In Defence Of Multilateralism

This year the United Nations is marking the 75th anniversary of its founding. The world body was born from the wreckage of World War II, a human-made calamity. The post-war leaders framed the UN Charter with focus on global peace, security, development and cooperation. It aims to spare the future generations from the scourge of war and untold sufferings caused by it. Seventy-five years after it came into existence, the world is reeling from another unprecedented crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic....

Challenges Of Maintaining Cold Chain

The coronavirus pandemic has left no country untouched. The outbreak of this disease may still easily and almost rapidly overwhelm the already overstretched healthcare systems of the developing economies. Amid this pandemic, a large number of people is expecting to have effective therapeutics soon. We hope to have vaccines effective to prevent ourselves from the development of coronavirus disease, and at the same time, effective drugs to treat COVID-19 and its complications.

The T-shirt Message

Though the printing on a T-shirt is the latest fad, it has a long and accidental history. According to Dr. Jagadish Saksenais, a shirt with sleeve came into being in England in the 16th century. And the trend of wearing a T-shirt began in 1820, thanks to the rage of a blacksmith woman. A blacksmith named Troy lived in New York. His lovely wife would keep washing his shirt carefully. But she could not be able to remove the dirt adhered to the neckline of the shirt. Then, she cut its neckline for...

Viswa Niketan starts first terminal examinations

Community schools are always blamed for mismanagement and not operating at par with private schools, but a community school here has set a new example by conducting online classes and examinations amid the COVID-19 crisis. At a time when many community schools are just initiating for students' enrolment and alternative classes, Viswa Niketan Secondary School, Tripureshwar, Kathmandu has started the first terminal examination. The Vishwa Niketan School has started the examinations of their students...

Tomato price soars, Rs. 130 per kg in retail

The price of tomatoes has skyrocketed in the Kathmandu Valley over the past few days. According to the Kalimati Fruit and Vegetable Market Development Board (KFVMDB), the wholesale price of tomatoes, one of the most essential vegetables, jumped to Rs. 100 per kilogram on Saturday while it was only Rs. 50 two weeks ago. It shows that the price of tomatoes doubled within two weeks.

Experts stress better connectivity, cooperation in SAARC region

Experts have suggested that improved connectivity and cooperation through renewed political commitment to regional and sub-regional initiatives could benefit South Asia and enhance the much needed reforms in multilateralism and globalisation. While the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated powerful trends towards de-globalisation, looking inwards by abandoning regional cooperation is not a solution for the South Asian countries, they said while speaking at a virtual regional meeting on “Future of...

House panels play proactive role to shape pandemic response

Committees under the Federal Parliament are found fulfilling their responsibilities to the country and people even during the coronavirus pandemic that hit the nation some six months ago. With the end of the budget session of the parliament on July 2 amidst COVID-19 fears, the mini-parliaments continued their watch on the government and public issues and issued various directives ranging from expediting the work at the development projects to taking care of the elderly people and pregnant women....

Active cases of COVID-19 reach 18,341

The official COVID-19 cases tally in Nepal has reached 71,821 with 18,341 active cases on Saturday. The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has confirmed 1,207 new cases of COVID-19 of which 724 were detected in the Kathmandu Valley itself. In 10,019 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests conducted in the last 24 hours, 1,207 persons were found infected with the novel coronavirus across the nation, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the MoHP, in the daily press briefing...

Desh Darshan launched to revive tourism

The Tourism Recovery Task Force (TRTF-Nepal) has been formally launched on Saturday on the occasion of World Tourism Day (WTD). The taskforce was formed as a joint initiative of public and private sectors to play a pro-active role for sound and speedy recovery of tourism affected by COID-19 pandemic. Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai launched the TRTF-Nepal amidst a function organised in the capital on the occasion of the WTD 2020. On the occasion, Minister...

With eight fatalities, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll hits 467

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Saturday eight COVID-19 related deaths. With this, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll has reached 467 and the death rate is at 0.65 per cent.