- Monday, 25 August 2025
The Rising Nepal
Treatise on a Multi-dimensional Intellectual
The voluminous book portrays various aspects of the life and contributions of Govinda Prasad Lohani, a leftist with a perceptible difference, who inspired a wide range of people of his time through hard work, strong determination, intellectual input and marvellous service to the country. Kapil Lohani and Bimal Bhaukaji deserve accolades for taking the most important initiative to bring out a full memorial volume on Govinda Prasad Lohani, a senior economist, and Marxist theoretician, teacher, planner, banker, writer, land reform official, diplomat and a reputed scholar. Besides, he had an ardent passion for music, cinema and photography with proficiency in playing the flute. He was also a keen sportsman with his interest in hockey, cricket, badminton, football and swimming, and kept his life essentially free of any major ailment.
Cricket-Mad India Rewrites Badminton History
India's badminton team on Sunday stunned 14-time champions Indonesia at the men's finals for a historic win at the 2022 Thomas Cup. The significance of the title is quite cherisable for a team that had never made it to the finals in the event's 73-year history.
Mothers, daughters elected ward members
Two pairs of Dalit mother and daughter have been elected as ward members of Simkot Rural Municipality in Humla district from separate parties. Four of them were elected from Nepali Congress (NC), CPN Maoist Centre and CPN-UML. Jagat Bahadur Poudel, chief election officer said, “Coincidently, two pairs of Dalit mother and daughter of different parties, has been elected in the same rural municipality in the local level election.”
Frankfurt win Europa League
Eintracht Frankfurt’s 42-year wait for a European trophy is over. The German club ended its title drought with a penalty shootout win over Rangers in the Europa League final on Wednesday. Goalkeeper Kevin Trapp came up with a big save at the end of extra time and another in the shootout to help give Frankfurt the 5-4 win on penalties. The game ended 1-1 after regulation and extra time.
Nepal lose Women’s T20I Series 3-0
Nepal’s dream to win the women’s maiden T20 International Series at home soil dashed after suffering third defeat at the hands of Uganda at TU International Cricket Stadium, Kritipur on Thursday. The East African nation Uganda notched up a six wickets victory over the home team to clinch the series 3-0. Captain Rubina Chhetri conceded low scoring was the main cause of Nepal’s defeat.
Chaudhary becomes first woman mayor in Saptari
Gita Chaudhary of Surunga Municipality in Saptari has set an example that woman can win the election if the party give them ticket to contest election by getting elected mayor. A Nepali Congress (NC) candidate, Chaudhary won mayoral post in the municipality by garnering 7,292 votes. Similarly, NC's Rudra Bahadur Karki secured the post of deputy mayor with 6,275 votes. Chaudhary's closest rival Ram Narayan Chaudhary and Karki's Sunita Kumari Mukhiya both from CPN (Unified Socialist) got 4,217 and 3,998 votews respectively.
Dhimal community resumes Jatri festival
Jatri - the main festival for the Dhimals living in the Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari districts - has restarted after a break for the local election. The festival begins every year on Baisakh 2 – one day after Nepal celebrates the beginning of its new year. The Dhimals begin the festival by praying at the Maharajsthan shrine at Rajarani, Bhogateni in Morang. Bhogateni is considered the place from where the Dhimal ethnicity originated.
Panta appears at Cannes
Actress Surakshya Panta attended the premiere of The Eight Mountains at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday. Gowned in Surakshya, who made her Cannes debut this year, looked stunning. She wore the red gown designed by Tenzin Tseten Bhutia at the festival. Sharing a photo on her Facebook account, Surakshya expressed how her day was.
Voice Cup USA, Dance Cup USA to be held in Nepal
Two reality shows Mero Voice Cup USA and Mero Dance Cup USA will be held in Nepal soon. The official announcement of the two reality shows were made amid a programme in the capital on Wednesday. The fourth edition of Mero Dance Cup and the second edition of Mero Voice Cup are currently being auditioned in the United States and Canada. Selected top 12 contestants will give their performance in Nepal for the first time. The finals of both programmes will be held in the United States, informed the orgrnisers. Earlier, the shows were organised in the United States.
15th Republic Day to be marked for three days
The government has decided to mark 15th Republic Day for three days from May 28 to 30. A meeting of the Republic Day 2079 Main Ceremony Committee held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers on Thursday decided to celebrate the Republic Day with a three-day programme.
Five stone sculptures arriving from US
The Embassy of Nepal in Washington D.C. has sent five stone sculptures to the Department of Archaeology of the Nepal government via UPS Freight Forwarding. Issuing a press statement on Wednesday, the Embassy informed that five stone sculptures of historical and religious importance dating back to the 10th-to-14th century are sent to their hometown.
NC wins in municipalities,UML in rural municipalities in Syangja
The results of Local Level Election 2022 held on May 13 in all 11 local levels of Syangja have been made public. Among five municipalities and six rural municipalities, Nepali Congress (NC) won the chief posts in four municipalities and a rural municipality while Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) clinched the posts in five rural municipalities and a municipality. CPN-UML won the chief posts in two municipalities, including Syangja’s headquarters Putalibazar Municipality, and five rural municipalities in the 2017 local election. Since 1997, CPN-UML had never lost the election from Putalibazar. However, NC won the mayoral post of the municipality in this year’s election.
NLIC to help establish community hospital in Sindhupalchok
National Life Insurance Company and One Step Foundation have forged partnership to establish and operate a community hospital in Thokarpa Rural Municipality of Sindhupalchok district. The hospital will be established and managed under the initiative of the Foundation and the company will provide financial assistance of Rs. 2 million every year for three years to support operation of the hospital.
Experts suggest for realistic budget
Economists have said that new budget should be realistic with the solid policies and programmes to accelerate the economy by increasing domestic production and productivity. The budget should focus mainly on increasing the production and productivity of agricultural commodities, promoting the use of electricity to reduce the consumption of petroleum products and make the sources of foreign currency earnings effective to overcome the present challenges in the national economy, they said.
Jobs For Youths
The nation is now heading on the path to stability and development as the local elections have lately been held successfully. The elected representatives are in the process of assuming office at local government institutions. The federal parliament has also started discussing the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The government is going to unveil its policy and programmes and the budget on May 21 and May 29, respectively. It must come up with effective plans and programmes to boost the national economy and address the burgeoning issue of joblessness in the country. If we cannot create adequate number of jobs within the country, the tendency of our skilled and muscled manpower going abroad in search of work will not come to a stop. For the employment opportunities to be created at home, we need to accelerate the pace of development. When development activities are given new momentum, job prospects increase.
