Demonstration against proposal to shift State capital held in Butwal

Different business and professional organisations in Butwal Sunday took out a protest demonstration against the proposal registered by the Stat 5 government at the State Assembly to relocate State 5 capital from Butwal to Deukhuri of Dang district.

Post-modern Family In Western Society

Several years back, a Danish friend of mine told me that he was getting divorce from his wife. When asked about the reason, he told me that his wife felt that she could not do well in her career. My friend had a well-paid job and he used to come to media quite often so he was a well-known man in Denmark. The wife had started to feel low about husband having a good career and she not having it. They took the help of marriage councillor but it did not work and eventually divorce happened. Of course,...

Pandemic Outbreak And Lockdown Pastime

A new virus called, COVID-19, emerged in Wuhan of China towards the end of 2019. After the pandemic outbreak, a few months passed as a ‘fun-filled’ period for many, listening to the rhetoric of American President Trump as he blew hot and cold over the spread of the virus in his own country. The World Health Organisation had then alerted the world that the spread of the virus might take the shape of a pandemic which proved right. The spread of COVID-19 and the high number of deaths in Italy had...

A Revolutionary Tale Of Love, Sorrow And Struggle

Gaurika- Heroine of Crisis- is a revolutionary tale of love, sorrows and struggles of a typical Nepali family life. The author Chandra Kumar Phunyal, who has been writing on social issues in various newspapers and magazines, has recently got this first novel published by Himalayan Map House, Kathmandu. In its 136 pages, the novel depicts the intricacies of family values and contemporary social issues that shape our society. The novel has also beautifully brought to light the hidden practices of...

Visible Heavenly Bodies To Wow Sky-gazers

The night skies of this festive month would make the sky-gazers happy with the splendid sights of the planets, constellations and many other heavenly objects that are dotted all over the heavens. The elusive planet Mercury would be lost in solar glare, due to its proximity to the Sun. It would thus stay mostly out of view this month. Mercury would be sliding across the starry fields of zodiacal constellations Libra (scales) and Virgo (maiden). On 01 October it would reach its greatest eastern elongation...

Attraction Towards Gurjo Increasing

Nepal is a home of various medicinal plant resources, which are the bases of Ayurvedic therapeutics since time immemorial. The use of various medicinal plants has often been described in detailed manner in Vedic and Ayurvedic holy books like Charaka Samhita, Sushruta Samhita, Kashyapa Samhita, etc and were widely used at those times for curing various diseases. Although being blessed with rich variety of valuable medicinal plants, the use of various medicinal plants and their knowledge are slowly...

Number of COVID-19 patients with symptoms on rise in Banke, 19 out of 355 in serious condition

Number of COVID-19 patients with symptoms has also increased of late, according to Banke District Health Office. Of 355 patients under treatment, 112 have symptoms.

Bairagi appointed Chief Secretary, Khatiwada and Regmi named as ambassadors

Similarly, the Cabinet meeting recommended Yuvaraj Khatiwada for ambassador to the United States. Lokdarshan Regmi, has been recommended as the Nepali Ambassador to the United Kingdom, said Parbat Gurung, Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens.

No decision on Class 12 examination puts students and parents in confusion

The National Examination Board (NEB) had given suggestion last month along with alternative for conducting the long stalled examination. NEB had suggested to the government that in the condition of holding the examinations not becoming feasible, online exams could be conducted for 40 marks, practical exams given for 20 marks and the total marks obtained by a student in Class 11 exams could be converted to 40 marks for the evaluation.

Nepal's COVID-19 death toll reaches 498 with seven fatalities

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Wednesday confirmed seven COVID-19 related deaths. Seven persons, two females and five males, succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

44 persons return home after recovering from COVID-19 in Banke today, district recovery tally hits 1500

According to the focal person, 1,860 have been infected with coronavirus so far, of them, 1,807 have been discharged after recovery, whilst, 348 people are still getting treatment in different isolation centers.

With 10 new fatalities, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll reaches 491

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Tuesday confirmed 10 COVID-19 related deaths. Ten persons, three females and seven males, succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

An arduous journey: four children reach Jumla from Punjab of India in search of father who eloped with second wife

According to the police, Madhu BK aged 17, Gita BK aged 16, Navin BK aged 9 and Ashish BK aged 3 landed in Khalanga, district headquarters of Jumla some days ago.

     Banke sees two additional COVID-19 related deaths 

Two people have lost their lives to coronavirus infection in Banke this morning. Corona resource person of District Health Office Banke, Naresh Shrestha informed that a 41-year-old man of Nepalgunj sub-metropolis-7, Ranitalau and a 53-year-old man of Kohalpur municipality-10 died this morning while undergoing treatment at Nepalgunj Medical College Teaching Hospital Kohalpur.    

'Package tour is a better option than two-day public holiday'

However, the stakeholders are in the view that even if this arrangement gets implemented it would have little impact on the jobholder women's workload.

Nepal's COVID-19 death toll reaches 481 with four new fatalities

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Monday confirmed four COVID-19 related deaths. Four persons, two females and males each, succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

With 10 new fatalities, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll reaches 477

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Sunday confirmed 10 COVID-19 related deaths. With this, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll has reached 477 and the death rate is at 0.65 per cent.

CoAS Thapa in self-quarantine

CoAS Thapa is in self-quarantinie after a person working in the kitchen of the CoAS's residence tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Directorate of Public Relations and Information of the Nepali Army.

An employee of Nepalgunj Medical College Teaching Hospital dies of COVID-19 while under treatment

The employee, a male aged 47, a permanent resident of Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan City-9, was getting treatment at Nepalgunj Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kohalpur, according to Naresh Shrestha, Corona focal person of Banke district.

With eight fatalities, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll hits 467

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Saturday eight COVID-19 related deaths. With this, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll has reached 467 and the death rate is at 0.65 per cent.