Promise Of BIMSTEC

Having realised the need to enhance bilateral and multilateral cooperation in economic, social, political and other spheres, many nations around the world have joined one regional organisation or the other. Some of the regional blocs like the European Union (EU) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have remained proactive in strengthening collaboration among the member states in a host of areas such as trade, fighting with terrorism and other problems. Despite having a lot of prospects,...

Media And Science Communication

One of the functions of mass media is surveillance which involves the observation of happenings in the society and providing information to people. However, a society's dependence upon media would be based on their application of the method of knowing in the process of observing and reporting the day-to-day affairs. It is even more crucial in the context of science communication which could be summed as the media's attempt to connect science with society.

Tapping Hydropower Potential

Energy plays a significant role in our life, and it has perhaps the maximum impact on activities, such as agriculture transport and other services. It contributes the most to increase output as an input. Differences in per capita energy consumption among countries have been found to be even greater than differences in per capita GNP. The developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin Africa, where 71 per cent of the global population resides, consume only about half as much commercial energy annually...

No Education, No Aid!

The Taliban rule has sought to bring about structural changes in the contemporary Afghan society. A strict abider of the Sharia law, the rule has left marginalised communities, especially girls and women, in the lurch. The latest concern is about the deprivation of girls from their right to education.

Russia bombards areas where it pledged to scale back

Russian forces bombarded areas around Kyiv and another city just hours after pledging to scale back operations in those zones to promote trust between the two sides, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday.

Tourist inflow up in Mustang

inflow of domestic and external tourists has shot up in trans-Himalayan touristic district, Mustang, with the fear of coronanvirus infection receding of late.     Tourism entrepreneurs have no bound of happiness right at the moment when daily around 3,000 tourists are entering Mustang and Lomanthang through surface and air routes.

Preparations in full swing to inaugurate Nepal Railways

The Nepal Railway Company has directed its officials to prepare the inaugural ceremony of Jayanagar-Kurtha railway services with great pomp. The 35-km-long train service from Jayanagar of Bihar, India to Kurtha of Janakpur, Nepal, has been scheduled to be jointly inaugurated by the Prime Ministers of Nepal and India virtually on April 2. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will be in India on April 1 for a three-day official visit. He will be inaugurating the railway service from Delhi, India, alongside...

Prachanda inaugurates East Chitwan substation

The 132/33/11 kV East Chitwan substation – constructed at Hardi in Rapti Municipality-6, Chitwan, with the joint investment of the government and Nepal Electricity Authority – has been inaugurated. Former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' inaugurated the substation at a programme organised in Hardi on Wednesday, according to a press statement of NEA. The substation, constructed at a cost of Rs. 633 million, aims to make the power supply reliable in Rapti, Khairahani and Kalika municipalities...

Wang’s Nepal visit successful: MoFA

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has said that the Nepal visit of the Chinese State Councilor and Minister for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi was successful and it added new dimension to the bilateral relations between the two countries.

Ruling parties holding meeting today

A meeting of the leaders of the ruling parties has been scheduled for Thursday to discuss the Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba`s upcoming India visit and issues of local elections. The Prime Minister is leaving for India on a three-day visit on Friday.