ICICI Bank inaugurates its representative office in Nepal

Nepal Rastra Bank's Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari, Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Nepali Ambassador to India Nilamber Acharya and Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Bank Sandeep Bakhshi jointly inaugurated the representative office during a virtual event on Thursday.

COVID-19 update: 1,343 new cases, 2,111 recoveries, 13 fatalities

With 1,343 new cases of novel coronavirus confirmed on Thursday, the national COVID-19 tally has reached 237,589.

Melodies from Gandarva community no longer reverberates in society

Singing is the old tradition of Gandarva community, but, succeeding generations don’t seem to be interested in pursuing the traditional singing occupation, which has put this traditional occupation under risk of extinction.

Nurses wanted: Swamped hospitals scramble for pandemic help

U.S. hospitals slammed with COVID-19 patients are trying to lure nurses and doctors out of retirement, recruiting students and new graduates who have yet to earn their licenses and offering eye-popping salaries in a desperate bid to ease staffing shortages.

Veteran singer Jagat Mardan Thapa in ventilator support

Veteran singer Jagat Mardan Thapa is now receiving treatment in ventilator support at Norvic Hospital, Thapathali, and Kathmandu. Singer Thapa, 84, was admitted to the hospital after he tested positive for coronavirus. According to his son Mohit Mardan Thapa, singer Thapa tested negative for coronavirus in a week and was transferred to the CCU (Critical Care Unit). But on Friday, his condition deteriorated as his oxygen level dropped suddenly and since then he has been receiving treatment in ventilator...

Crowds Increase Risks

Looking at the staggering traffic jams and crowds of people at major thoroughfares and marketplaces of the Kathmandu Valley, it seems as if fears for the COVID-19 pandemic is now gone. In the evening, New Road, Ratna Park, Jamal, Asan, New Baneshwor, Tripureshwor, Maitighar and numerous other business areas are overcrowded with people. Many of them are not seen so much concerned about their health safety. But the reality is that the capital valley has already turned into a coronavirus hotspot, with...

Improving Governance And Integrity

Transparency International (TI) Report on corruption 2020 released, the other day, has been widely commented in Nepal. Its findings have even been contested from methodological and intentional point of view. According to the TI report, people’s perception of the state of corruption in Nepal is tinged with pessimistic outlook. Known as Global Corruption Barometer: Asia 2020, the report is dismissed to be lacking in methodological rigour and objectivity. It is reported that a majority of people surveyed...

Fighting Drug Abuse

Drug addiction, also known as substance use disorder, has now become a major issue pertaining to youths. It is a malady that affects a person's brain and behaviour while at the same time leads to an inability to control the use of drug or medication, be it legal or illegal. Meanwhile, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of India has recently summoned several big names of Bollywood film industry in connection with a probe into drug use. Following the interrogation of several drug peddlers, who were in...

Panitar in Ilam turning into tourist hub

The tourism sector in the district, which had come to a grinding halt following the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, is finally beginning to gather some pace much to the relief of the local hoteliers, and a slew of businesses relying on visitors. Regardless of the growing contagion of COVID-19, domestic tourists are now flocking to Ilam's major tourist destinations. While the district’s quintessential attractions such as Kanyam, Sandakpur, Maipokhari, and Antu are already famous among tourists,...

Windmill stops generating power

Electricity generation from wind has been stopped in Rudrapur Dhauwadi of Hupsekot Rural Municipality in East Nawalparasi. The power generation has stopped in lack of maintenance of the wind-based power plant. In the early days, the locals were excited to use the electricity generated from the project 24 hours a day, but now they are disappointed that the production has stopped, said Padam Bahadur Ranamagar, chairman of Ward No. 5 of Hupsekot Rural Municipality According to Laxmi Pandey, chairperson...