Frequent power outage has become a headache for students, teachers

Bishalya Gautam, a civil engineering student, was fed up with power cut that lasted for six hours from 8 am on Sunday and Monday at his home in Kathmandu-32. Not only did he miss the whole online classes for two days in a row, he was also unable to get water to wash even hands as there was no power to pump water. His mother, a schoolteacher, failed to teach students online, and his father was unable to email an important document.

DAO, Kathmandu restricts crowded activities

The District Administration Office, Kathmandu, has urged the people not to crowd or get involved in such activities, citing a rise in coronavirus infection cases in Kathmandu Valley in the last few days.

Optical Fiber backbone project: Fibers laid around 1,600 kilometers

Optical Fiber has been installed along 1,600 kilometres length so far under the Optical Fiber Backbone Network Expansion Project across the country. 

Former Nepal skipper Paras Khadka announces retirement from international cricket

Former skipper of Nepali National Cricket team Paras Khadka has announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday, morning.

Suicide cases on rise in Saptari

Suicide cases are rising in the Saptari district. As many as 118 people committed suicide in the last year, according to the data. According to Province-2 Police, a total of 2,118 people committed suicide in the last fiscal year 2020/21. Of them 75 hanged themselves, 42 consumed poison and one jumped into a river.

Experts warn second wave is not yet over, one in every four people tested is positive for Covid

Experts have warned that the second wave of the Coronavirus is not yet over and this continuation may lead to the direct rise of the third wave of the Coronavirus.

Traditional grindstones losing out to mechanical grinders

Once a ubiquitous kitchen device in every household, the traditional stone grinders or flour mills are dying a slow death. They are increasingly falling into a state of disuse thanks to modern appliances that make grinding grains like wheat, maize, millet and pulses much faster and easier.

Sugarcane farmers come to Kathmandu again to press Govt implement its pledge

He said the farmers were yet to get 41 million rupees from six sugar mills. "We will again propose that the government takes a step so that the mills give us our money by mid-September and if that does not happen we will have no option but to take to the street."

Misinformation can be harmful like virus itself

Apart from reeling under a pandemic, Nepal is also fending off a tsunami of misinformation. Social networking sites are particularly awash with vaccine misinformation, questionable cures, and fantastical conspiracies. In recent weeks, several social media posts claiming that COVID-19 vaccines can make people 'magnetic' are doing the rounds on the internet. In a video that has now gone viral, a TikTok user by the name of @entertainment_n_fun can be seen sticking coins and steel to the arm of a person...

Oxygen industries running out of work

The industries producing oxygen in operation around the clock amid the second wave of COVID-19 are mostly out of work these days.

Tourism loses business confidence, manpower amidst pandemic uncertainty

A 25-room tourist-level Hotel Sampada in Bhairahawa, the gateway to Lumbini, was in business for a year-and-a-half when the deadly coronavirus pandemic hit the country and lockdown was imposed to control the virus. The hotel went out of business immediately while uncertainty prevailed.

An underage bride’s story of tragedy and trauma

Jayashwari Thapa, a resident from Ward No. 4 of Budhiganga Municipality, got married when she was 13-year-old to 15-year-old Dammar Dhami of Ward No. 4 in Chaurpati Rural Municipality. Jayashwari is now 23-years old but alone. She got married following the tradition of child marriage in her village. Most of Jayashwari’s friends were leaving the school for the purpose and the same happened to her. She was studying at Grade VII in Thuma Secondary School when she left her education and tied the...

Health Ministry warns against third wave of COVID-19 pandemic

Issuing a press statement today, assistant spokesperson at the Health Ministry Dr. Samir Kumar Adhikari said, "Spike in infection rate is being seen due to the relaxation of prohibitory orders. This has increased the possibility of the third wave in the nation."

Nepal stands as first country to provide COVID-19 jabs in Asia Pacific region to refugees

According to the report of UNHCR, as many as 668 refugees above the age of 65 had received vaccination against the virus during the nationwide vaccination campaign held on 7-23 March.

Construction of nation's first war museum in Sindhuligadhi completes

The Battalion informed that the war museum was constructed under the campaign to develop the East-West unified road and conserve all the forts in the area. Battalion chief Bijaya Thapa said that the museum was constructed in around Rs. 70 million.

Prime Minister Deuba wins trust vote in HoR

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has won the confidence of the reinstated House of Representatives (HoR).

Prime Minister Deuba to seek trust vote today

Shreedhar Neupane, press advisor to the HoR Speaker, informed that Prime Minister Deuba would be obtaining the confidence of the House in the HoR meeting called today at 4:00 pm.

Development of ICPs, dry ports to reduce cost of trade

In a few years from now, Nepal will have at least a dozen dry ports including Inland Clearance Depots (ICDs) and Integrated Check Posts (ICPs). Currently, the country has two ICPs in operation at Nepal-India border in the south in Birgunj and Biratnagar and three ICDs in Birgunj, Bhairahawa, Kakarbhitta. Birgunj ICD is the railway-based such facility in the country. Plans are underway to develop railway facility at the Biratnagar ICP and proposed Chandani Dodhara ICP.

2,010 new cases of COVID-19, 1,606 recoveries, 18 fatalities in 24 hours

In 8,108 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 2,010 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed Dr. Samir Kumar Adhikari, assistant spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population in the regular press briefing.

Nation likely to face COVID-19 vaccines storage issue

Nepal can store up to 5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in eight vaccine storage centres across the country, which currently, is neck and neck to the storage capacity.