- Tuesday, 31 March 2026
The Rising Nepal
89% women and 90% men in Nepal have access to financial services: Report
Nepal has witnessed significant progress in financial inclusion over the past decade, according to a new study, Nepal Financial Inclusion Report 2023 – prepared by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF).
23 houses collapse as three quakes rattle Bajura
Twenty-three houses of Himali Rural Municipality in Bajura district collapsed when three consecutive earthquakes rattled the district from Thursday night to Friday morning.
Wildfires, mites affecting honey collection
Honey farmers, who had reached Mahottari district's forests with honey bees of mellifera species, could not collect as much honey as they had expected due to persistently raging wildfire.
HoR forms 10 thematic committees
The House of Representatives on Friday formed its 10 thematic committees. In the House meeting, Speaker Devraj Ghimire proposed names to be included in committees as members on the basis of the recommendations made by the political parties. The meeting endorsed the proposals of the Speaker.
An Encounter With Tigers In Bardiya
In March of this year, I visited Bardiya National Park and its corridor area to take pictures of tigers in their natural habitat. During the summer, tigers come to drink water and live in water bodies, especially in the national
Urbanisation And Land Transition In Nepal
Urbanisation has been rapidly increasing worldwide in recent decades, with more than half of the world's population now residing in urban areas. This trend is expected to continue, with the world's population projected to grow by more than two-thirds by 2050, and reach 11.2 billion by 2100. Much of this growth is anticipated to occur in the urban centres of Asia and Africa. Nepal, a developing country, is one of the least urbanized countries in the world. However, it is one of the top ten fastest urbanizing countries, with a growth rate of 18.2per cent per year, and has witnessed haphazard Urbanisation in recent decades.
Perspective On Nepali Women's Journey
The roles and status of women in Nepal have undergone a massive transformation as their rights have been secured by the Nepalese constitution and probably due to an increment in literacy rate. Before the enforcement of legislation abolishing the cruel custom of sati pratha in 1920 by Chandra Shamsher, many innocent women were forced to sacrifice their lives in the burning funeral pyre of their husbands.
The Icefall Doctors
For them, Everest is their omphalos, armoured with their formidable weapons; ropes, ladder ice screw and their audacious attitude. The game changers in the iffy arena of mountaineering and probably the ones who never tarry commercial mountaineers. While the exact timeline depicting the notion of ‘Icefall doctors’ officially became the new normal is vague but after the onset of 1907, when the first Sherpas were rec
Self-Reflections Of A Senior Bureaucrat
Close friend Ramchandra Man Singh served as Secretary to the Government of Nepal before retiring from civil service after completing five years as Secretary. Taken among senior bureaucrats as having an academic bent of mind and characteristically low profile, Singh was born on Ramnavami, the day Maryada Purushottam Lord Ram took his incarnation, and represents modesty and down-to-earth simplicity.
Birgunj Sugar Factory: Some Reminiscences
On April 20, the Minister for Industry, Commerce, and Supplies stated that the Birgunj Sugar Factory, which had been shuttered for some time, will be reopened. This news transported me back to the Nepali year 2023 BS, when I was the branch head of the Agricultural Development Bank in Birgunj. I was only vaguely familiar with the firm at the time, but I recall seeing its general manager, Mr. Purna Prasad Sharma, at a wedding reception in a village east of Kalaiya.
Dharan locals volunteer to solve drinking water problem
Locals of Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City have volunteered to bring water from the Kokaha River to solve the problem of dire water shortage in the city. Dharan people face an extreme
Meeting 101-year Old Writer In New York
Jack is a lovely person who is 101 years old. My sister Zoya, my dad and I were packing up for a trip to New York. We were going there, especially to meet my father's friend Jack Goldfarb. He is a writer who has
Men, women together playing Naumati Baja in Dhankuta
Both men and women in Dhankuta district have started playing Naumati Baja with the aim of preserving the traditional musical instruments, which are related to the ancient history, art and culture of Nepal.
Banke doubles down on COVID awareness campaign
After the death of an elderly man from COVID-19-related health complications in Banke, a massive awareness-generating programme has been launched to contain the spread of the virus across the district.
Chita Rivera introduces us to her alter ego in new memoir
It’s hard to imagine Anita, Rose Alvarez and Velma Kelly without Chita Rivera, who first breathed life into these beloved Broadway characters. At a time when there was limit
