Earthenware makers of Dhanusa see sales boom

With Dipawali and Chhath fast approaching, the Kumhars of Kshireshwornath Municipality-9, Dhanusa, are busy making earthen lamps and pottery items. Due to the rising demand for earthenware for the festivals, people of the community do not have a minute to spare. Men, women and children are all busy from morning to evening making ceramics to sell in the market.

Lead poisoning prevention week being marked

The ninth International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) began on Monday. Environmental health and child health advocates, governments, and paint industries are uniting for ILPPW this week. They have urged the governments to adopt and effectively implement the legislation to protect children’s health.

Classes affected as flooded river deposits sediments in school

The school administration has been finding it difficult to run regular classes at Netra Jyoti Secondary School in Jumla after the sediments brought by floods last week caused damages to the school buildings and furniture.

Paddy worth Rs. 8.2 billion damaged by floods

Paddy worth about Rs. 8.26 billion has been lost to floods and landslides caused by the post-monsoon rains across the country. According to a preliminary report of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, paddy grown in about 85,580 hectares of land in all seven provinces was damaged by floods and rains. The ministry said that around 325,258 tonnes of paddy worth Rs. 8.26 billion produced in 85,580 hectares has been damaged by the unseasonal rains. The highest loss of 161,223 tonnes...

Advertising code of conduct to be finalised in a month: Minister Karki

The Advertising Board of Nepal (ABN) has published a draft of the code of conduct for the advertising sector. In a programme organised on Monday in the Capital to celebrate the completion of two years since the establishment of the board, it said that feedbacks and suggestions from the stakeholders and experts would be sought for a month before giving the document a final shape.

Health Safety Concerns In Disaster-hit Areas

This year’s relatively longer rainy season with higher rainfalls and the latest extreme off-seasonal downpours in Nepal have proven to be quite devastating. The rain-induced disasters such as flash floods, landslides and inundation have caused considerable losses to people’s lives, development projects, infrastructures like roads and bridges and private houses and other properties in many parts of the country. Last week’s intense rains have created a sense of worry among the farmers as the...

Positive Narratives On MCC

With a constructive narrative building around it, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Nepal Compact has gained momentum for its ratification. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba exuded confidence that the US-sponsored compa

Participatory Approach To Development

It need not be repeated that Nepal has adopted the participatory model of development. People’s participation in development activities has been prioritised. It is a no-brainer that without rural development, overall development cannot be conceived of. Now, there are local governments throughout the country. Rural areas still lie far behind urban areas when it comes to development. So the participatory approach is deemed one of the best models of accelerating development.

Childhood In A Quarry

In the Global South, children still work in life-threatening conditions. Among other things, they make tombstones for Western cemeteries. Worldwide, more than 150 million children between the ages of five and 17 are forced to work, many in hazardous places such as quarries. Political scientist Walter Eberlei has edited a revealing book on such abuse, which the UN classes as one of the worst forms of child labour.

19-year-old elected UML ward secretary

Youths have secured leadership position in the ward level committees of the Communist Party of Nepal Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) in its first ward general convention held on Saturday. A 19-year-old woman was elected ward secretary in Lumbini Sanskritik Municipality Ward No. 6 and a 24-year-old man was elected chairman in Ward No 13 of Siddharthnagar Municipality in Rupandehi district.