Nabil Bank launches School of Social Entrepreneurship

Nabil Bank has officially launched Nabil School of Social Entrepreneurship (SSE) at the Tribhuvan University's School of Management (SOMTU) on Friday. The school is established as a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative of the bank to support, develop and promote social entrepreneurship in Nepal, said Anil Keshari Shah, Chief Executive Officer of the bank.

Culture As Construct Of National Identity

Everyday life of human beings is governed by their cultural codes -- cognition, values, beliefs, habits, tools and a set of institutions -- that are passed from generation to generation. Culture, largely derived from history, religion, legal system and language, is the soul of a nation. Its canon awakens people to a flow of consciousness and provides a reference for judgment about self and others. It is a source of national memory, stoc

Course Charted For Quality Development Of BRI

Promoting connectivity, openness and inclusiveness is the only way to cope with a world that has entered a period of turbulence. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) can play an important role in this. President Xi Jinping charted the course for continuing advancing high-quality development of the BRI at the just-concluded third high-level symposium on the initiative and put forward a series of key tasks that must be put in place.

Sauraha teeming with tourists after two years

Hotels in Sauraha, Chitwan, one of the major tourist destinations in Nepal, have been fully occupied for the past few days, thanks to fall in COVID-19 cases and the 10th National Congress of the CPN-UML. With the dive in the COVID-19 infection rate, tourists started flocking in Sauraha immediately after Dashain and Tihar festivals. The riverside pops are open all night long. The streets are equally crowded day and night.

Man City, PSG and Madrid among Champions League qualifiers

Manchester City beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 on Wednesday but both clubs qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League, along with Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Sporting Lisbon. Gabriel Jesus tapped in from Bernardo Silva’s deft knockdown on 76 minutes to settle an absorbing match at the Etihad after Raheem Sterling had cancelled out Kylian Mbappe’s goal.

U2’s Edge leading rock memorabilia sale to help musicians

When The Edge saw the Rolling Stones perform recently, his mask allowed him to go unrecognized as he watched guitarist Ron Wood from the front row. “I have to say one of the benefits of mask wearing is it’s like a cloaking device if you’re a famous face,” the U2 guitarist recently told The Associated Press while promoting his Music Rising charity and its Dec. 11 auction of famous guitars and other rock memorabilia to support New Orleans musicians hit hard by the pandemic.

Digital Disinformation

The vicious spread of disinformation grew alarmingly during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the pandemic is itself full of uncertainty and chaos, the spread of disinformation is fuelled further, thereby putting the vulnerable ones at the receiving end. The backward, unaware, low literate are bound to consume whatever comes as new information on the digital spaces. They unknowingly spread fake news. Across the globe, the dishone

Improving Water Quality Of Bagmati River

The Bagmati River is considered the cradle of civilisation in the Kathmandu Valley. Hindus have long been taking bath in this river to start their day in god’s remembrance. This river originates at Baghdwar Falls, situated in Shivpuri Nagarjun National Park near Sundarijal in Nepal and converges with its tributaries such as Manohara, Bishnumati, Dhobikhola, etc. downstream. It is believed that civilization in this region started around 723 BCE.

A Politician's Perspective On Politics And Statecraft

Rabindra Mishra, a well-known name in the field of journalism and radio broadcasting, writing, social awareness, civil society activism and a new brand of politics, has brought out his fourth book. The new work entitled Raajneetisangai Raajkaaj: Kalyaankaari Loktantrako Prastaabanaa can roughly be translated as Politics and Statecraft: A Preamble for Welfare Democracy. It has an impressive cover design depicting the front g

Road Discipline

A regular traveller, driver, or any pedestrian walking on the roads of Nepal will hang their heads back in disgust at least once a day. The crowd, the traffic, and the rush of this bustling city will get on the nerves of many people.