Restoration Of Bagmati Heritage

Some weeks ago, I was asked to take a tour of the Bagmati corridor, where, with the financial assistance of Asian Development Bank, the Bagmati River Basin Improvement Project (BRBIP) has been implementing a project for the restoration of monuments lying in between Teku to Kal Mochan Ghat, Thapathali. The Bagmati River system is the life vein of the people of Kathmandu valley. For both Hindus and Buddhists, the Bagmati has been a place for salvation since ages, where our physical body is brunt and...

Culprits Of Violence Against Women

The news of rape, acid attack, and women violence ring in our ears with no disparity to daily weather news and daily political news, it happens almost daily. And it so common and regular that girls have to fear walking alone, to walk at night, to go out somewhere, being at home by themselves and in many cases fear of someone they know personally. A survey published in Times of India states that 95% of rapes are committed by someone the victim knows, relatives, and family members. I am forced to...

Zero Tolerance To Gender Violence

Our constitution has maintained no individual should be discriminated owing to his or her gender, caste, creed, colour and position. Despite this, there are circumstances wherein some members of our society are singled out, as the authority often cannot effectively execute the clauses that our constitution has consecrated. Women are the worst hit victims of gender-based violence and inequity. The savage and medieval practice of untouchability, trafficking, labour exploitation, sexual abuse, ra

Taking On The Himalayan Challenge

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Sapana’s Guts & Dedication

Like every year, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has published a list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the globe. The BBC has stated that the year 2020’s 100 Women is featuring those girls and women who have been courageous enough to lead change and make a difference in this time of turbulence. Sapana Roka Magar from Nepal is among those inspiring personalities to have been nominated for this prestigious title. Sapana, 18, who is originally from Myagdi district, was...

Paddy production increases in Bagmati State

The overall production of paddy in Bagmati Province has increased this year. Annual production of paddy has increased this year, but the productivity has fallen in the districts of the Province. Although the cultivation area of paddy, the main crop of the state, has increased this year as compared to last year, the productivity has declined in proportion to the expansion of the paddy plantation area. Last year, the productivity of paddy in the province was 3.82 per cent per hectare but this year...

'Dual ownership of land will be ended'

Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Padma Kumari Aryal, Thursday said the dual ownership of land between landowners and tenants that has remained a vexing problem for a long time would be ended forever. Speaking at a first full meeting of a commission formed to resolve various land-related problems, Minister Aryal said the government would end dual ownership of land at any cost. “The government would facilitate in resolving dual land ownership into two parties...

Classes begin physically amid safety fears

Many schools from across the country have resumed classes in physical presence of both teachers and students from this week. The schools, which remained closed for eight months, started reopening after the government issued School Resumption Working Guideline allowing schools’ operation. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MOEST) had stated that reopening schools was not mandatory in all areas and the local governments, consulting with the stakeholders, could decide on this matter....

Global tender called for COVID-19 vaccine supply

UNICEF and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) announced Thursday call of a tender inviting all COVID-19 vaccine developers to submit a proposal for supply in 2021. The tender, which will run for six weeks, aims to provide at least 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines on behalf of the COVAX Facility, administered by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The aim of the tender is to ensure equitable and accelerated access to quality assured vaccines for the 186 participating economies as of today.

333 virus patients in ICU, 56 are on ventilator

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Thursday confirmed 1,614 new cases of COVID-19. With this, Nepal’s official national COVID-19 tally has now reached 227,640. Meanwhile, Nepal’s death toll has climbed to 1,412 with 23 new COVID-19 related fatalities confirmed today. The fatality rate now stands at 0.6 per cent, according to the MoHP. Currently, there are 16,793 active cases of COVID-19 and 680 persons, mostly those who had returned from abroad, are placed in quarantine.