Investors, experts stress drastic measures to salvage economy

While the government and central bank are adopting traditional measures to improve economic indicators amidst depleting liquidity in the system and low capital budget expenditure, there is growing gloom among the entrepreneurs across the country. Businessesmen and economists are wondering where the money has evaporated. Recent move of the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) to tighten the imports of luxury goods including silver and expensive vehicles has directly hit the confidence of business community....

Towards Self-reliance In Power Generation

Electricity generation, supply and utilisation are the key to the country's all-out development. With its vast water resources, Nepal has all the capacity to benefit through the production and supply of hydropower energy. Over the years, the country has made commendable strides in generating power from its water resources. Our country is gradually becoming self-reliant in energy, raising hopes that it would take ahead more smoothly all of its development projects that are

Keep Five-party Alliance Intact

Nepali month of Poush is chilly but the political heat has run high during this time. The political parties are now busy holding their meetings and picking their new leadership. However, with the arrival of cold Poush, two regressive events come to the minds of Nepalis. One is the coup of Poush 1 that has been recalled as a black day. On Poush 1, 2017 B.S., king Mahendra had removed a democratically elected government, dissolved parliament and installed a party-less Panchayat syst

Stay Warm To Avoid Hypothermia

The season change is often celebrated differently in different parts of the world. It gives time to stop, recapitulate, and celebrate as a family, community, and nation which, however, mark the changes occurring around and within our immediate, national, and even international boundaries. The seasonal changes provide a gentle beat to how we experience the year with the ones we love and care about. The winter season has a rainbow of festivals and holidays throughout the world including Nepal.

Pros & Cons Of Winter

Of four seasons, winter is cruel. Though each season has its own special characteristics and remains more or less the same duration of time every year, winter season forces us to count the days. As aged people, we comparatively find it more difficult in winter every year. But, one of my neighbours has a different view in regard to seasons. He longs for winter in the summer season and the vice versa, and pins much hope even on these perilous days of winter.

High demand from Chinese traders benefitting Rudrakshya market

Most of the Rudrakshyas produced in the Arun Valley area of Nepal are exported to China, except for a small quantity to India. Until a few years ago, only Rudrakshyas with more than seven mouths were sold, but lately Rudrakshyas with five mouths are also getting the buyers.

Adikabi’s abode lies in ruins

The house of Nepal’s pioneer poet Adikabi Bhanu Bhakta Acharya, located at Bhanu Municipality-4, Tanahun, has been lying in ruins. Covered with weeds, the house has remained in a state of disrepair even 18 years after it was gutted by fire. All the wooden doors and windows were consumed by fire. Only some walls stand today. Litterateurs from home and abroad, who reach the place with high hopes, often report feeling disappointed upon seeing the dire condition of the house. An eminent Nepali poet,...

Banke prison over-crowded

Nepalgunj Prison has a capacity to accommodate only 350 inmates, but at present it has 814 inmates, more than double its capacity. According to Ram Kumar Sonkar, chief of the Nepalgunj prison, there was a shortage of rooms as the rooms where female prisoners were kept was used as quarantine after the COVID-19 pandemic. Stating that there is a problem in the management the larger number of inmates kept in the congested jail, Sonkar said that the situation was unimaginably unbearable. “Management...

EC proposes local polls on April 27

The Election Commission has proposed the government to hold the local level elections on April 27, 2022. In a meeting with the Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and other ministers held in Baluwatar on Friday, election commissioners have proposed to hold all local elections on April 27 next year.

Christmas today

Nepali Christian community is celebrating Christmas with fanfare throughout the country today. The day is celebrated every year on December 25 to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. The king of Rome Constantine started the celebration in 350 AD.