In Pursuit Of Media Diplomacy

In today's world of mediated communication, the international media has become influential in diplomatic behaviour. However, it is not easy to cultivate the media influence by engaging with media outlets to enhance the dignity of the countries. The flow of information and communication across the world is yet to be able to manifest and reflect a global plurality of views. Hence, the core idea of public diplomacy, which includes media diplomacy, has also mainly beco

Real Threat To American Democracy

Much remains to be learned about what happened in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021. But almost from the moment that rioters stormed the Capitol, it has been clear that America’s constitutional order resisted Donald Trump’s effort to subvert it. The available evidence suggests that Trump supported a cockamamie scheme to have Vice President Mike Pence refuse to certify the results showing that Joe Biden had won the Electoral College vote. The idea was that amid the confusion created by unauthorised...

Manage Waste Properly

The other day, I came across a man with his big black car. He stops on an empty road, looks around and then retrieves a big white sack of garbage. And right in front of my eyes, I see him toss it to a heap of piled garbage. It felt like he had found a perfect place for garbage management. At that moment, my mind was saying: “Solid waste management is such a joke in the Kathmandu Metropolis!” Keeping the house neat and clean is a priority for every household. After cleaning, we collect all...

Biting cold affects life in Terai

Normal life in the Terai, including Kailali, has been hit hard by the biting cold. People from deprived communities, children and the elderly have been mostly affected. To keep themselves from the plummeting temperature, people are seen gathering around campfires made at a number of places to ward off the cold. Raj Kumar Bishwakarma of Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolis-8, who has been working as a builder, said that his regular work was being affected due to the cold. "It's very difficult to build a house...

Unvaccinated COVID patients facing health complications

The health condition of the unvaccinated or those receiving only one dose of the COVID-19 patients in Banke district is found critical, according to the Bheri Hospital in the district. A few of these people are also dying of COVID-19 health complications.

Reconstruction of school buildings complete, payment still due

The reconstruction works of Kavre schools, which were damaged by the 2015 earthquake, have reached the final stage. More than 90 per cent of schools of the district have completed the reconstruction works of late. However, 41 schools who carried out the construction of their buildings from school development committees have complained that they have not received the payment yet. Bikash Lama, Chairman of Chakreshwar Secondary School management committee in Bethanchowk Rural Municipality-1, said...

Authorities start removing road encroachments in Jumla

The Road Division Office, Jumla, has started removing structures built by encroaching on the public road. A campaign has been started to remove structures and construction materials along the Karnali Highway in Jumla by providing counseling. The Road Division Office has coordinated with Nepal Police, Chandannath Municipality and Civil Society for the purpose.

Governor Adhikari lauds media's role in promoting banking literacy

Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Maha Prasad Adhikari has said that the media has a vital role to run banking literacy programmes so as to impart banking literacy on general public en mass. "It is the media that can reach the mass and impart banking literacy on a large number of people at a time. Here, media itself has taken initiative. It's a good initiative. It should succeed and sustain," he said. Addressing the inaugural programme of banking literacy campaign in the Capital, Governor Adhikari...

Banke activists call off sit-in after 41 days

A group of 16 activists from Banke district ended their sit-in which they were staging at Maitighar Mandala, Kathmandu, after 41 days on Tuesday evening after inking a four-point deal with the government. The agreement was reached between the government talk committee led by joint-secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) Pradeep Koirala and Ruby Khan, an activist leading the protest. All hailing from Banke, they were staging the sit-in from November 25 demanding justice for the murder of...

Bolster Republican Order

Nepal is on robust path of consolidating the federal republican set-up in line with the new constitution promulgated in 2015. The three-tier elections held in 2017 proved a milestone in institutionalising the achievements of past movements and revolutions. For the first time, the nation formed governments at three layers of administration – federal, provincial and local. Evolution of local governments marked a big step in strengthening the grassroots democracy. The constitution has granted more...