Int’l Lead Poisoning Prevention Week from Oct. 26

Environmental health and child health advocates, governments, and paint industries are uniting this week (October 26-31) to observe International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW). Calling for the protection of the children, they have urged the governments to adopt and effectively implement legislation to protect the children’s health. In Nepal, the Centre for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED) with the support from National Health Education, Information and Communication...

No Dashain Mela events this year

Dashain is all about wearing new clothes and eating good food for Samjhana Karki, 23, of Balaju. But this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Karki and family are compromising with their Dashain celebrations. "As my dad got furloughed from his job, currently I am the only earning member of the family," said Karki, who works as a salesgirl in a cosmetic store. "But due to the pandemic, the cosmetic business has all dried up and the owner has said that my salary would also be compromised." Karki said...

Pandemic casts shadow over Dashain rituals

This year’s Dashain is being celebrated under COVID-19. The pandemic has forced Nepal to tone down its biggest festival, with many temples across the country closed and cultural rituals cancelled or reduced. One of the major Dashain rituals affected has been animal sacrifice. Every year, on the days of Mahaastami, Mahanawami and Chaturdashi, 54 goats and 54 buffaloes are sacrificed each day in Mulchowk of Hanumandhoka Durbar Square. However, it was cancelled this year in light of the public health...

10:19 am auspicious hour for Dashain Tika

Nepal Panchanga Nirnayak Samiti (Calendar Determination Committee) has released auspicious time to receive tika for this year’s Dashian festival. As per the committee, the auspicious time to receive Dashain tike is at 10:19 am on Monday, October 26, and that for immersing statues of goddess Durga is at 10:11 am on the same day. The auspicious time for Shree Tulaja Bhawani Yatra, a religious procession, is at 8:47 am on the same day. This year Mahastami/Kalratri and Mahanawami falls on Saturday...

COVID-19 update: new cases 4,449, recoveries 2,688

"In 16,864 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 4,449  persons were found to have been infected with SARS-CoV-2," informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its update.

No confidence motion against CM Shahi rejected

The NCP's State Assembly party meeting held on Friday under the chairmanship of chief whip Sita Nepali dismissed the no trust motion against the Chief Minister by a majority vote.

Restoration Of Balgopaleswore Temple

The happiness of Kathmanduites knew no bounds after the Nepali authority resurrected the famous Ranipokhari pond and Balgopaleshwar Temple located at the centre of the pond. The resurrection is like a phoenix rising out of the ashes given several twists and turns that took place in the run-up to the reconstruction of the famous Kathmandu pond and the temple. The earthquake of 2015 had badly damaged th

Perspectives On Worshipping Goddess Durga

Goddess Druga, the epitome of strength, knowledge, wisdom, beauty and power, is worshipped during the Dashain festival among Hindus. We consider it as the biggest festival of Nepal celebrated with great enthusiasm. According to mythology, Goddess Durga visits her maternal home, which is on earth, with her four children. Goddess Durga imparts a spiritual halo to this planet by her magnificent presence, where her nine forms are revealed and are w

Folk Music By The Folks, For The Folks

Music is an art and a cultural activity that expresses ideas and emotions in a significant form through elements of rhythm, melody, and harmony. From time immemorial, music has been chosen as a source of amusement and recreation for inhabitants residing across the length and breadth of this universe. Folk music is created in a rural community where a major chunk of mundane people resides. Folk songs (music) represent a genuine image of any localised area with the theme 'for the and by the people'....

Public Transport Health Safety A Must

Many Nepali people rely on public transport to get around as they lack the resources to own a personal mode of transport. So they are compelled to travel in public vehicles that are often unsafe, unmanaged, and the people operating them are regarded as an uncivilised, foul-mouthed bunch. The syndicates that have been operating pub