Pritam Bhattarai / Kathmandu: Until some years ago, people especially in Nepal would perceive yoga as a practice undertaken only by yogis or the elderly. However, of late people, be them children, youth and elderly, are getting attracted towards the ancient form of exercise for its multiple health benefits. With so-called modern people often going […]
Narayan Prasad Ghimire: If we are asked about a news story that took us by surprise recently, we can not avoid the chilling fact that Inspector General of Armed Police Force, Koshraj Onta, produced the bail amount of Rs 100 million within one and half hour to free him on bail after the anti-graft body […]
Mahendra Subedi / Kathmandu : Nepal marked the International Migrants Day on Friday by praising the migrant workers who toil all day long in the foreign land, to help their family back home, while also making significant contribution to the nation’s economy. The United Nations’ International Migrants Day is observed on December 18 every year to […]
Pritam Bhattarai / Kathmandu: It’s been almost two months that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) and China National United Oil Corporation (PetroChina) to supply petroleum products to Nepal. This was a late but inevitable step taken by the country to diversify fuel trade and end the four-decade […]
Dear Education Minister I am surprised to read your statement that all government employees should enroll their children in public schools and the decision of your party that all leaders will not enroll their children in private and expensive schools. I am confused on whether the statement is for bringing revolutionary changes in the public […]
Narayan Prasad Ghimire / Kathmandu: Nepal on Thursday marked the International Human Rights Day amidst a severe humanitarian crisis. Furthermore, the country was bound to mark the Anti-Corruption Day amid ruckus of the political leaders over the anti-graft body’s summon to them on suspicion of amassing property illegally. Similarly, the Tribhuvan University held its convocation […]
Manoj Karki / Kathmandu: Like, every year, December 10 of 2015 is being observed as the International Human Rights Day to mark the day when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed in 1948. This first ever milestone document in the history of human rights remains equally relevant more than 67 years later, as […]
Kathmandu: Nepal has experienced two major crises this year and these have raised questions about the capacity of our government and major institutions to deliver services to the people. Nepal faced a major earthquake in April this year. Many international organizations and governments immediately jumped into the scene to respond to the disaster and took […]
By Sandesh Shrestha / Kathmandu: Serpentine queue of motorists outside the fuel stations in Nepal today is not just the result of the current political upheavals, but is testament to the failure and lack of vision on part of successive governments, rulers and the political parties of the country. The citizens at large are not […]
Kathmandu: Unlike expectation of many Nepali people that the new constitution will bring peace and prosperity to the country, it brought many problems. Division of the federal states is the main issue, which has been pushing the country towards an uncertain future. Rather than confronting the issue, why don’t the political parties let the people […]