Airstrike hits Ukraine maternity hospital, 17 reported hurt

A Russian airstrike devastated a maternity hospital Wednesday in the besieged port city of Mariupol amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn. Ukrainian officials said the attack wounded at least 17 people.

Myagde Rural Municipality’s Asal Buhari scheme

Myagde Rural Municipality, in Tanahu, has felicitated its three daughters-in-law for taking good care of their elderly in-laws. The municipality honoured them under the ‘Aasl Buhari Samman Programme’ who have been taking good care of their mothers-in-law and fathers-in-law. Amid a function organised here on the occasion of 112th International Women’s Day on Tuesday, the municipality honoured the three daughters-in-law. They were honoured with a shawl and Karuwa (water vessel)

Transport operators charging dirt-road fare on pitched roads

Baguwa of Bhimsen Thapa Rural Municipality-5 is only 21 kilometres away from the district headquarters. About three kilometres of road from Hospital Chowk to Budhikhola of Ward No. 8 is being upgraded. The rest of the road had been blacktopped years ago. But passengers in the area are still paying the same bus fare of unpaved road. "It has been a long time since the road was built and blacktopped, but we have to pay the fare like travelling on an unpaved road," said Kubir Poudel, a local. He...

5th Global Nepali Film Award to be held on July 3 in US

The Global Nepali Film Award has been organised for the last six years with the objective of promoting Nepali films in the global market. Meanwhile, the fifth edition of the Award has been announced to be held in Dallas, in Texas, USA during a function held in the capital recently. The award, which has been regularly organised since 2016, will be held on July 3 this year, according to the organisers. Earlier, all four editions of the award were held in different cities of the United States. The...

Experts ask govt not to curtail local level authority on education

Experts in the field of education have requested the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) not to curtail the power of local level over school-level education given by the Constitution. Speaking at a programme organised in Kathmandu on Monday, the stakeholders said that the agreement reached between the ministry and the Nepal Teachers' Federation was against the law. This month, the ministry had reached a 51-point agreement with the Federation.

Work at Dulli Kuna, Lalibagar of Karnali Corridor in final stage

Work at Dulli Kuna and Lalibagar area of Humla section in the Karnali Corridor has reached the final stage. Hilsa Simkot Road Project, the undertaking agency for the section, had recently expedited the work to blast in the rocky mountainous area, and other construction. Likewise, two construction companies are working at Salli Salla-Chhare section and Kharpu-Sunakhada section. PS Caravan Congri JV is constructing the road at the first section and Sapana Dhulikhel JV the second.

Instructions issued for timely completion of fast track project

Chief of the Army Staff (CoAS) Prabhu Ram Sharma and Defence Secretary Kiran Raj Sharma have instructed the contractors, consultants and project officials to complete the contract for the construction of the two-package tunnel under the Kathmandu-Terai/Madhes Expressway Project at the stipulated cost and time. Conducting a field visit of the Expressway project on Tuesday, they inquired about the progress of the work road at Makhubeshi, Sisneri, Mahadevtar, Lendanda and Budune Ranisera. During...

58% work of Upper Trishuli 3B Hydropower Project completed

Work on the 37 MW Upper Trishuli 3B Hydropower Project under construction in Rasuwa and Nuwakot as a part of the People's Hydropower Programme has gained momentum. The overall physical construction progress of the Upper Trishuli 3B Hydropower Project, which had been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, has reached 58 per cent so far, according to the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).

Empowerment Of Women

As women constitute more than half of the country’s total population, its overall development largely hinges on their meaningful participation in social, political, economic and cultural processes. Gender equality is one of the key indicators of development. The countries, where women have succeeded to occupy the top positions in politics, governance and business, have become rich, stable and influential. Nordic nations are the classic examples of how women empowerment enabled their people to live...

Voters Must Reject The Corrupt

The performance of local government institutions is under public scrutiny these days. It is because of the fact that these local democratic institutions are nearing completion of their five-year term and scheduled to brace for polls during the upcoming months. Many of the promises and pledges that the elected officials had committed to their voters during the last local elections are being scrutinised and assessed to what extent these have been fulfilled or achieved. The widely read and followed...