Save The Academic Session

The government on September 10 issued an important directive to the local bodies on the resumption of teaching-learning activities at school level, which have stalled for the last six months. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, educational institutions across the country have remained closed since the first week of Chait 2076. And there is uncertainty over whether this year’s academic session, which should have started from mid-April, will be saved from going down the plughole.

Ensure Education For Hearing-impaired Students

The concept of inclusive education evolved to ensure the right to education for all children who are disabled and socially and economically marginalised. It was mooted in the World Conference on Special Needs Education held in Salamanca, Spain in 1994. Inclusive education is, in fact, an education system which ensures that children receive quality education in an educational environment that is child-friendly, fair, multicultural and equitable. It takes into account the diverse factors such as caste,...

Unilateralism Vs Multilateralism

This week marked 75 years since the establishment of the United Nations. Founded in the final days of the Second World War in 1945, the organisation was heralded as a body to bring about global peace, security and cooperation in a new era avoiding mistakes of the past and ensuring the well-being of the international community. The benefits it brings to the world are indispensable, yet that does not mean it is without its challenges. Over the past several days, world leaders have delivered speeches...

Paudel-led faction registers protest letter against Deuba

Opposing party president Sher Bahadur Deuba's unilateral decisions, a rival faction of the Nepali Congress led by senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel on Monday formally registered a protest letter against Deuba at the party’s central office, Sanepa, Lalitpur.

Nepal-China joint trade talks today

The first virtual meeting of the joint working group on trade between Nepal and China is scheduled for Tuesday (September 29). Operationalisation of Transit Transport Agreement, 2016 and its protocol, 2019, trade facilitation, establishment of Nepal-China Cross Border Economic Zone and cooperation to develop the trade infrastructure are the main agenda of Nepal in the meeting, said Urmila KC, joint-spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies. Joint Secretary at the Ministry...

Private hospitals fix own PCR test rates ignoring govt rule

Private PCR labs and hospitals have adjusted the charge of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test of the coronavirus to Rs. 3,899 until a concrete conclusion is reached through talks with the government. In a press statement issued on Sunday night, they said that discussions were underway with the Ministry of Health and Population about the fee to be charged by the private laboratories on scientific basis. Eight private laboratory operators and hospitals issued the press statement showing their...

Donald Trump 'paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017' - NY Times

"Actually I paid tax. And you'll see that as soon as my tax returns - it's under audit, they've been under audit for a long time," he told reporters after the story was published on Sunday.

TikTok: US judge halts app store ban

"We're pleased that the court agreed with our legal arguments and issued an injunction preventing the implementation of the TikTok app ban," it said in a statement.

'Package tour is a better option than two-day public holiday'

However, the stakeholders are in the view that even if this arrangement gets implemented it would have little impact on the jobholder women's workload.

Nepal's COVID-19 death toll reaches 481 with four new fatalities

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Monday confirmed four COVID-19 related deaths. Four persons, two females and males each, succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.