China provides medical supplies as assistance to Nepal including 30,000 liters of liquid oxygen

Earlier, on Wednesday, medical supplies donated by Sichuan Provincial People's Government of the People's Republic of China were flown to Kathmandu.

Minister Thapa reaches out to leader Nepal, talks held at Nepal's residence

Kiran Bhattarai, press advisor to Home Minister Thapa, said that Minister Thapa talked about the by-election for the NA member and issues related to the party. Thapa had switched to the UML from CPN-Maoist Center after the Supreme Court a couple of months ago invalidated the 3-year old unification between the two parties.

Weather to be generally to completely cloudy due to cyclone 'Tauktae’   

The impact of Westerly low pressure system and the severe cyclonic storm ‘Tauktae’ emerged from the Arabian Sea is seen in the weather system in the country presently.   

Mountain climbing affected since Thursday due to inclement weather

Department’s Director Mira Acharya, who is currently in the Everest Base Camp, said, “Hundreds of aspiring climbers are waiting for the fair-weather window to summit the mountains.”

Vaccination Key To Fight Pandemic

The world today is passing through an unprecedented time owing to the deadly spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The death toll related to it has reached more than 3.1 million worldwide by the first week of May 2021 as per the World Health

COVID-19 Shots During Menstruation

At present, vaccines have become the most viable option in the battle against COVID-19. Nowadays, it is common to see vaccination centres overwhelmed by huge crowds seeking to receive their vaccine doses. Safe and effective vaccines can be a game-changer. Yes, everyone agrees to this, however, with more and more people being vaccinated, each of them is reacting differently to the effects and side effects of vaccines.

Ward Committees Have They Become Extractive Bodies?

This writer had evinced interest in the issues of local governance and democratic decentralisation during the early 90s when the nation was caught up with deliberation on how to reshape, revamp and reorganise local governments following the tenets of multiparty democracy established after the popular upsurge of 1990. Since then I have developed a penchant to write and contribute articles, comments and observations on

Cyberbullying Is Insidious

Cyberbullying affects 17 per cent of the world's families. Almost one in five parents in the world admits that at least one of their children has experienced cyberbullying. It is a type of harassment that occurs between minors in which digital media are used to harm the victim, consciously and repeatedly over time.

A Firm Step Towards Nepal Study

Critical and research-based, in-depth nonfiction writings are few and far between in Nepal, which indicates the limitation of Nepalese critical discourse. In this regard, Raprau (Ramji Prasad Upadhaya) Pokhrel's 'Bichar Mimamsa' is an exception. The book is a collection of twenty-two write-ups on different themes and topics. In his book, Pokhrel has written on i

Thriving Digital Economy

Digitalization has brought about tremendous changes in how we live, work, and play. The increasing investment in technology is unsettling the traditional business techniques and making a clear pathway towards the digital economy. Digital communication, digital payment, e-commerce, and online marketing have grown in recent years. We have payment gateways like e-Sewa and shopping platforms such as Daraz making our day-to-day life faster and easier.

NT’s profits down by 22% in third quarter

Net profit of state-owned telecom company - Nepal Telecom (NT) - has decreased by 22.22 per cent during the third quarter of the current fiscal year compared to the same period last fiscal year.

Seven-year-old boy beats COVID-19

A seven-year-old boy has got over Covid-19. Rajesh Raut of Madane Rural Municipality-1 in Gulmi district was admitted to the temporary Covid-19 special hospital operated by the rural municipality on May 3 after he had fever and shortness of breath.  

Gorakhapatra A Newspaper Of Record

Gorakhapatra maintains its enviable position as the country’s newspaper of record despite a series of political changes in the country in the preceding century. Neither has marked developments in printing as well as commu

Initial Days Of Gorkhapatra

Prime Minister Maharaj Dev Shumsher JB Rana issued a decree or Sanad (a document for special management) on Baishak 11 in the year 1958 BS for publishing a newspaper called Gorkhapatra, every week. Pandit Naradev Pande was deputed for publishing and distributing the newspaper. For this purpose, a Type Press and a Lithograph Press were pressed into action to print a maximum of 1000 copies of the newspaper.

Gorkhapatra Pioneers Development Journalism

As one of Asia’s oldest newspapers, Gorkhapatra has been serving Nepali readers uninterruptedly for the last 120 years. The pioneer daily is regarded as a synonym with Nepali journalism despite the mushrooming of media outlets in the private sector. It is a national heritage tha

Gorkhapatra Must Have Strong Online Presence: Experts

In his 2007 book "Print is Dead," author Jeff Gomez states, "whether, in the form of getting news online, reading a blog or contributing to a wiki, the general population is shifting away from print consumption [and] heading instead to increasingly digital lives." Looking around, his words seem to have described reality perfectly. More and more people are getting

Now, The Next Step

It was in 1901 this day that the Gorkhapatra weekly debuted as Nepal’s first newspaper whose name became synonymous with journalism. Other newspapers began arriving more than 50 years later, coinciding with the 1951 advent of democracy. On his way back home after he visited Britain in 1850

A Reflection On Gorkhapatra

At the turn of the 20th century on May 6, 1901, Gorkhapatra, the country's first newspaper, was born. The new century was awaiting the landmark political, economic and technological transformation. Many nations had started an independence struggle and war against their colonial rulers. Then, Nepal was under the clutches of autocratic Rana rule. Most Nepalis were not aware of what was happening around the world. The n

A Trustworthy Newspaper

Throughout its 120 years of existence, Gorkhapatra has been imparting invaluable services to the citizens- informing, educating and entertaining conscientiously. In its heyday, the oldest paper of the country attracted a slew of readers- the learne

Mass Media In Nepal

Mass media is regarded as a very powerful entity. It is ‘Voice of Voiceless’ and ‘Leg of a lame’. Thus, media plays a vital role in the development of a country. Studying about media has grown rapidly these days at it is very significant to us. To know about it,