Army chief Sharma leaving for India visit today

Chief of the Army Staff (CoAS) General Prabhu Ram Sharma is embarking on a four-day official visit to India upon the formal invitation of his counterpart MM Naravane on Tuesday. The Cabinet meeting held on October 28 gave a nod for his official visit to India.

Karnali government plans special package for landslide victims

The Karnali Province government has begun preparation to bring a special package for the areas affected by floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in mid-October. Chief Minister of Karnali Province Jeevan Bahadur Shahi of Nepali Congress, who arrived in Humla district for on-site monitoring, said so after monitoring the areas on Saturday. Chief Minister Shahi said that a relief package would be brought soon for the flood and landslide not only in Humla but in all the 10 districts of the...

Festival Of Harmony

Nepal is so rich in cultural, lingual and ethnic diversity that the country is home to 125 caste/ethnic communities speaking as many as 123 languages. The nation is well-known throughout the world for the communal and religious harm

COVID Vaccines For Youngsters

The COVID vaccine campaign has been going on in Nepal since January. However, the vaccines are being administered to people aged 18 and above. This implies that youngsters are at risk as they have not been vaccinated yet. The country has procured a little over 100,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for administration to younkers aged 12 and above. As the quantity is low, it has been decided to administer th

Airport Construction: Bhairahawa Outdone By Kushinagar

The Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) in Bhairahawa has become the latest case of Nepal's failure in infrastructure development as the project is delayed by four years. The key infrastructure at the entry point of Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, was supposed to be ready to serve tourists during Visit Nepal Year 2020. However, December 2019 was not the deadline of the airport, it was extended twice before that.

Cultural Diplomacy

Nowadays culture has become a vibrant means of fostering mutual friendship, goodwill and image among the nations. It has become a new language of bilateral bonhomie. There has been a belief that powerful nations promote their culture as a tool of soft power in other countries. By doing so, they recreate positive impression about them in the recipient nations. Such cultural exchanges that occur through diverse channels also serve as stress soothers at a time of diplomatic strain.

Animals pose risk at Nepalgunj Airport

Animals threaten the safety of planes at the Nepalgunj Airport which is the main airfield connecting the federal capital with the three provinces of western Nepal. In absence of a perimeter wall and thick bushes around the runway, animals like boars, rabbits, porcupines and jackals come from the surrounding forests and collide with planes taking off or landing at the airport.

Stakeholders underscore coordination for National Census 2021

As all preparations have completed for the National Census 2021 with the theme ‘My Census, My Participation’, thea stakeholders have asked everyone to participate in it and provide actual information. The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has been conducting population census every 10 years since 1911 and its twelfth series will be conducted from November 11 to 25. According to the CBS, trained 40,000 enumerators and 8,016 supervisors will be mobilised for the programme. The data collection...

Important meetings held with world leaders

rime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is returning home today after successfully leading the Nepali delegation to World Leaders Summit of the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26). The COP26 was held in Glasg

Cultural programme organised in Lamra of Jumla

To the left of the stage are piles of barley, grass, wood and corn and also an apple orchard. To the right are items made of wool produced by locally reared sheep. In front of the stage are pine and cedar trees and the text “Lamra Dialogue Programme” written with flowers and flour. Behind the stage are fishing nets, Hukka, baskets and fruits and vegetables. This is a scene on Wednesday during the first day of the week-long cultural event being organised by the locals of Lamra, Tatopani Rural...