Ghunsa locals leave village to avoid cold

People of Ghunsa and Lelepa of Faktanglung Rural Municipality-6 in Taplejung district have started leaving their villages to avoid extreme cold because of regular snowfall in their settlements in the high mountainous region. Half of the villagers of Ghunsa have left their villages to escape the severe cold.

Police actions contribute in revenue collection strides

Nepal Police has collected more than 300 per cent in revenue by confiscating several smuggled goods in the first five months of current fiscal year 2021/22 compared to the earlier one. According to the data provided by Nepal Police, they collected 340.78 per cent more in revenue through gold seizure in 2021/22 than in 2020/21. The data was made public during a press meet called by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Basanta Bahadur Kunwar at the Nepal Police headquarters on Monday. A total...

Business clinic comes into operation

Chamber of Industry Morang has implemented CIM Business Clinic as a service to solve the problems of industry and business. The business clinic has come into operation after the delegation of the CIM presented to the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies Arjun Prasad Pokharel and the team of the Ministry about the problems related to 104 different areas and subjects of the member industry establishments collected so far.

Botanical park being constructed in Chitwan

A botanical park is going to be constructed in Patihani, in Ward No. 22 of Bharatpur Metripolitan City, with the support of the federal government. Patihani is located nearby Chitwan National Park (CNP). The ward’s chairman Bishnu Mahato informed that the federal government is providing Rs. 250 million for the project.

Udayapur's Katari to launch paragliding

The Katari Municipality in Udayapur, which is the main gateway to Sholukhumbu, Okhaldhunga and Khotang districts, collectively known as the Upper Sagarmatha Region, has decided to operate paragliding for the promotion of tourism. A successful test flight was conducted only four days ago.

'Unified efforts needed for post-COVID revival'

President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), Shekhar Golchha, said that unified efforts were needed for the post-COVID revival of business and industry. Welcoming the newly elected office bearers of the members of commodity associations at the FNCCI secretariat on Tuesday, he expressed confidence that the business would be revived and the private sector would contribute to the economic transformation of the country.

Clean Feed To Save Vultures

DB Chaudhary of Kawasoti Municipality-13 Laukhani of East Nawalparasi is the only man in the village who introduced the concept of Jatayu Restaurant to clean feed and conserve the vultures threatened by poisoned cattle carcasses. Vultures in Nepal feed on the unmanaged dead cattle and in this way help keep the environment clean. But carcasses infested with toxic chemicals can be deadly for the birds. It has been 15 years since Chaudhary has been feeling chemica

Ensuring Effective Border Management

It is paramount importance for all nation states to guard borders and their people. Border security has been the integral part of national security with a major focus on territorial integrity. Border management is a state's primary responsibility and failing to protect this boundary can be regarded as a national security failure. Contemporary understanding of national security has evolved and become more complicated due to transnational threats such as terrorism, human trafficking, cybercrimes, climate...

Rotary Finally Gets Female Leader

For the first time in the 115-year history of the Rotary International (RI) a woman has been elected as the first woman president for 2022/23! Jennifer E. Jones, founder and president of Media Street Productions Inc. - an award-winning media company in Windsor, Canada, has broken yet another glass ceiling. RI has a membership of 1.4 billion people with over 46,000 clubs globally. So why is women leadership needed in RI? A few women Rotarian leaders from India, Pakistan and Nepal gathered in Kathmandu...

New Year Resolution

There is a significant allure in new beginnings. New Year is one such beginning where people feel inspired to start their life anew. As a collective society, we yearn for change while resisting and resenting it a little as well. And one of the important factors in healthy growth is inspiration. What we admire we become and what we seek we find. Thus, it is essential to constantly gauge our standards with the people we admire. As such, this New Year, we must take into factor our innermost wishes,...