Tourism education today’s need: Minister Bhattarai

Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai on Saturday said that tourism education was necessary for the development and promotion of Nepali tourism. As Nepal is one of the centers of world tourism, tourism education is necessary for the promotion and development of tourism here, said Minister Bhattarai. Inaugurating an information and communication technology (ICT) lab established at Siwa Secondary School in Linkhim of Faktanglung Rural Municipality-3 on Saturday,...

STC ordered sugar begins arriving in country

Sugar being imported by Salt Trading Corporation (STC) has started arriving in Nepal. Of the 20,000 tonnes of sugar that the Corporation is going to import, around 5,000 tonnes has entered Nepal so far, said Brajesh Kumar Jha, Divisional Manager of STC. He said that the first batch of 1,250 tonnes of sugar had arrived in Birgunj on October 20, while the second and third batch of sugar arrived last week. Through the global tender, Renuka Sugar Mills Private Limited of India had been selected to...

Five NCP leaders ask PM Oli to call secretariat meeting

Five Secretariat members of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), including party’s executive chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, held a meeting with party chair and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Saturday, requesting the latter to call the secretariat meeting to sort out the disputes surfaced in the party. Prachanda, senior leaders Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhal Nath Khanal, vice chairman Bam Dev Gautam and party’s spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha had reached the Prime Minister’s official...

Nepali amateur astronomers try to carve their space in history

The prospect of discovering a celestial object like an asteroid is sure enough to ignite wonder among astronomy enthusiasts, including young school-going children. Over the past four years, several amateur astronomers and students from across Nepal have had a unique opportunity to survey the sky, interpret real-time telescopic images, and even discover asteroids. In collaboration with the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC), the Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO) offers students...

Foreign trade improves even during the pandemic

Nepal’s foreign trade continues to improve even during the COVID-19 pandemic with the export-import ratio dropping down to 1:9.4 in the first three months (mid-July to mid-October) of the current fiscal year 2020/21 from 1:12.3 last year. Meanwhile, the total size of export has also increased significantly and reached Rs. 31.05 billion which is 14.3 per cent higher than last year’s Rs. 27.2 billion, according to the statistics of the Trade and Export Promotion Centre (TEPC).

Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US

Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.

COVID-19 update: 2,753 new cases, 2,206 recoveries, 17 deaths in last 24 hours

According to the daily report of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), currently there are 35,435 active cases of COVID-19. Some 1,144 persons, mostly those who had returned from abroad, are placed in quarantine.

The count goes on — with Biden on the cusp of presidency

Democrat Joe Biden stood on the cusp of winning the presidency Friday night, three days after Election Day, as the long, exacting work of counting votes widened his lead over President Donald Trump in critical battleground states.

Odd-even rule may be increasing crowd in vehicles

The odd-even rule for the vehicles -- both private and public -- took effect in the Kathmandu Valley on September 10. The District Administration Office of the Valley had brought this rule as a significant measure to combat COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the introduction of that rule, the pandemic has aggravated.

Bailey bridge construction over Budhiganga in limbo

Construction of a bailey bridge over the Budhiganga River is yet to be completed in Badimalika Municipality, Bajura, even after months following the damage, thereby halting vehicular movement. The swelling of the Budhiganga River induced by incessant downpour had swept away the Bailey bridge along the Sanfe-Martadi road-section on July 9. But even four months after the bridge collapsed, construction has not come to fruition, which has compelled several vehicles to navigate through the river itself. As...