12 held for operating overseas gambling from Nepal

Acting on special tipoff regarding online gambling, the Metropolitan Crime Division Wednesday raided three different houses in Kirtipur Municipality. The division arrested a total of 12 individuals from the houses situated in three different wards – 6, 9 and 10 – in the municipality. “We had received information and a special team was then deployed. The individuals have been organising gambling for the people in Europe and the United States,” said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Basanta...

District Administrations across country issue restriction orders

District Administration Offices, DAOs, across the country have begun cutting down services and imposing restrictions in light of the latest wave of COVID-19 in the country. The Administration Offices of the three districts of Kathmandu Valley, Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur, have all suspended non-essential services because of the infection of staff members. “Many employees working in various sections of the office have contracted COVID-19 and are currently in home isolation,” they have stated...

Cotton cultivation making comeback in Western Nepal

Farmers in Khajura, in Banke district, have again resumed cotton farming, which was gradually shrinking following the closure of cotton industries there. Taking a cue from the Banke farmers, more and more people in Bardiya, Dang, Kailali and Kanchanpur districts have also started cultivating cotton. Bijay Kumar Joshi, Cotton Development Officer at the Cotton Development Committee, Khajura, said that cotton cultivation had been expanded to 200 hectares in five districts, including Banke. He said...

Increase investment in agriculture, FM Sharma urges ADBL

Finance Minister (FM) Janardan Sharma urged the Agricultural Development Bank Limited (ADBL) to increase its investment in the agricultural sector. Inaugurating the 55th anniversary of the bank virtually on Friday, FM Sharma said that credit should be disbursed giving priority to the agriculture sector without being deviated from the main objective set at its establishment.

NT launches 4G high speed data, voice service via WiFi

Nepal Telecom has decided to expand 4G LTE Namaste WiFi to provide high speed data and voice services in both the urban and most remote places where the Fiber To The Home (FTTH) is not available.

Nurture Good Politics In Nepal

In Nepal, good politics can be shaped not only by leaders who are well-known for sharing political power among themselves but through cooperation among them for common good by which the majority of people can improve their scale of freedom and standards of living. This equally requires pulling the restless and polarised politics of the nation’s political leaders moving into the reverse direction of their respective ideologies and parties and fixing them at the centre. It is essential to keep up...

AMR Emerging As The Next Pandemic

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is spreading rapidly worldwide, and has even been likened to the next pandemic – one that many people may not even be aware is happening. A recent paper, published in Lancet, has revealed that antimicrobial resistant infections caused 1.27 million deaths and were associated with 4.95 million deaths in 2019. This is greater than the number of people who died from HIV/AIDS and malaria that year combined.

Coach Kabiraj thinks government support necessary to develop Para-sports

Kabiraj Negi Lama started practising taekwondo so he could join Nepal Army.  However, his short height and lightweight denied him the job in Army. That disadvantage hit him during his playing career too. 

Jagdishpur Lake Bird’s Paradise

Jagadishpur Lake attracts plenty of birds and provides shelter to many local and migratory birds. With the start of every winter and summer season, different bird species arrive at this lake and its surrounding areas from far-off places.

World’s First Vulture Safe Zone

Vulture Safe Zone (VSZ) is an area surrounding one or more wild vulture nesting colonies, large enough to encompass the mean foraging range and completely free from vulture toxic drug diclofenac. The world’s first Vulture Safe Zone namely Gandaki-Lumbini VSZ being declared from Nepal during the 11th annual general meeting of Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction (SAVE) on 2nd December 2021. This VSZ covers the nesting, roosting and foraging areas of vulture