Face-to-face anger: Trump, Biden lash, interrupt each other

Marked by angry interruptions and bitter accusations, the first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden erupted in contentious exchanges Tuesday night over the coronavirus pandemic, city violence, job losses and how the Supreme Court will shape the future of the nation’s health care.

Integration Of Police

The new constitution promulgated in 2015 ushered Nepal into an era of federal democratic republic, abolishing a 240-year-old monarchy. For centuries, Nepal was under unitary model. A strong central government always featured in the governance system in Nepal since the ancient time. Even when the country was divided into scores of principalities prior to its unification, they were governed by powerful feudal rulers. They had the whip over the matters of security, law enforcement and governance at...

Information Literacy To Avoid Fake News

We are now in the digital age where everyone has information at the tip of their fingers. The first thing most people do in the morning is to turn on their mobiles to check the date, time and the daily news. The living room with the TV becomes a place for exercising or yoga and meditations with gurus who are regular on different TV channels and inform us how to exercise, do yoga, and meditation. During the day people need food at various stages, so they can click on their mobiles, tablets or laptops...

Promoting Decade Of Healthy Ageing

Globally, population ageing is an inevitable consequence of the demographic transition. Over the years, there has been considerable shift from higher to lower levels of mortality and lower levels of fertility. Since this transition is taking place at a much faster pace in developing countries, population ageing is proceeding at a more rapid rate than has occurred elsewhere.

Girls’ Education Must Be A Priority

The education sector has been severely affected worldwide as students earnestly hope for normal classes once the pandemic abates. However, things aren't looking up for the majority of girls in the underdeveloped nations as they might not be returning to their schools. Due to the fear of virus contagion and the need of helping hands at home, some of the parents aren’t likely to send their girls back to school. This is partly due to misinformation and lack of awareness among the lower socioeconomic...

SC issues order for liquor regulation

The Supreme Court has ordered the government to conduct proper inspection of alcohol production for personal consumption and to conduct awareness generating programme throughout the country for discouraging alcohol consumption. The orders have been given in full text of the judgment by a joint-bench of Justices Hari Krishna Karki and Bam Kumar Shrestha in January over a writ filed at the apex body regarding regulation of liquor by advocate Jagannath Mishra on behalf of Law, Justice and Social Welfare...

WB approves $150M for improved service delivery

The World Bank has approved a USD 150 million project to help Nepal in strengthening service delivery and institutional capacity in strategic secondary cities, and to support the post-COVID-19 economic recovery. The project will support the municipalities in alignment with federalism principles enshrined in the Constitution of Nepal, the WB said in a press statement issued on Tuesday. “In the context of rapid urbanisation, federalism and COVID-19, providing support to strengthen local institutions...

Strict hand hygiene critical to stay safe from COVID-19

Three major ways to control, prevent, stay safe and avoid the transmission of COVID-19, are social distancing, using masks and washing hands, which are the most effective measures followed by the people around the world against COVID-19 “To control, prevent, and stay safe from COVID-19, proper hand hygiene is critical which means washing hands with soap or using a quality sanitizer as appropriate”, Ramakanta Duwadi, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Water Supply (MoWS), said.

Rescue Nepalis at state expenses: House panel

Industry, Commerce, Labour and Consumer Welfare Committee of the Federal Parliament has directed the government to rescue every Nepali stranded abroad at the government expense. Rescue each Nepali national that went abroad with labour permission and is stranded due to any reason at the government expense, asked the committee to the government. It has also directed to amend the directives to rescue stranded Nepalis due to coronavirus crisis issued by the COVID-19 Crisis Management Centre (CCMC)...

Worldwide grief: Death toll from coronavirus tops 1 million

“This pandemic has ruined my family,” said Rajendra Chaudhary, who lost his son, the young Indian doctor, and then his wife. “All our aspirations, our dreams, everything is finished.”