TSC to conduct exams for 17,000 vacancies of teachers soon

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has decided to call new vacancies for permanent appointment of teachers for community schools between mid-November to mid-December. The TSC Sunday published its annual calendar that includes the time to publish notice, conduct examinations, announce results and other works for teachers’ appointment and promotion. According to the newly published calendar, the TSC will conduct the examination for permanent seats earlier than it will conduct permanent teaching...

Private sector urges PM to ratify MCC project

Private sector has urged Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to build a coalition of parliamentarians to ratify the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)'s Nepal Compact Programme at the earliest. It said that while the country faces a huge shortage of resources to meet the enormous infrastructure needs, dialogues between the Ministry of Finance and MCC have cleared the issues. "On the other hand, backtracking from an already signed international agreement will spoil the image and erode the trustworthiness...

Govt encourages use of electric vehicles, appliances: Minister Bhusal

Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal has said that the government would give priority to the policy of reducing the use of vehicles, factories and appliances powered by petroleum products.

Chitwan Int'l Industrial Expo slated for December

Chitwan Association of Industries (CAI) and Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) are jointly organising the 6th Chitwan International Industrial Expo 2021 in December this year. The three-day event will be held on 27-19 December at the Chitwan Expo Centre in Bharatpur, the organisers said at a press conference organised at the CNI on Sunday. Surya Prasad Neupane, Vice-president of CAI, said that the exhibition will have more than 200 stalls of national and international traders and businesses....

11 injured as avalanche hits two villages in Mustang

A big avalanche has hit Kowang and Nyaurikot villages in Mustang district on Sunday, injuring 11 persons including three school students. Assistant Chief District Officer Ram Chandra Dhakal, talking to The Rising Nepal, said that the avalanche crashed from Mt. Manapathi peak at 11:40 am in Thasang Rural Municipality-3 of the district. According to Dhakal, no casualties have been reported so far in the avalanche. However, eight locals of Nyaurikot village including three students of Jana Adarsha...

Hongshi's plant connected to national power grid

The power supplied through the national transmission grid has reached Hongshi Cement Industry, which is operating in Sardi of Binayi Tribeni Rural Municipality, Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) in partnership between Chinese and Nepali investors. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) supplied electricity to the industry from Saturday through the Bardaghat-Sardi 132 kV transmission line from the substation in Bardaghat, said a press statement of NEA.

Census For Development

Demographic information is vital for devising development planning, policy and programmes. Population data are pooled from censuses, household surveys and routine data systems, which give insight into the size, social conditions and migration trend of people. Though a scientific analysis of population census provides data of people of particular time and place, it enables the government, private sector and international agencies to forecast social, economic a

A Superpower Next Door

Seven years to go. If IMF reports are anything to go by, China’s next stop in the status of world economy is loud and clear: No. 1 spot by 2030. It’s a prospect hardly any expert had been able to convincingly anticipate at the turn of the millennium. Only the other week, the British Telegraph newspaper bitterly worried about “Beijing’s belligerence” and rued over having “handed China the world on a platter”.

Asian Perspective On US-China Rivalry

Great power rivalry between the US and China continues today and will gather momentum as the power shift becomes more dramatic. The US trade war with China launched during the Trump era has deepened during the Biden presidency and the bipartisan consensus furnishing the anti-China rhetoric will not cede any time soon, rather a more risky and conflict-ridden world looms ahead. Taking anti-China stance has been a populist domestic contour among the political elites that has resulted in Washington’s...

Revamp Public Transport

Despite reiterated calls for improving the public transport in Nepal, this sector is still not up to the mark. It seems that policymakers do not have a clear vision for systematising this important sector. They are also not found being serious about overhauling it. People have an impression that public vehicles are old and rickety, with congested seats. They usually gain an unpleasant experience while travelling on the public transport.