NAC adds flights to Karnali, Sudurpashchim

The state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has once again added flights to the mountainous districts of Karnali and Sudurpashchim provinces. Chief of NAC’s Humla office Dan Bahadur Sunar informed that the airlines had added three weekly flights to Simkot, taking the total to four. “Upon our request, the head office added flights to accommodate the large number of passengers,” he said.

Rhino swept away by Narayani, brought from India

A rhinoceros that was roaming around Tribenidham near the border with India is being brought back to the Chitwan National Park (CNP) by darting. A team from CNP and National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) reached Binaya Triveni Rural Municipality-6 in Nawalparasi and brought the rhino to the CNP by darting and was released into the core area of CNP, said information officer at CNP Ganesh Prasad Tiwari.

Embankment construction paced up to protect Madi Bridge

The embankment construction to protect Madi Bridge, which connects wards 5 and 3 of Byas Municiplaity, is proceeding swiftly. The 370-metre-long bridge was at risk as the river had been cutting the lands around. The embankment is expected to eradicate the risk.

Cultural Value Of Vivah Panchami

Located on the lap of great Himalayas, Nepal boasts of rich civilisation, culture and spiritual tradition. As a multicultural, multiethnic, multilingual and multi-religious nation, she has distinct cultural identity that is unity in diversity. Nepal’s syncretic culture has fostered harmonious ties among the people from divergent ethnic grounds. Our cultural values inspire the people of different faiths to live in harmony. The rich culture is manifested through religious feasts and festivals, customs,...

Democracy Slides Globally

US President Joe Biden is going to preside over a virtual summit for democracy during these weeks in which the prime minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba is also invited to speak out to the world leaders. It is reported that more than 100 leaders from across the globe have been invited to the summit. The summit is catapulted, according to the announcement of the US government, to be an occasion to endorse the need to forge a principled commitment to strengthen, renew, and enforce democratic and human...

Inequalities Hinder AIDS Elimination

World AIDS Day was recently marked as an international day to raise awareness on the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and pay tributes to those who have died of the disease. The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The HIV virus attacks the immune system of the patient and reduces resistance to other diseases.

Plight Of Birds

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Valley hospitals prepare to fight probable Omicron cases

The new variant of COVID-19, known as Omicron, has already spread in scores of countries across the world. So far, Nepal has recorded two cases of Omicron variant some 12 days after it was reported for the first time by South Africa and four days after it was detected in India.

Hong Kong loses shine amid tough coronavirus restrictions

The bustling, cosmopolitan business hub of Hong Kong may be losing its shine among foreign companies and expatriates with its stringent anti-pandemic rules requiring up to 21 days of quarantine for new arrivals.

Vivah Panchami: A Big Fair of Janakpurdham

Every year we celebrate the wedding anniversary day of Ram and Sita in Janakprudham. On this day, we remember the marital relation between Mithila and Ayodhya. In ancient time, both the countries were famous because of learned sage king Janak and great king Dasharath.