Fresh Call For Safety

As the daily coronavirus infection tally in Nepal has been rising faster than before for the past couple of days, the COVID-19 Crisis Management Coordination Centre (CCMC) has suggested several measures to contain the impending risks. There is a risk of remerging of a new wave of the pandemic in the country soon. Omicron, the new mutant of COVID-19, is suspected to have been responsible for the sudden increase in the number of cases. Within the 24 hours on Sunday, a total of 1,167 new infections...

End Anomalies In Medical Education

Medical education in Nepal has arrested general people's attention, albeit for wrong reasons. The operator of a private medical college in the eastern town of Biratnagar barred students from attending classes after the latter denied paying additional fees when asked by the college authority. The issue came to a head when students resisted against increased fees levied on them. According to some media reports, the added fees ran up to about Rs. 2 million.

Nepal’s Graduation From LDC

It has been 50 years since Nepal was included in the list of least developed countries (LDCs) in 1971. The country could not come out of the morass of underdevelopment during the Panchayat regime. Neither could the country slough off the tag of an LDC during the multiparty democracy after the overthrow of the Panchayat system in 1990. However, the country has been able to gradually make progress on the development front. As a result, the country is becoming a middle-income developing country in December...

‘Love Hormone’ Makes People Fearless

Many are familiar with the term “oxytocin”. It is called the “love hormone”. It is usually generated when we are around a loved one or someone we have sympathy for. However, recently, employees of the University of Bonn in Germany found that oxytocin performs another curious function - it makes a person fearless in the truest sense of the word.

Prithivi Jayanti being observed today  

The 300th birth anniversary of King Prithvinarayan Shah is being celebrated across the country today by organizing a variety of programs. The event is celebrated every year on Poush 27 of the lunar calendar. 

Vaccination vital amid COVID infection surge: Experts

In the wake of rising Omicron threat, a new variant of the coronavirus, the daily infection rate has been mounting daily for the last few days across the nation. The daily infection rate of COVID-19 reached 15 per cent on Monday. It was 9.5 per cent on Sunday and 7.1 per cent on Saturday, up from 2.6 per cent last week.

Structures to be removed from public land

Houses and huts constructed in the public land of Byas Municipality in Tanahun are to be removed by the Municipality. The Municipality has published a 15-day notice asking them to remove their houses. The decision was made to control the encroachment of the public land, the Municipality said.

Tourism activities with health safety suggested

The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has held discussions with organisations and individuals concerned with the tourism sector as the transmission of the new variant Omicron of COVID-19 is on the rise.

Duchess of Cambridge, the reliable royal, turns 40

At least there's Kate. The Duchess of Cambridge, who turns 40 on Sunday, has emerged as Britain's reliable royal. After Prince Harry and Meghan's stormy departure to California in 2020, the death of Prince Philip last year, and now sex abuse allegations against Prince Andrew, the former Kate Middleton remains in the public eye as the smiling mother of three who can comfort grieving parents at a children's hospice or wow the nation by playing piano during a televised Christmas concert. "This is...

Four winners of ‘Kids of the Year International’ announced

Four winners of the third edition of Kids of the Year International competition held in Dhulikhel on Saturday evening were announced. Rajaya Bade became the winner in junior boys’ category. When Ashutosh Sapkota was selected as the first runner-up for the same competition, Rubendra Pasachhe became the second runner-up.