- Thursday, 4 December 2025
The Rising Nepal
Free And Fair Poll
Free and fair election is a prerequisite of a functional democracy. The given political system derives its legitimacy only when the elections are credible and accepted by major domestic actors and international community. Nepal federal republican setup has been further enhanced with the periodic polls. The second local polls, slated on May 13 this year, will be another milestone in deepening the grassroots democracy. It will elect fresh representatives in all the 753 local bodies. In order to conduct the polls in impartial and peaceful manner, the Election Commission (EC) has enforced the election code of conduct since midnight of April 8. It is applicable for the government, its ministers, public institutions, local bodies, constitutional bodies, political parties, candidates, cadres, election observers, those holding public positions, media, I/NGOs, civil servants and security agencies.
Press Freedom Still Faces Challenge
May 3rd is annually celebrated as the Press Freedom Day globally as per the declaration of the UN General Assembly in 1993. This is the day to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom and see how it is currently in the global context. The Day reminds us that media needs to be defended from attacks on their independence and the right to dig out factual information and share to the world. This is the day for the governments and the corporate sector media owners to remember their commitments to press freedom. Media professionals also need to reflect on the issues of press freedom and professional ethics. May 3rd is also the day to remember all the journalists who have died in wars, conflicts or natural calamities while collecting news
In Quest Of Art
As an aspiring artist, I am still learning the craft of art. I blotch paints on my art quite often. I somehow manage to smudge a drawing. My lines aren’t sophisticated enough. My paints flow excessively and I am still grasping art skills in different mediums. I have always had a creative and artistic quest since my younger years. I remember as a young student I tried to copy still life paintings from art books. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to attend art classes then. I occasionally sketched or painted in leisure but I could never take it to an elevated level. A decade later, as an adult, I turned to art once again but I didn’t seem to excel despite the efforts I put in. My watercolours were amateurish. My sketches would be a far cry from being realistic. I even took art classes but it seemed art was out of my forte.
NAST's gold hunt from mobile phones
What do you do with your old mobile phones? Do you give them to others, sell them for scrap or just throw them? Do you think that smartphones or other electronic items, when old and broken, are useless? Did you know that there might be precious metals inside the device you consider unusable and ready for the trash bin? Well, there is, as per the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), which has been researching the recovery of gold from e-waste like mobile phones and computers for the last four months.
Mahottari women want leaders to come to village during hardships
The upcoming local level election has gripped not only the leaders but also their families, relatives and supporters. Many people's representatives, including candidates of mayors, deputy mayors, ward chairpersons and ward members are getting elected on May 13 polls. More than a dozen candidates are vying for a post in all 15 municipalities of Mahottari district.
Book on “Media in Province” launched
A book “Media in Province” published by the Centre for Media Research Nepal was released on Monday. The book examines the state of the media in all seven provinces of the country. According to the book, there are 8,953 media in Nepal. Of them, 4789 are magazines, 880 FM radios, 164 televisions and 3120 online news outlets. The number of journalists who have registered with the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) is 13,077.
EC reminds parties of election code
The Election Commission has once again reminded the political parties and candidates to fully abide by the election code of conduct. The EC on Monday issued a press statement reminding the political parties of several provisions of the code of conduct. Stating that it has paid attention to the electoral campaign materials displayed in public places, EC has directed the political parties and candidates to remove such materials immediately from the public places.
Tourists, rejoice! Italy, Greece relax COVID-19 restrictions
For travelers heading to Europe, summer vacations just got a whole lot easier. Italy and Greece relaxed some COVID-19 restrictions on Sunday before Europe’s peak summer tourist season, in a sign that life was increasingly returning to normal. Greece’s civil aviation authority announced that it was lifting all COVID-19 rules for international and domestic flights except for the wearing of face masks during flights and at airports. Previously, air travelers were required to show proof of vaccination, a negative test or a recent recovery from the disease.
Salina Maharjan wins Miss Newa: Nepal
Salina Maharjan has been crowned Nepal Telecom Miss Newa: Nepal 1142 this year. Salina became this year's Miss Newa: Nepal by beating 18 other contestants in the 16th edition of the competition, Miss Newa: Nepal was organised by Nepalese Fashion Home at Nepal Academy Sunday night. At the finale, Ashok Babu Shrestha, former president of NRN UK, the main judge in the competition, asked her what qualities she should possess to be the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.
Ruling alliance instructs to act as per understanding
: Leaders of the five-party ruling alliance has decided to instruct their lower level party organisations to act as per the understanding reached among the coalition parties in the context of the May 13 local level election. A meeting of the alliance’s internal preparation and monitoring mechanism held at Prime Minister and Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba’s official residence in Baluwatar on Sunday took this decision.
Election atmosphere in Rukum West heats up
In Rukum West, farmers are busy harvesting wheat while the local level election atmosphere is heating up. The political leaders have been asking for votes by reaching farmers' fields. Local level candidates along with their cadres who have been conducting door-to-door campaigns have reached the wheat fields in the district.
Production based economy is nation's main priority: FM Sharma
Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has said that building an economy based on production is the main priority of the country. "Our focus is to build a production-based economy. For this, we have to start the transformation of agriculture and it is connected to the industries. It supports the country to make it self-reliant and create job opportunities," he said while addressing a pre-budget discussion organised by the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) Monday.
Digital map for election security in Jumla
The security agencies have intensified security arrangement and surveillance targeting the upcoming local level elections slated for May 13. The district security committee has paid attention to beef up security arrangements so as to check criminal activities. The committee has also come up with a digital map and is carrying out digital monitoring to control all types of criminal activities and holding local level elections in a fearless and conducive manner.
Power supply problem will be over soon: Bhusal
Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal Monday held a discussion with the industrialists about the power supply problem in some big industries. During the meeting at the Ministry, she sought reasons for power outage problem in industrial areas with the officials of Nepal Electricity Authority and Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI). Minister Bhusal said that the problem in power supply was temporary and it would be solved by Tuesday.
President, PM extend Eid Wishes
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has extended her best wishes to all Nepali Muslim brothers living home and abroad on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr on Tuesday. Issuing a greeting message, President Bhandari wished for the happiness, peace and prosperity of all the followers of Islam in home and abroad. She also said that Eid helped strengthen the culture of tolerance and cooperation in the diverse Nepali society.
