist rallies attracted an increased number of supporters and participants....

Paris Climate Agreement And Nepal

The Paris Climate Agreement came into existence in November 2015. The Agreement is designed to improve upon and supplant the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement adopted in 1997 so as to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyoto Protocol turned out to be ineffective due, especially to the USA and China, the top carbon dioxide-emitting countries, not participating in it. Now the number of countries that have signed the Agreement has reached 194, while 188 countries have ratified it. The main...

Entrenched Bias Against Females

Many of us probably would have heard this line: "Now that I have a son, I am free." Having a son still gives relief to a family. This is a license to stop having another child and most importantly entry into the elite circle of motherhood. The love for th

Ilam farmers unable to meet demand of Akabare chillis

Demand for Akabare chilli, which has become a reliable source of income for farmers here, is now high in the market. Demand for Akabare chilli generally goes up after the weather gets colder. However, farmers have said that the demand was high due to the decline in its production after a disease destroyed the plants of this indigenous chilli. This year, Akabare chilli is being sold at Rs. 480 to Rs. 500 per kg from the farmers' houses.

Security staff yet to receive COVID-19 risk allowances

Members of the security bodies -- Nepal Police (NP), Armed Police Force (APF), and Nepali Army (NA) -- deployed for the prevention of coronavirus, who had been promised COVID-19 risk allowance and insurance amount, are yet to get them. The government had decided to provide risk allowance to security personnel as well as to personnel working in 10 other sectors in the control and prevention of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 29, 2020. However, nine months after the nationwide lockdown imposed on...

NAC submits 10-year business plan Good mgmt minimum condition for govt support: Bhattarai

Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai has directed the leadership of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to strictly adhere to good governance and leakage control. Receiving the 10-year integrated business plan prepared by the corporation on Monday, Minister Bhattarai said that the government would provide concessions to the corporation as it was the national flag carrier if there was good governance and leakage control in the corporation, according to a press note...

842 COVID-19 recoveries, 821 new infections, 18 fatalities in last 24 hours

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Monday confirmed 821 new cases of COVID-19, taking the national tally to 249,244.

Coordination between govt. and private sectors vital to import COVID-19 vaccines in Nepal

Even though discussions that Nepal cannot rely only on the COVAX facility that is to be provided by the World Health Organisation (WHO) have gain momentum, the coordination between government and private sectors to import vaccines against COVID-19 in Nepal is still lagging.