From king to people, a comedian makes everyone laugh: Nepal

Shiva Hari Nepal, alias Bairagi, is a popular comedian who has made everyone laugh -- from the king to people. Not only is he a comedian, he is also a politician and a social worker. He believes that politics should not be commercialised. It should, however, be socialised and the politicians should dedicate their lives in the service of the people.

Enhance Nepal-China Economic Cooperation

Relations between Nepal and China have been getting consolidated at diplomatic as well as people-to-people levels. Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Nepal during the second week of October last year has added a new impetus to the age-old friendly ties between the two close neighbours. Nepal-China relations are based on mutual respect and cooperation. This year, the two nations are celebrating the 65th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations. As an important and reliable...

Disseminate Information Properly

Information is power. Many trials and tests of the past decades impel us to arrive at this conclusion. But, here is a condition. While right information is power, wrong information is detrimental. Access to information in general terms is always right, but how to communicate with the masses is a matter of skills and strength. Communication is different from information. Communication involves active interaction between two or more actors while information is an isolated phenomenon. Information is...

In pitch for Biden, Obama urges voters to cast Trump out

Former President Barack Obama blasted President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus, his culpability in national discord and his overall fitness for the job on Wednesday as he made his first in-person campaign pitch for his former vice president, Joe Biden.

Demarcating Functions In Federalism

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been reported to have told the chief minister of the Karnali Pradesh to take such key decisions as reshuffling of the government ministers after taking concurrence of the federal Prime Minister since the subnational government (Pradesh) is an administrative unit of the federal (central) government. The observation of the prime minister as reported has kicked off controversy particularly due to the fact that the alleged statement does not purportedly fit in with the...

Energy Transformation

Chile is converting its electricity supply to renewable energies, phasing out coal and betting on green hydrogen to deliver a CO2-neutral economy by 2050. In doing so, it can serve as an example to other newly industrialising countries. Fifteen years ago, Chile’s electricity generation depended largely on gas imports from Argentina. Those imports came to a halt in 2007 as a direct result of the energy crisis in Argentina. In order to secure its electricity supply – i

24 Nepali children rescued from India

Twenty-four Nepali children were rescued from the city of Ghaziabad near New Delhi, India, on Monday evening in coordination with the Nepali Embassy in India. A team of the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens (MWCSC), National Child Rights Council (NCRC), Nepal Police, Directorate of Women, Children and Senior Citizens Service handed over the children to their parents at the District Police Office, East Nawalparasi.

Grade 12 exams from Nov 24

The National Examination Board (NEB) has decided to conduct the final examinations of grade 12 from November 24. The NEB on Wednesday made public the routine of the board exam after the Cabinet recently granted permission to conduct the examinations of all levels. The examinations have been scheduled from November 24 to December 1.Written examinations will be held in physical presence of the students at the examination centres located near their homes. The board has decided to conduct shorter examinations...

In Morang, people have to wait for days to receive PCR reports

It has been five days that the swab of 164 individuals were collected from Pathari Shanishchare Municipality and taken to Biratnagar-based Koshi Hospital for COVID-19 for Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test. However, the individuals haven’t received their report yet as their samples still remain to be tested. The delay has affected the individual’s daily lives and increased the chance of further COVID-19 transmission among others. Laxmi (name changed) is one of the 164 individuals...

National Security Council meeting held

A meeting of the National Security Council Wednesday discussed the nation’s security situation and possible measures and strategies that could be adopted to tackle the increasing cases of COVID-19. The meeting chaired by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was attended by Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal, Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel, Chief Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi and Army Chief General Purna Chandra Thapa. Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Reshi...