- Monday, 25 August 2025
The Rising Nepal
Nepal-Africa film festival from May 29
The 10th edition of Nepal Africa Film Festival will be held for three days from May 29 to 31 at Ristriya Nachghar, Jamal, in Kathmandu. Jointly organised by the College of Journalism and Mass Communication and Bilakshan Creation, the festival received more than 100 films from different countries. Out of received 100 films, the judging committee has selected 26 films for screening in the festival, said organisers.
Army collects 30,000 kg mountain waste
A team of the Nepali Army in coordination with Sherpas involved in the expedition of four major mountains and collecting the mountain wastes has collected 30,344 kg of wastes recently. A separate squad of the army deployed with the objectives of collecting the garbage of the mountains under the Clean Mountain Campaign has collected the wastes left by the mountaineers. The squad has been deployed in the Mt. Everest, the highest peak of the world, Mt. Lhotse, Mt. Kanchanjungha and Mt. Manaslu with a purpose to collect the wastes left by the mountaineers.
Sisne Rural Municipality to classify farmers
Sisne Rural Municipality of Rukum East has planned to identify and classify the local farmers. The first executive meeting of the municipality held on Friday after the assumption of the office by the newly elected local level representatives decided to identify the farmers by conducting a classification programme and introducing special programmes according to the needs.
More than 2,200 quintals of food air transported to Humla
More than 2,200 quintals of food grains of the Food Management and Trading Company Limited have been transported to Humla by helicopter. The food grains are being transported by helicopter after the private airlines denied transporting the food grains from Nepalgunj and Surkhet. According to FMTC Humla branch chief Krishna Prasad Acharya, 2,287 quintals of food grains have been transported by helicopter as of Thursday.
Market facing acute shortage of gold
The domestic market has seen a scarcity of gold over the past few weeks after the import of the precious yellow metal was tightened. The demand for gold has been growing in the local market due to the wedding season, which is why there is a scarcity of gold in the market, said the gold traders. According to Tej Ratna Shakya, special member of the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association (FENEGOSIDA), the demand for gold at present is at about 20 kg daily despite nominal supply, affecting the bullion market badly even in the wedding season.
WHO to convene emergency meeting over monkeypox outbreak
The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to convene an emergency meeting of experts to discuss the latest outbreak of monkeypox in wake of rapidly rising cases, according to Russian media. The meeting’s agenda is believed to be the ways of the virus’ transmission, its high prevalence in gays and bisexual men, as well as the situation with vaccines, Sputnik News Agency citing The Telegraph reported on Friday. Since early May, the cases of monkeypox have been witnessed in several countries across the world including the United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Australia and Canada.
This climbing season may close early
By A Staff Reporter Kathmandu, May 21: This year’s spring mountaineering season may end early due to a large number of climbers reaching the peaks of various mountains early. According to the Department of Tourism (DoT), fair weather allowed many climbers to summit the mountains rather quickly and if this pace is maintained, everyone will have reached the top by next week.As of May 17, a total of 968 people from 74 countries had received permission to scale 27 different mountains. Of them, around 500 have reached the top, according to Bhisma Raj Bhattarai, section officer at the Mountaineering Division of the DoT. “This is more than the number of people who had reached the top this last year,” he said, stating that this could lead to an early end to the climbing season. Nepal has collected more than Rs. 480 million in royalties from the climbers thus far.Meanwhile, Omnika Dangol, senior flight attendant of Himalaya Airlines has completed her ascent of Mount Everest. As per a release issued by the airlines on Friday, Dangol summited the 8848.86-meter peak at 7.30 am on Monday. She returned to Kathmandu on Friday.Dangol and Himalayan Airlines said that the summit was intended to promote tourism. Dangol had previously climbed Mera, Island and Lobuche peaks.
Election of village and municipal executives within 15 days
The election of the village or municipal executives will be held within 15 days of receiving the final result of the local level elections, as per the constitutional provision. The village and municipal executive is the official body exercising executive power at the local level. There is an arrangement for the elected chief, deputy chief, ward chairperson and ward member voters within the municipality for the executive election. According to the Article 125 (4), the members of the Village Executive shall also include four women members elected by the members of the village assembly from amongst themselves and two members elected by the village assembly from the Dalit or minority communities, no later than fifteen days after the final results of the election of the village assembly under Article 222.
US Under Secretary Zeya arrives
Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights of the United States of America and its Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, Uzra Zeya has arrived in Kathmandu for a three-day visit on Friday. Protocol Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Manahari Dangal welcomed the visiting guests at the Tribhuvan International Airport. Zeya is leading a four-member delegation. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the bilateral ties between the USA and Nepal.
Macro-economic stability govt’s priority: FM Sharma
Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has clarified that ensuring macroeconomic stability will be the priority of the government while drafting the policy and programme of the government for the next fiscal year. Responding to the queries of the lawmakers in the House of Representatives (HoR) on Friday, Minister Sharma said that the federal government had a clear roadmap in its principles and priorities of the annual appropriation bill-2079 (except taxes) to push the national economy towards productivity and make the country self-reliant.
Overcoming Public Policy Dilemma
Public policies, argues Joseph Schumpeter, are “based on ideology.” The politics of knowledge, therefore, seeks to accord primacy of the interest, ideology and purpose of certain social groups and their articulation through theories, doctrines and intellectual propositions, not freedom of choice of people. Nepali regimes of all hues have ad infinitum adopted macro-policies either borrowed from international institutions or negotiated in bilateral country cooperation frameworks and sheathing policy coordination and adaptation. Even over sixty years of planning exercise in Nepal it was difficult to achieve the policy goals of shaping society better off, easing smooth delivery of public goods and securing distributive justice embraced by the nation’s Constitution.
Night Sleep Quality Affects Dementia Traits
We’ve probably all experienced how a poor night’s sleep can make us feel tired, irritable and have difficulty concentrating the next day. But while the odd night of poor sleep has no impact on our health, research shows that prolonged sleep disturbances predict cognitive decline – and are also a risk factor for dementia. Disrupted sleep is also known to be a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease, a type of dementia.
Goddess On The Hill
Kalinchok is one of the holiest shrines of Nepal located in Dolakha district at the height of 3810 metres (IHDP, 1984) above sea level. On the way to Kalinchok first, we come to a pond, which has great cultural importance and is said to be the head of a giant snake (Nag) of the other two ponds located inside the Dolakha town, further on we come to a great stone and a tall tree attached to it. At the bottom is a hole which is said to be "Dharmako Dhoka" (the sacred door). It is believed that the sinners cannot pass through this door. After that, we reached the final destination, a beautiful spot known as Kalinchok.
Weak Local Levels May Undermine Federalism
A decade ago, New Delhi had held the Forum of Federation summit. The Forum was hosted by the Government of India through its Inter-State Council Secretariat- an apex constitutional mechanism created for grappling with conflicts and tensions between the federal government and states that is chaired by the prime minister of India. The summit had brought together around 1300 experts and practitioners from 116 countries with several heads of states including the Indian prime minister and the Swiss president.
Ways To Maximise Social Welfare
Many of us might have heard 'no taxation without representation.' It was a famous movement in the United States of America (USA) during the colonial period under the British empire. This might be considered a turning point in the taxation system in modern history. Through this movement, American people were seeking their role to utilise the resources collected from people to improve living standard and society as a whole.
