Biratnagar Metro-18 area declared bird-flu hit region

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Govt committed to create investment climate: PM

The Investment Board of Nepal (IBN) has decided to permit the Central Electronics Limited (CEL) of India to conduct the feasibility study for 350 Megawatt solar energy projects in Doti and Dadeldhura districts in Sudurpaschim Province. A meeting of the IBN chaired by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday approved the feasibility study of the project with an estimated cost of Rs. 23 billion. The CEL is an Indian government-owned enterprise under the Ministry of Science and Technology.

‘MCC compact is not linked with IPS’

Maj. General Binoj Basnyat (retd) of Nepali Army has said that the issue of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has been unnecessarily politicised instead of building a common view among the political parties to accept the grant and convert it into a model project for infrastructure development in Nepal.

Electronic device smuggling a new challenge at TIA

On Sunday, three Nepalis returning from Dubai were detained from the parking area for internal arrivals at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). Acting upon suspicion over the trio, the Metropolitan Police Airport Security Office (MPASO) had searched their belongings. They have been identified as Padam Bahadur Adhikari, 30, of Morang; Samir Rasaili, 22, of Jhapa; and Man Singh Bishwakarma, 30, of Morang. Police confiscated a gold chain, a Dell laptop, two iPhones and a Pixel phone of Google...

Dhanusha farmer produces organic manure using worms

A farmer of Dhanusha has become an exemplary person by producing organic manure using earthworms. Ram Pukar Yadav, 50, of Ganeshman Charnath Municipality-9, Baramjhiya has been producing organic manure with a plan after farmers are facing shortage of chemical fertilsiers every year. He sold 18 quintals of organic manure produced by himself this year alone.

Local Level Elections Now Set In Motion

THE government’s decision to hold the elections of the local levels on May 13 has ended all speculations regarding the crucial democratic exercise. A meeting of the Council of Ministers on Monday fixed the date of the local elections and the decision has been lauded by all political parties. The decision set into motion all the preparatory works related to conduct the elections in a fair and fresh manner. The Election Commission, immediately after the announcement of elections dates, began process...

Is Nepal Going Nordic Way?

In 1992, American political scientist Francis Fukuyama came up with a new book ‘The End of History and the Last Man’. In the book, he argued that with the disintegration of Soviet Union and collapse of the Warsaw Pact bloc in 1991, the western liberal democracy triumphed as a victor in the ideological war against the communist empire. He described this scenario as the end of history arguing that the western liberal democracy will remain invincible and there will be no challenge from any quarters...

Tribute To Krantiyoddha Prem Krishna Pathak

In 1975 as a 6th grader, I witnessed one of the hidden underground meetings where the Nepali Congress (NC) founder Bisheshwor Prasad Koirala was holding a secret meeting organised in by Prem Krishna Pathak in his residence at Old Baneshwor. At that time Prem Krishna Pathak, my father, was one of BP’s most favoured and trusted NC party workers. I have vivid memories of my secondary and high school periods when I used to welcome unexpected visitors, mostly hungry and disheveled people, who needed...

Falling In Love

Cupid may be a cherubic toddler with a bow and arrow, but don’t be taken in by the innocence. Once the Cupid’s arrow forays, no one can escape the beatific surge of dopamine. It leads to the famous phrase in English language, “falling in love.” According to the Greek mythology, Eros was the god of love and his counterpart Cupid was the son of Mercury and Venus. While Mercury was the winged messenger to the gods, Venus was the goddess of love. Their progeny was thus the winged infant Cupid...

Works to construct tunnel of Myagdikhola hydro begins

Tunnel construction work in the 25-MW Myagdikhola Hydropower Project in Darbang of Myagdi Malika Rural Municipality, West Myagdi, has begun. The construction of the secondary tunnels to reach the main tunnel has started using explosives under the supervision and management of the Nepal Army, said Binod Kunwar, chairman of Kalika Hydropower Private Limited, which is the promoter of the project.