Wake Up To Real World

Being always preoccupied with our jobs and social relationships, we are quite unsatisfied with the time we give to ourselves. But the coronavirus pandemic has changed it completely. We have so much free time now that we are unsure of where we should centre our energy on. For me, watching dramas and television shows was the most relaxing thing ever. I could finish some 20 to 30 episodes in a day, without blinking my eyes. But I have a not-so-good habit of forwarding scenes fast most of the time....

Farmers throng FMTC depots to sell paddy

The state-owned Food Management and Trading Company (FMTC) has started buying paddy from farmers. The company is buying 60,000 tonnes of paddy this year. The company has started purchasing paddy from October 29, said Srimani Raj Khanal, divisional chief of FMTC. Stating that paddy procurement has started from Rajapur in Banke and Tikapur in Kailali districts, he said that the company has planned to purchase paddy from 11 districts of the Terai region. He said that the company had purchased around...

Reconstruction of Dharahara reaches on 18th floor

Reconstruction of the 17th of the 22-floor Dharahara has completed and work on the 18th floor is in progress. Along with the tower, construction of other structures like triple basement, four-storey museum and conservation of Sundhara water spout has also been going together, Raju Man Manandhar, an expert of the European Union Technical Support under the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA), said.

Access to alternative learning essential

The government has been stating that the alternative mode of education is the only option for school children this academic session as schools have remained closed for eight months because of COVID-19. But the big irony is that the government has no record of students based on their access to technology. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MOEST) has issued Alternative Learning Facilitation Directives with the target to engage students in learning from different mediums like Internet,...

Experts stress regional cooperation to save Hindu Kush Himalaya

The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) is threatened by climate and other changes, and urgent coordinated action is needed to save it, warned experts from five mountain countries of Asia. They said so while addressing a session titled ‘The HKH call to action-maintaining the ‘pulse of the planet’ at the ‘GLF Biodiversity Digital Conference: One World-One Health’ organized by the Global Landscapes Forum. The One World-One Health concept is of immense significance at this time, as it advocates...

Election observer says no evidence for Trump's fraud claims

The head of an international delegation monitoring the U.S. election says his team has no evidence to support President Donald Trump's claims about alleged fraud involving mail-in absentee ballots. Michael Georg Link, a German lawmaker who heads an observer mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, told German public broadcaster rbb Thursday that "on the election day itself, we couldn't see any violations" at the U.S. polling places they visited.

No bridge over Jadanga in Sanphe-Martadi road, drivers cross river taking great risk

The flooding in the Budhikhola stream triggered by the incessant rainfall on July 30 had swept away the bridge at Jadanga rivulet in Badimalika Municiplaity-4.

Election 2020 Today: Biden on brink, America protests

Joe Biden needs to clinch just one more battleground state to defeat President Donald Trump. The Democrat already has won the fiercely contested prizes of Michigan and Wisconsin, part of the “blue wall” that slipped away from Democrats four years ago.

5-year feats reveal China's path to development success

China has attained widely recognized economic success and promoted the well-rounded development of all its people during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), with decisive achievements on its path to building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.

Kathmandu Valley logs 1,398 new cases of COVID-19

"In 1,3068 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,398 persons, 601 females and 797 males, were found to have been infected with the novel coronavirus in the Valley," revealed the MoHP in its daily update.