ADBL launches QR Teller service

Agricultural Development Bank Limited (ADBL) has launched its QR teller service on the occasion of its 55th anniversary. Chief Executive Officer of the ADBL Anil Kumar Upadhyay started this service by doing business from QR teller at the Bank's Corporate Banking Office, Ramshahpath, on Monday.

Revenue collection encouraging despite low capital expenditure

The situation of revenue collection of the government is encouraging despite the low capital expenditure for the last three years. Looking at the half-yearly figures of the overall revenue and expenditure of the government for the last three years, there is a positive trend towards revenue collection. The overall expenditure for the same period has fluctuated.

PM’s Focus On Vaccine

We are under yet another wave of COVID-19 spread, this time involving the new variant of the virus known as Omicron. Before the onset of this wave, there were only a few hundred daily infections which was turning daily life towards normalcy. But the infection rate has been spiraling very rapidly since the outbreak of the latest mutant. The number of daily infections of Nepal has crossed 10,200 as per the data provided by

Migration Hits Agriculture

As centuries pass by, human civilisation has been taking its turns. If one reviews the evolution of Mesopotamia, also known as the cradle of civilisation, the ploughing culture was introduced in 4,000 to 6,000 BC. Since then and now the cycles of role of women and men in human civilisation has taken turns in the power cycle. The ploughing culture has been one strong element of who controls the land and thus becomes the “master” and household head.

The Clash Of Cultures

The political scientist Samuel Huntington’s famous thesis that the post-Cold War world would be defined by a clash of civilisations turned out to be off the mark. While there certainly is cleavage and conflict, the cause is a clash of cultures within civilisations. It is this clash that fuelled the assault on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. Such intra-civilisational clashes ultimately make civilisation itself impossible – or at least dysfunctional, as US politics now very much seems to be....

Media Representation

Take a minute to pause and think over all the media messages presented to you. It could be a song, a movie, news report or even an advertisement jingle. Who are represented in these various media messages? Or rather who aren’t included? Further, what do the messages intend to express? Often, the dominant groups in most societies are overrepresented while the minority groups are underrepresented. As such, dominant groups are the set of people who are in majority and claim the most privileges while...

Five-day mass vaccination drive from Jan. 30

The government has decided to conduct a mass inoculation drive against COVID-19 by making schools as centres from January 30 to February 3. “A five-day vaccination campaign against COVID-19 will be launched in most of the schools across the country to immunise as many people as possible to save them from the pandemic,” Joint Secretary and spokesperson for the Ministry of Home Affairs Pradip Kumar Koirala said.

PM directs Health Ministry to import enough vaccines

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has directed the Ministry of Health and Population to immediately import enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate all Nepali citizens. Addressing the ninth meeting of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) at his official residence in Baluwatar on Monday, Prime Minister Deuba expressed worry about the rapid spread of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus and its ability to infect already vaccinated individuals. “The Health Ministry...

Property worth Rs. 130 million destroyed by fire in Antu Valley tea factory

A fire in the Antu Valley tea factory operated by Ilam Tea Producers Pvt. Ltd. has destroyed property worth over Rs. 130 million. The factory situated at Ward No. 4 of Suryodaya Municipality caught fire Sunday afternoon.

Tomato price drops by 50%

The price of tomatoes has come down by half due to the large quantity of tomatoes entering the market. This is the main season for the production of tomatoes in Sarlahi. Tomatoes are now being sold at Rs. 400 per crate in Lalbandi, known as the city of tomatoes. That price was Rs. 800 to Rs. 1,000 per crate till two weeks ago. When a farmer sells a crate of tomatoes for Rs. 400, he or she is getting Rs. 16 per kilogram.