Tsunami threat recedes from huge Pacific volcanic eruption

The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption began to recede Sunday, while the extent of damage to Tonga remained unclear.

Relief assistance to hailstorm-affected farmers

On November 25, hailstorm damaged paddy and millet alongside other cash and food crops of the farmers in Chichila Rural Municipality. Following the damage, the rural municipality provided food relief to 225 families of farmers in Ward No. 2 on Saturday.

Three held on charge of murdering woman

The Barahathawa Area Police Office, Sarlahi, on Saturday made public three individuals arrested on charges of murdering and burning a woman. Sabitri Kumari Mahara, 32, of Ward No. 10 in Barahathawa Municipality, was found dead in a sugarcane field on January 7. According to police, half of Mahara’s body had burned. Organising a press conference, the Office disclosed the trio as 27-year-old Santosh Sah, 27-year-old Mukesh Blon and 22-year-old Rohit Hajara. They all hailed from Ward No. 10 of Harion...

Rupandehi students gain VR development skills

A total of 29 school and university students from Nepal and 10 South Korean university students have got an opportunity to learn the overall procedure of the Virtual Reality (VR) development online.

New oxygen plant begins production at Patan Hospital

A new oxygen plant has come into service at Patan Hospital, Lalitpur. The plant, installed last year at a cost of Rs. 30 million provided by the Government of Nepal and the Lalitpur Metrpolitan City (LMC), began operation from Friday. The plant had been under testing since August.

NTB stresses new strategy

The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has stressed the need to devise a new strategy for sustainable tourism that addresses the challenges raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Board held an interaction with various donor agencies and diplomatic missions on Friday to discuss the Sustainable Tourism for Livelihood Recovery Project (STLRP) it is implementing in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). There, Chief Executive Officer Dr. Dhananjay Regmi shared the various activities...

Lack of corresponding office in India renders Pashupatinagar immigration office useless

The immigration office established four years ago at Pashupatinagar, Ilam on Nepal’s border with India has nothing to do. It was established to curtail illegal activities, maintain migration statistics and facilitate the arrival of tourists and was inaugurated by the then Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa amidst much fanfare. Yet, it has been able to do absolutely none of those things because there is no corresponding office on the Indian side.

‘Yoga can cure afflictions of modern society’

Minister for Education, Science and Technology Devendra Paudel said yoga is essential to keep one’s mind calm and creative. Addressing the main function of 7th national yoga day, he said yoga is a kind of science based on eastern philosophy.

No compromise on territorial integrity

Border issues between Nepal and India have persisted for a long time. The Indian encroachment of the Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulek has occupied a lot of space in our media and common psyche. Nepal has made the repeated claim that the encroached land belonged to her. However, the Indian side not only deployed its army forces at the areas but also constructed a link road to facilitate Indian pilgrims' access to the Hindu pilgrimage site

Keep Your Bones Healthy

Bones are composed of living, growing tissue. Bones support the body structure and protect our vital organs. They also store calcium and other minerals essential for various physiological activities. When calcium is needed, it breaks down bones and rebuilds new ones. Until the age of 30 years, the body builds more bones than it breaks. Bone breakdown occurs faster than bone formation after the age of 35 years, which causes a gradual loss of bone mass. As the bone mass decreases, it may give rise...