MCC For Infrastructure

As Nepal is in dire need of infrastructure projects to help accelerate the development activities and revive the pandemic-hit economy, the country’s private sector has reiterated its call for endorsing the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)'s Nepal Compact Programme. Various business associations, including Nepal-USA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NUSACCI), have called on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to create an alliance of lawmakers to approve the US grant programme as soon as possible....

Control Artificial Price Hike

The price rise has become one of the talking points in the country, where a considerable number of its population still grapple with poverty as many wage earners cannot earn even a dollar a day. Various components are at play to drive prices higher across the country. Our authorities, however, appear clueless to stop such elements from pushing up inflation. The latest hike in petroleum prices has caught everyone by surprise. Because whenever fossil fuels, including cooking gas, become dearer, they...

Preventing Dementia In Elderly

Dementia is a disorder associated with damage to brain cells. The brain has many parts, each part carrying out specific activities like thinking, movement and judgment. The hypothalamus is the cerebral part that is concerned with thinking and memory. This is the reason the first sign of dementia could be memory loss (amnesia). This part is sensitive to cell damage. When the hypothalamus is affected, cortex shrinkage occurs, giving rise to memory loss. A person suffering from dementia can remember...

Cut Tax On Fuel

With the steep price hike in petroleum products, people’s daily life is getting unbearable for it has multiple impacts on national economy. Inflation has soared up. Fare of public transportation and aviation services has increased unexpectedly. Price hike in LP gas has put extra financial strain on the ordinary folks. Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), the state-owned monopoly petroleum supplier, has attributed fuel price hike to the increasing price of dollar and crude oil in the international market. Different...

Eyewitnesses say Mustang avalanche biggest since 1954

The avalanche, which began to crack with a normal sound at around 9:00 am on Sunday, took cataclysmic turn by 12.45pm. Although commonly known as Tukuche Peak, the avalance occurred from the top of Mt. Manapathi in Thasang Rural Municpality-2 of Mustang district. The avalanche occurred in the area above Kowang, Larjung, Naurikot and Boksikhola areas. It caused a lot of panic in the area. According to Jwar Bhattachan, a Mir Mukhiya of Thasang Rural Municipality-2, Kowang the landslide occurred...

Haribodhani Ekadashi marked with fasting, fairs

Haribodhani Ekadashi and wedding of the Tulsi (basil) plants were observed by people all across the country on Monday. Today, devotees flocked to various Narayan temples in Kathmandu Valley, mainly Budhanilkantha, and other Narayan temples nationwide since the early morning. To mark the day, devotees hung torans of flowers at the Pashupatinath Temple.

Dhangadhi lift Deputy Mayor Cup title

Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City clinched the title of the Deputy Mayor Cup National Women's League Qualifiers after beating Lalitpur Metropolitan City by 3-0 in the penalty shootout at ANFA Complex, Satdobato on Sunday.

My name is being dragged to get eyeballs: Shilpa Shetty

Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra has released a statement following the cheating complaint filed against her and her husband, Raj Kundra. A businessman lodged a complaint against Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra and SFL Fitness PVT ltd director Kashiff Khan, accusing them of cheating and criminal intimidation. The businessman demanded Rs 1.51 crore in damages. In her statement on Twitter, Shilpa wrote, “Woke up to an FIR registered in Raj and my name! Shocked! To set the record straight, SFL Fitness, a venture...

Nepal-India Literature festival held

The two-day Nepal-India Literature Festival, which started on Saturday in Sauraha, Chitwan, has been completed. Inaugurating the literary festival with the participation of more than 100 Nepali language writers from Nepal and India on Saturday, the patriarch of Nepal Pragya-Pratisthan Ganga Prasad Upreti said that Nepali language and culture has its own identity in any part of the world.

Nepal on track of achieving SDGs: Minister Poudel

Minister for Education, Science and Technology Devendra Poudel has said that Nepal has already made significant progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the area of education, health, gender equality and women's empowerment. Addressing the 41st general conference of the UNESCO in Paris on Saturday, Minister Poudel said in line with the SDGs, Nepal has put forward “Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali” as the national aspiration to steer all the development efforts.