- Thursday, 4 December 2025
The Rising Nepal
Medical colleges continue charging excess fees
The 2015 batch MBBS students of Pokhara-based Gandaki Medical College (GMC) protested for five days until April 24. The students, who are deployed as interns by the college, had asked the college to pay for their internships. However, the protest was postponed on April 24 after the agitating students had to prepare for their exams. According to the students, the college has been paying Rs. 12,500 for interns as stipend. However, they haven’t been paid for the past five months.
Nepal-Bangladesh business relations stressed
Ambassador of Bangladesh to Nepal, Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury, paid a courtesy call on Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Dilendra Prasad Badu Friday. During the meeting, various issues of relations and cooperation between the two countries were discussed. Ambassador Chowdhury expressed the view that the relations between the two countries could be further strengthened through cooperation in the fields of energy development, trade facilitation and tourism promotion.
Nepal organises tourism promotion in New York
The Consulate General of Nepal in New York hosted a tourism promotion event 'Nepal-The Wonderland of Natural, Cultural and Spiritual Beauty' in collaboration with the Pacific Asia Travel Association, New York Chapter on Friday. The programme which coincided with the celebration week of 75th anniversary of the establishment of Nepal-US diplomatic relations provided an opportunity to the Consulate to work in collaboration with the professional tourism body to showcase the importance of tourism connectivity between Nepal and USA and promote Nepal's tourism in New York, the Consulate General informed in a statement.
Storms damage banana, maize crops in Sunsari
Due to strong winds on Friday night, banana and maize crops have been severely damaged in the southern part including Inaruwa Municipality of Sunsari district. The dry winds have destroyed banana and maize crops planted in various villages including the district headquarters Inaruwa. Israel Miya, a farmer of Inaruwa Municipality-10, Jalpapur, said that the banana, vegetable and maize crops planted by the farmers in the villages, including Dumraha, Madhesa, Chandbela, Babiya and Balaha of Inaruwa have been destroyed.
Deepening Nepal-US Ties
Ever since Nepal and the United States of America established their diplomatic ties in 1947, friendly relations between the two countries have grown deeper. High-level diplomatic exchanges and visits from both nations have taken this relationship to a new height. The US has remained a development partner, extending billions of dollars in grants and assistance to the resource-strapped Himalayan nation. Since the formalisation of the relationship, the Americans have sent volunteers to Nepal as development workers under its peace-corps mission and provided financial grants and technical support in the field of infrastructure, health and education. The oldest democracy in the world has constantly been aiding Nepal in its endeavours to promote democracy through various means.
Need Of Managing Dyslexia
Learning abilities vary among different persons. However, studies have shown that there are certain percentages of people for whom learning is difficult. Dyslexia, one of the learning disabilities, is often found among people. It is associated with graphic symbols and the sounds of words to the brain. Dyslexic people find difficulty recognising word and spelling, and do not have an ability to match letters to sounds for no apparent reason. However, such persons may be intelligent and able to achieve well in other areas. They are exposed to the same education as others but are unable to read at the expected level.
Listen To Locals
Like other parts of country, the Budhanilkantha Municipality is also in the grip of fervour of the local elections. Located in the north-east of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, it has witnessed a significant increase in population over the years. However, the municipality lacks basic facilities such as water supply and transport. Water supply is uneven in various areas such as Nilopool, Kapan Height and Sapredhunga. Public transportation in the area is still under the control of certain private companies. Office-goers, as well as common people, are bound to spend a lot of time to reach their respective destinations. They face a lot of inconvenience during the rush hour as they have to travel in overcrowded buses and microbuses.
Poor access to tackle fire in capital
Nepal has been known to have proportionately higher number of natural disasters, especially fire outbreaks over the years. As the unplanned urbanised settings are highly exposed to occurrences of fire incidents, the inhabitants and settlements of Kathmandu valley, which is highly unorganized, poses a risk of increased mortality and morbidity alongside huge economic costs.
Hawa Sangai released
Hawa Sangai, a music video presented by Shiva Ram Thapaliya, was released on Friday from OSR Digital. Singers Sangam Thapaliya and Asmita Adhikaari have lent their voice to the song Hawa Sangai. Popular model Karishma Dhakal and Shuraj Thapaliya are featured in the music video. The love story song has the lyrics by Tara Adhikari while Kamal Rai directed the song. Its music is composed by Kishor Bishokarma.
Poll security likely to hamper regular crime investigations
The regular crime investigation task of Nepal Police is likely to get affected following the deployment of over 62,000 forces during the local level elections to be held on May 13. Nepal Police Headquarters has said that there will be just 10 per cent of the total manpower for the protection of their offices and units across the country while deploying the manpower for the security of the elections. “Over 90 per cent forces will be in the field for the election security purpose,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) and spokesperson for the Police Headquarters Bishnu Kumar KC, said.
Political Empowerment Of Citizens
Self-awakening, realising inner awareness is the basis of people’s empowerment. It nourishes one’s own belief, desire, interest, emotion and opinion and motivates to engage in legislative and practical affairs. The notion of "political" implies the public and thus participation in its activities is a route to their empowerment. Political power is a public trust. It flourishes with the public interests it serves. It is built on the process of education, election, public opinion and the system of rule of law. Social virtues of human nature spur the art of association with others and pull off positive effects on the multi-dimensionality of empowerment. Rational people are ethically responsible for their actions in matters of laws, rights and duties and show maturity in decision for self-improvement and worthy action for others.
Asian elephant meet adopts declaration
The 3rd Asian Elephant Range States meeting of government representatives from 13 Asian countries concluded with a declaration of their common goal to conserve the Asian Elephant within its range states. The meeting which started on April 27 concluded on Friday after announcing “Declaration for Asian Elephant Conservation”. All the range states agreed on recognising the Asian Elephant, a seriously endangered species and one of the most iconic animals.
Nepal-India joint border patrol starts for local election security
A joint security patrol has begun in the Dashgaja area of the Nepal-India border in Banke in view of the local level election in Nepal. At other times, security personnel from both Nepal and India have been conducting patrolling separately, but during the local election, the security forces from both the countries have agreed to conduct joint patrol to prevent any illegal activities.
Five held for aiding gold smuggling
The Metropolitan Police Airport Security Office (MPASO) Thursday arrested five individuals, including three cleaning staffers, for ‘aiding’ the smuggling of 2.332 kg gold from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). According to the MPASO, seizure of the gold from two cleaning staffers led to the arrests of three others. The gold was seized from 28-year-old Bhim Kumar Mabo of Panchthar district and 27-year-old Suman Tamang of Nuwakot district during the mandatory security check before leaving through the iron gate of the TIA. Mabo and Tamang are cleaning staffers for Sungava Suppliers and Sarsafai Pvt. Ltd. at the TIA.
PM stresses economic partnership with US
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that Nepal looks forward to more high level engagements and economic partnership with the United States of America in the days to come. In his Twitter post @SherBDeuba, the Prime Minister said, “We look forward to more high-level engagements and economic partnership in the days to come.” Prime Minister Deuba has posted the statement on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment diplomatic relations between Nepal and USA on Friday.
