- Tuesday, 11 November 2025
The Rising Nepal
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.
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.
