Expressway tunnel construction to begin from November

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National Science Day today

Nepal is celebrating the 8th National Science Day on Thursday by organising programmes virtually. National Science Day is celebrated on Asoj 1, according to the Nepali calendar. This year the day is being marked with the theme 'Science for health and quality life'. The Ministry for Education, Science and Technology (MOEST) has decided to celebrate this year’s science day by organising a virtual meeting with stakeholders which will also be addressed by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Likewise, in...

Over 80 per cent inmates in Siraha prison test positive for COVID-19

Amdeshor Chaudhari, COVID-19 focal person of Siraha District Health Office, informed that infection was found in 259 inmates out of 269 whose swab report came out today from Provincial Laboratory Janakpurdham.

COVID-19 Update: 1,539 New Cases, 1,068 recovered, tally stands at 58,327

In 10,494 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,539 persons were found with the novel coronavirus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today

Bahrain's prince Nasser in Nepal, to visit tourist spots, scale mountains

Prince Nasser and his team will be visiting different tourist places in Nepal and they are also scheduled to scale a couple of snow-capped mountains.

     Coronavirus infection confirmed in five more persons, including journalist

Coronavirus infection has been confirmed in five more people in Gandaki state today. Among them one is a journalist and two are the Tourist Police persons, the Province Health Directorate stated.    

Govt assigns Law Commission to draft law on acid attack within 15 days

The government has initiated a process to introduce a new law on acid attack, punishment against the perpetrators and hearing on such cases at the earliest possible. A meeting of the Council of Ministers Monday entrusted the Nepal Law Commission to immediately prepare a draft of a new Act related to acid attack incidents. The Commission is given a 15-day deadline to prepare the draft to address all concerns of acid victims, with provisions of fine, imprisonment and compensation, Minister for Foreign...

Tearing through infodemic is a tough job

In addition to a pandemic, the coronavirus has also caused an infodemic – a phenomenon where an enormous volume of misinformation is released to the public, according to Laxman Datt Pant, media expert and chairperson of Media Action Nepal. Described as an epidemic of [false] information, infodemic is as detrimental to public health as the coronavirus epidemic because it breeds conspiracies, downplays risks and misleads and misguides people to take actions harmful to their health and safety, Pant...

Government brings adjusted school curricula

Ministry for Education, Science and Technology Tuesday unveiled School Level Curriculum Adjustment Models, 2077 with a target to complete the academic session by Mid-April next year. Now, all schools across the country need to give continuity to alternative modes of teaching as directed by the models. The Ministry has developed the models so that the students could be assured minimum learning achievement of the concerned grades. The government has brought the models to avoid the loss of the academic...

ADB projects economic growth at 1.5%

Nepal’s economy is anticipated to grow by 1.5 per cent in fiscal year 2020/21 from the preliminary estimate of 2.3 per cent, according to the latest Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2020 Update, a publication of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Decline in exports, remittances, and tourist income, and the stringent measures to contain the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, even as the lockdowns have gradually eased, would contribute to further slump in the economy, it said.

TIA completes capacity enhancing infrastructure amid COVID-19

Construction of four capacity enhancing infrastructure has been completed at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) during the time of lockdown enforced to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. During the time of the lockdown, extension of the 300m runway, construction of two parking bays, sterile hall gate lounge in international departure and international arrival covered walkway have been completed. Of these four infrastructure, runway expansion, parking bays and gate lounge were constructed...

NEA bids farewell to CEO Ghising

At the programme, senior deputy executive director Hitendra Dev Shakya praised the outgoing CEO Ghising as an honest and diligent person. "With Ghising's successful leadership in the last four years at NEA, we all employees felt proud of working here. Even his enemy respects him."

COVID-19 update: 1,459 new cases, 1,062 recovered, tally stands at 56,788

In 10,375 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,459 persons were found with the novel coronavirus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.

NAST developing advanced visitor service robot

Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) has developed a highly advanced visitor’s service robot. The robot developed by engineer Roshan Pandey, faculty of technology of NAST along with technical experts called Innovative Group, is the first of its kind ever built in Nepal. “We are now developing the highly advanced robot in human shape (Lady Robot),” said Pandey. He further informed that the robot is based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) with deep machine learning methods. It can...

Pashupati deserted amid COVID-19

Ever since the first lockdown was announced on March 24 to contain the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Pashiupatinath temple, one of the most important religious sites for devotes of Lord Shiva, has remained closed for the public. Millions of people would throng this revered temple to offer prayers, especially during the Hindu holy months of Shrawan and Bhadra, which see three major occasions, including Teej and Sorha Shraddha. But, the temple has worn an empty look for about six months, as no congregation...

PM Oli for increasing children's learning habit

At a virtual programme organised by the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens here today on the occasion of National Children's Day, Prime Minister Oli stressed the need of increasing learning habit of children towards through the use of technology in education.

COVID-19 update: 1,170 new cases, 879 recovered, tally stands at 55,329

In 10,878 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,170 persons were found with the novel coronavirus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.

Local governments to manage alternative learning

The 'directives on student's learning facilitation, 2077' introduced by the Ministry for Education, Science and Technology (MOEST) has been endorsed by the Cabinet giving authority to the local governments to manage learning opportunities through alternative modes for school students.

More than 95% internet users receive disinformation

Most Nepali internet users are exposed to disinformation, a survey by the Centre for Media Research – Nepal (CMR-Nepal) revealed. The Nepal Twitter Users Survey 2019 was conducted by the centre last November and the results are based on 542 valid responses, which show that a staggering 95.5 per cent of internet users receive disinformation. “This is very concerning as almost all internet users appear to be exposed to some kind of disinformation,” says CMR-Nepal Chairperson Rishikesh Dahal,...

Govt prioritises child rights: PM

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that protection of child rights and ensuring their welfare was in the government’s priority. In a message of best wishes to the guardians and children in the country and abroad on the occasion of the National Child Rights Day on Monday, Prime Minister Oli mentioned that the government was formulating and implementing laws and policies for protecting the child rights as per the constitutional provision.