NAC adds two flights to Dubai

Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has added two weekly flights to Dubai. Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale officially launched the flights amidst a press conference on Sunday.

Work begins to bring cargo train up to integrated check post

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS) has initiated inter-governmental coordination work to bring cargo rail up to Nepal Customs Yard at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) in Budhnagar of Biratnagar Metropolitan City from Bathnaha of India.

Human rights event to be held

The 13th Human Rights Megna Meet is going to be held on the occasion of the 73rd International Human Rights Day by organising various programmes. This week-long programme will be organised from December 8 to 14 with the slogan ‘To Establishing Rule of Law, Respect Human Rights’. Every year, Human Rights Day is observed on December 10.

Keep Omicron At Bay

The battle against the coronavirus is still ongoing across the globe. Even advanced nations have found it difficult to defeat the pandemic as it has still been claiming lives. Curbing the deadly contagion is an uphill task due mainly to a mutation in the virus. Various variants of the virus have stalked human beings, claiming more lives. Earlier, the Delta variant proved a major headache for the world as the highly infectious strain made the task of defeating COVID-19 all the more difficult. Meanwhile,...

Upholding Whole-process Democracy

Recently, democracy is being widely discussed around the world. Democracy comes so diversely as the world is differently coloured. There is an old Chinese saying: “People don't need to wear the same shoes, they should find what suit their feet. Governments don't have to adopt the same model of governance, they should find what benefits their people." We cannot assess the myriad political systems in the world against a single yardstick, which is by itself undemocratic. But certai

Surprising Election Results

Nepali political parties are abuzz with their internal elections. Many of them have already elected new leadership and top decision-making bodies, while one of them, the Nepali Congress, is set to hold its general convention next week to elect new leadership.

What Is Your Age?

When a 16-year-old Greta Thunberg criticised the empty words of the world leaders regarding their policies on climate change, she was labelled too young to understand such a serious issue. However, when the abilities of people like Mozart, Ramanujan, Picasso, are mentioned, they are praised for the heights they achieved from a young age. If merit was the sole basis, Thunberg is no different than the rest. So what then are the criteria to distinguish people based on their age? 

WB report stresses reforms to support fiscal federalism, green growth

Although Nepal has made significant progress in implementing fiscal federalism, a study by the World Bank has said that efforts are still needed for financial stability. Nepal has made significant strides in implementing fiscal federalism while key reforms are needed to support fiscal sustainability and Nepal’s transition towards green, resilient, and inclusive development said the World Bank’s Public Expenditure Review (PER) Report on Fiscal Policy for Sustainable Development published on...

Chhaupadi system continues in Bajura

In January 2019, Amba Bohora of Bajura and her two sons aged nine and 12 died after she was consigned to an outdoor shed during her period, because of a longstanding custom of Chhaupadi in the region that considers menstruating women impure.

Chyabrung tunes buzzing in Limbu villages during wedding season

The Limbu-dominated settlements in Province 1 are now rippled with melodious Chyabrung (drum) tunes. With the onset of the wedding season, the Limbu villages are buzzing with the sounds of Chyabrungs.