Minister Khand unveils progress report of six months

Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand Thursday made public the progress and the major tasks performed in the first six months after he assumed the post. The 71-point progress report of the Home Minister includes his tasks ranging from the creation of three new posts in the Nepal Police to the construction of over 200 border outposts (BOPs) across the country. The six-month achievements made public by the Secretariat of the Home Minister include most of the works started during the tenure...

WHO lauds Nepal’s COVID vaccination track record

The government has vaccinated 70 per cent of target population with COVID-19 vaccines and has achieved a new milestone in the vaccination campaign. Nepal has administered full dose vaccine to 70 per cent people of above 18 years age group.

Rain, snowfall likely today

Kathmandu and various parts of the country started receiving rainfall from Thursday evening due to the influence of the western low-pressure system. According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), the current system will remain active until Saturday. Raju Pradhananga, a senior meteorologist at DHM, said that weather will experience a normal to a complete change across the country on Friday.

Ultimatum issued to remove illegal shops in Pashupati area

Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has given a 15-day ultimatum to the occupants of the unmanaged flower and gift shops and illegal huts erected in several parts of Pastupatinath Area and Ban Ganesh area of Bankali ordering them to remove the structures.

Nepal’s second longest suspension bridge built in Ilam

A suspension bridge connecting Ghante of Mai Municipality Ward No. 1 with Bihibare of Ward No. 6 has been constructed over the Mai Khola River in Ilam. However, it is not just any suspension bridge. Spanning a distance of 820 metres, this is the second longest suspension bridge of the country. According to Upendra Devkota, engineer at the Suspension Bridge Division of the Department of Local Infrastructure, Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, the bridge has been constructed at...

Medical Ethics Violators

Even COVID-19 seems to have given a fertile ground for irregularity for ill-motivated individuals working for some private hospitals and labs. Such charlatans have been found involved in getting fake PCR test reports issued to those going abroad for a job. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic about two years ago, those going for foreign employments have been required to show their PCR negative reports before flying abroad. The frauds have been found misusing this provision by selling fake...

Making Online Media Responsible

Recently, an official of Press Council Nepal shared an incident to reveal the psyche of the young Nepali journalists working in an online media. An online media journalist once told the Council that when he worked by abiding by all the ethical values for about two years, he failed to get any response from the readers. “As I started to breach the professional values, then only my media outlet began to be noticed. Consequently, my earnings started to increase,” he said.

The Winter Of Our Discomfort

The start of 2022 has been marked by a deepening sense of unease, and not just within governments as they confront challenges relating to health, the economy, geopolitics, and, in some cases, national and financial security. Households and a wide range of companies are feeling it, too. All have been pushed out of, or kept away from, “normality” much longer than expected. COVID-19 is a relevant factor, of course, but it has been joined by several other developments, from rising geopolitical tensions...

Keep Your Feeling Of Empathy Intact

Whenever my vacation begins, I treat myself in my ‘me-time' when I watch a movie or a documentary having a convincing story plot. In one of my vacations, I still remember coming across a certain Hindi movie that deals with India’s contemporary social issues. I found the movie so heart touching that I could not help shedding tears.

Patients can treat cancer in Khajura now

By providing various health services within the district, the Sushil Koirala Prakhar Cancer Hospital in Khajura, Banke, has eased life in the entire western region of the country.  After the operation of the hospital, the locals are not anymore compelled to visit Lucknow, Delhi and Mumbai of India or Chitwan within the country in search of quality health services.  Dr. Krishna Acharya, chief of the hospital, said, “In the span of a year, we have conducted 532 surgeries and have ascertained...