Bala Chaturdashi marked in Pashupatinath Temple (Photo Feature)

Bala Chaturdashi, which falls on Marga Krishna Chaturdashi every year, has been marked at Pashupatinath Temple in presence of a huge crowd despite the threat of the spread of COVID-19.

NCP Standing Committee meeting being held today

The Standing Committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is being held today at 1:00 pm at the Prime Minister's residence, Baluwatar.

‘Lost connection’ hampers Virgin Galactic’s test flight

A Virgin Galactic test flight Saturday ended prematurely as the spacecraft’s rocket motor failed to ignite and it then glided down safely to its landing site in southern New Mexico.

Jalai Mai the best release of 2020

Arthur Gunn, the Nepalese superstar who made it big in the global music industry by participating in the American Idol Season 18 and winning the final runner-up position, has won the hearts of million Nepalese extended throughout the globe and well-represented the growing artistic abilities of Nepali youth. His involvement in this celebrated television reality program is appreciated by the mass as well as metaphorically equated his victory to a Nepalese sports person taking part in the Olympics...

Tourists visiting Indrasarobar increase

The number of tourists visiting the Indrasarobar Lake, one of the major tourist destinations in the Bagmati Province, has increased recently. Following the increase in tourism-related activities, which had been badly affected by lockdown, the number of tourists visiting Indrasarobar Lake area in Indrasarobar Rural Municipality-1 of Makawanpur has increased lately. The reservoir of Kulekhani Hydropower Project is becoming a major attraction for tourists visiting the area.

Menstruating girls still facing restrictions

Menstruating girls in Nepal continue to face restrictions during a host of activities ranging from religious to untouchability and food consumption due to the lack of adequate knowledge on menstruation among the parents and their children alike, a nationwide survey report shows. The nationwide survey carried out jointly by the Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) and the World Vision International Nepal, an INGO, have reached that conclusion. Surveyed among 3,675 adolescent girls (aged 10-19 years),...

Race To Obtain Vaccines

With the COVID-19 vaccines finally rolling out, the countries across the globe have swung into diplomatic action to acquire them as early as possible to save their vulnerable population from the deadly virus. Last Tuesday, 90-year-old retiree Margaret Keenan from the UK became the first person to receive a shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. The mass vaccination has also started in Russia since last Saturday. Other vaccine candidates Moderna (USA), Oxford-AstraZeneca (UK),

Effects Of Climate Change On Public Health

The social and environmental determinants of health such as clean air, safe water, enough food, and secure shelter are profoundly influenced by climate change. It has been estimated that between 2030 and 2050, the temperature change may cause about 250,000 further deaths each year due to malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and heat stress (WHO, 2020). Climate change is anticipated to cause a direct loss of US$2-4 billion per year by 2030. This excludes losses in other health determining sectors such...

A Tale Of Split Joint Family

Panchapuri is the highest hill of the Mahabharat range in Surkhet from where one can see a series of snow-capped mountains to the north and the Bheri-Karnali confluence and Bhauratappa to the south. Scores of big settlements lie under forest right below your nose. So the hill holds a lot of tourism potentials. If you look at straight west from

Quest for cleaner & greener earth can’t be postponed: PM

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said on Saturday that Nepal was committed to the promotion of climate-resilient development moving towards a zero-carbon economy. Addressing a ‘Climate Ambition Summit’ virtually today, the Prime Minister said that Nepal strongly supports the Paris Agreement and called to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. “The COVID-19 has forced us to postpone the COP-26; however, our quest for a cleaner and greener earth cannot be postponed,” the Premier said.