Women entrepreneurs worry as their handicrafts remain unsold

Woman entrepreneurs of Pokhara are now worried after a large amount of handicrafts they produced remain unsold due to COVID-19 pandemic. In Pokhara, the handicrafts produced out of the skill of thousands of women have been stocked almost for a year. The arrival of tourists has tumbled in Pokhara since last year due to dengue outbreak for the first two months and later the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, many handicraft items have remained stuck in their warehouse. “Now we are more worried because...

Make UN More Vibrant

Founded in 1945 following the World War II, the United Nations (UN) is a global body committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards, and human rights and freedoms. To achieve these goals, the UN has been instrumental in harmonising the actions of its Member States. While commemorating the 75th anniversary of the UN on

Naukunda Gosainkunda trekking trail under development

Naukunda Gaunpalika of Rasuwa district is developing Naukunda Gosainkunda trekking trail. The Gaunpalika has forwarded the preparation of detailed project report of the trekking trail by completing it’s feasibility study. The local level has started the process of developing trekking trail to promote tourism in Naukunda, the touristic destination shadowed in lack of proper publicity. “Though there are abundant tourism attractions in Gaunpalika, it hasbeen lagging behind in lack of proper management...

Spotlight On Civil Administration

The country’s bureaucracy is oftentimes placed under scrutiny. This time there are some reasons why bureaucracy has been critiqued in the media. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli himself expressed his displeasure over the functioning of the bureaucracy in his speech delivered to mark the fifth national constitution day stating that the national civil administration has not been able to cater with the spirit of the democratic political transformation that has taken pla

Doctors ask govt to meet Dr. KC’s demands

Several associations and citizens across the country have condemned the behaviour of Nepal Police against Dr. Govinda KC at the National Trauma Centre and have demanded that the government should fulfil the demands put forth by him. Dr. KC was taken to Trauma Centre against his will on Tuesday night. After retiring as the senior orthopaedic surgeon from Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in October last year, Dr. KC has been providing free treatment by visiting rural areas of western...

Writer called scoundrel by people wins Madan Puraskar

Chandra Prakash Baniya always likes to write, and he spends his days reading and writing. Originally from Bhirmuni, Beni Municipality – 5, Myagdi district, Baniya has been living in Simalchaur, Pokhara, for the last five years. Born on April 9, 1951, Baniya has been writing for a long time but he has earned national fame this year after his novel ‘Maharani’ won the prestigious Madan Puraskar. The novel, based on the history of the Kingdom of Parbat, was awarded the famous literary award on...

Buildings built by China are not in Nepali territory: MoFA

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday that the buildings said to be built by China in Nepali territory of Humla were located approximately one kilometer inside the Chinese territory from the Nepal-China border. Issuing a statement this evening, the ministry said, “An inter-ministerial team after the field inspection had concluded that the said buildings were located approximately one kilometer inside the Chinese territory from the Nepal-China border.”

Lockdown recommended if active cases cross 25,000

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has recommended the government to enforce lockdown if the active cases of COVID-19 cross 25,000. A meeting of the Incident Command System (ICS) under the MoHP made the recommendation to the government to this effect on Wednesday. Speaking in the regular media briefing Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at the MoHP, said that the available health resources and infrastructure would not be enough to manage more than 25,000 active cases. Therefore, lockdown...

Quality ensured ‘Nepal Tea’ needs int’l promotion

As the orthodox tea produced in Nepal is allowed to use the collective branding under 'Nepal Tea: Quality from the Himalayas', entrepreneurs are geared up to improve the quality of the product and launch the branding campaign in the domestic and international markets. Quality of Nepali orthodox tea was never an issue in the international market, but the country and entrepreneurs largely failed to promote it accordingly. While Darjeeling tea, Assam tea and Ceylon tea continued to get their space...

Nepal, China working to resume full operation of border points for transit of goods: Chinese embassy

Some five containers of goods are expected to enter Nepal daily from Thursday as Hari Pant, Chief District Officer of Rasuwa district, held a discussion with the Jilong county administration of Tibet on Wednesday to this regard.