- Thursday, 4 December 2025
The Rising Nepal
Ensure Labour Rights
May 1 is an important occasion for working class people worldwide. This day is celebrated as International Workers’ Day. In the late 1800s, a huge labour movement had been launched in different parts of the world, including the United States, to protect the rights of the workers. Many American employees and workers had voiced against the harsh labour laws and violation of their rights, adverse working conditions and long working hours. A lot of workers had also sacrificed their lives. Promoted by the international labour movement, the day is also known as Labour Day or May Day. The date was selected in 1889 by the Marxist International Socialist Congress for political reasons. The organisation that met in Paris founded the Second International as a successor to the previous International Workingmen's Association. The gathering adopted a historic resolution for a gigantic international demonstration in support of demands raised by the working class for reducing the 16-hour workday to eight hours. This working hour has been accepted universally since then.
Alliance Politics: Reaping Dividends
With five-party coalition partners firmly in power, alliance politics in the nation appears to stay for years to come. After remaining at the helm for almost a year, the five-party ruling coalition has sensed better times ahead should they preserve their company unbroken. Devising an electoral alliance to contest local elections could push up their chances in provincial and federal parliamentary polls due in six to seven months. While the ruling dispensation has tied a firm bond, the main opposition, the UML, has also allied with some political parties to achieve sound results when the nation goes to the local poll on May 13.
Dalits Still In Need Of Social Justice
Nepal is a multi-ethnic country with 125 ethnic groups. The caste system, which has persisted for centuries, is still prevalent in the country. The caste system is not bad per se but indulging in caste-based discrimination certainly is. Dalits are considered a lower caste. Over 20 Dalit castes exist in the country. They are discriminated against by higher-caste people on the basis of their very caste. They are not only humiliated at the hands of higher-caste people but also physically assaulted. They are subjected to assault and battery, physical and mental torture, rape, break-up of inter-caste marriages, false allegations, beatings in public places, etc.
Doctors' Handwriting
It is a fact that doctors’ handwriting can only be read by an experienced pharmacist who can know what medicine the physician wanted to prescribe based on the diagnosis and the symptoms. There are plenty of jokes on a doctor's handwriting but how is it that every doctor's handwriting is equally bad? Every year the poor handwriting of doctors is responsible for the deaths of more than 5,000 people. From the patients’ perspective, illegible handwriting can delay treatment and lead to unnecessary tests and inappropriate doses of medicines, which, in turn, can result in discomfort and death. It's a serious problem - as the patient may get sicker or die after being given the wrong drug - but is vastly underreported in India. Not everyone can figure out a doctor's prescription.
Two-day weekly off may add patient load
At a time when the service seekers of government hospitals are worried about two-day holiday, the Nepal Medical Association (NMA) has welcomed the government’s decision. Issuing a press statement, NMA has said that two-day holiday was a right decision as health workers were reeling under mental and physical pressure due to excessive work load. But as a service seeker, many patients are compelled to wait for months or years for a surgery at government hospitals. If the hospitals adopt two-day holiday rule, many patients whose condition is serious or who need emergency treatment would suffer.
PM, Speaker discuss budget session
Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament, Agni Prasad Sapkota, has held discussions with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba about convening the budget session of the parliament. In a meeting held between the two at the PM’s official residence in Baluwatar on Sunday, they discussed the session of the parliament, government policies and programmes as well as the principles and priorities of the budget of the coming fiscal year 2022/23, according to the secretariat of Speaker Sapkota.
Fourty one withdraw candidacies in Myagdi 718 candidates in the fray for 237 posts
Altogether 41 candidates have withdrawn their candidacies from the various posts in the local bodies in Myagdi district. Now 718 candidates are in the fray for 237 vacant posts in various local bodies in the district. A total of 29 candidates had registered their nominations for the post of chief of six local bodies in the district, 23 candidates for the post of deputy chief, 149 candidates filed nominations for the post of 45 ward chairpersons, 275 for 90 open ward members, 125 for 45 women members and 117 for 45 Dalit women members.
Angelina Jolie makes surprise Ukraine visit, meets children
Hollywood actress and U.N. humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, the Lviv regional governor said on Telegram. According to Maksym Kozytskyy, Jolie — who has been a UNHCR Special Envoy for Refugees since 2011 — had come to speak with displaced people who have found refuge in Lviv, including children undergoing treatment for injuries sustained in the missile strike on the Kramatorsk railway station in early April.
'No Time to Die' producer Barbara Broccoli on casting next James Bond
As soon as Daniel Craig announced in 2019 that “No Time to Die” would be his fifth and final film as international spy James Bond, rumors began — and haven’t stopped — swirling about who might take his place. Tom Hardy, Henry Cavill, Idris Elba and even “Euphoria” star Jacob Elordi have been whispered about in relation to the coveted role, and Lashana Lynch became the first woman to hold the 007 title when her role of Nomi took over Bond’s position in the last film. But Bond franchise producer Barbara Broccoli says “it’s going to take some time” before Craig’s replacement is named.
Security committee inspects polling stations in Gulmi
The District Security Committee Gulmi has expedited inspection of polling stations and vote counting stations set up for the local level election to be held on May 13. A team including Chief District Officer Punya Bikram Poudel has visited various places in Kaligandaki and Satyawati villages to inspect the polling stations, and peace and security situation.
Digital Framework In implementation Process: PM
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that Digital Nepal Framework-2019 is in its implementation phase. In a message issued on the occasion of the 5th National Communication and Information Technology Day-2022 on Monday, the Prime Minister said that the Framework was introduced to maintain good governance by developing and expanding communication and information technology in the country.
144,000 candidates vying for 35,221 posts
The Election Commission Nepal (EC) has stated that more than 144,000 candidates are in the race for several vacant posts in 753 local levels across the country in the local election of May 13. Although 153,220 candidates have registered their nominations at the Offices of the Returning Election Officers, 8,000 of them have withdrawn their candidacies. However, the EC is yet to publish exact data of the final candidates and those who withdrew their nominations.
Landless demand land for their vote
Landless squatters living in unorganised settlements in Jhapa are not happy with the political parties as the latter did little to solve their problems which they raised in successive election in the past. They said that they were always being used only as a ‘vote bank’ by the political parties. More than three dozen families living on the banks of the Kamal Khola of Kamal Rural Municipality-2 in Jhapa have been unable to get the land ownership certificates for two and a half decades. They also warned the political parties by placing a banner at the entrance of the settlement, which says ‘No Ownership Certificate, No Vote’. According to a local squatter leader, in every election, the candidates of the political parties take their citizenship and necessary documents saying that they will pr
Govt preparing to scrap 30-year tenure in 2 security bodies
Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand Sunday said that the government was preparing to scrap 30-year service term in Nepal Police and Armed Police Force soon. In a programme organised by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday at the farewell of Inspector General of Nepal Police Shailesh Thapa Kshetri and Inspector General of the Armed Police Force Pushpa Ram KC, who got compulsory retirement from the service from Sunday due to age limit, Minister Khand said that discussions had begun inside the Ministry to scrap 30-year service provision
NT launches offers on ICT Day
Nepal Telecom (NT) has introduced National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Day offer on the occasion of the 4th National ICT Day 2022 to be celebrated on Monday. Nepal Telecom will provide a combo pack with unlimited data and voice, data pack and bonus on recharge for its customers. This offer is available from May 1 to May 7, 2022, according to a press statement issued by NT. Under the offer, 6 GB data packs that can be used for three days can be purchased for a total of Rs. 98.
