- Friday, 10 April 2026
The Rising Nepal
Grammy nominations to be announced, with 5 new categories
The Recording Academy will announce nominees for the 65th Grammy Awards on Tuesday with some significant additions. The academy earlier this year five new categories including songwriter of the year to honor music’s best composer and a special song for social change award.
European leader calls on world, China to pressure Russia
The European Council president urged global powers Tuesday to intensify pressure on Russia over its war against Ukraine, including Moscow’s biggest supporter, China, saying that this week’s meeting of the world’s largest economies was crucial to stopping Moscow’s push “to use food and energy as weapons.”
Election materials start arriving in Myagdi
The staff in the rural areas of Myagdi district, assigned for the election to the House of Representatives (HoR) and Provincial Assemblies due on November, have started collecting election materials. On Monday, District Election Officer (DEO) Bhim Prasad Ghimire handed over the election materials to the staff assigned to Dhawalagiri Rural Municpality-1, one of the remote areas of the district.
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Govt gives poll holidays on Nov. 20, 21
The government has given a two-day public holiday for all government, private and academic institutions for the elections scheduled for November 20.
Global IME, BoK seal merger deal
The signing of the final agreement between Global IME Bank and Bank of Kathmandu to merge with each other has been completed. Chairman of Global IME Bank Chandra Prasad Dhakal and Chairman of Bank of Kathmandu Prakash Shrestha signed the agreement on Monday.
Over 71 per cent polling stations deemed sensitive
The government has identified over 3,000 polling stations as most sensitive and over 4,000 as sensitive from the election security point of view to conduct the elections to the House of Representatives and Provincial Assemblies slated for November 20.
Silence period to begin on Friday
The candidates and political parties have only two days left for canvassing, as the ‘silence period’ is going to start after Thursday midnight. The silence period begins 48 hours ahead of the polling day.
Shun Negative Poll Campaign
As the November 20 election fever reaches its final moment, political parties, their leaders, workers and cadres are deeply engaged in their last hour bid to woo voters. While senior leaders are attending and addressing rallies across the nation, candidates and party workers are participating in door-to-door canvassing. Besides, different quarters such media houses, security organs and others are engaged in dissecting the poll results while many others are immersed in guessing games as to who would win the elections in both first-past-the-post and proportional representation systems.
Coping With Liquidity Crunch
The liquidity crunch has been witnessed in the banking sector for the last few years. Technically, the liquidity crisis hitting the banking sector at present is not a liquidity crisis. A liquidity crisis is a situation in which banks and financial institutions (BFIs) are short of cash or near-cash assets. At present, BFIs are in a position to encash cheques presented by depositors. What the ongoing liquidity crunch denotes is lack of loanable funds. Owing to a tight position of deposits, commercial banks are not in a position to disburse loans.
Corruption Causes Social Losses
One would find that corruption is so deep-rooted menace that it has eaten into the vitals of society, distorted all values and made mincemeat of morality, truth and virtue. Like the air we breathe, it has become all-pervasive and entered every sphere of life. It is now regarded as a fact of life and an evil that we have to live with. Sometimes one wonders whether time has come to accept this menace as the price of socialism, progress and civilisation. Our society has become extremely corrupt and we cannot hope to weed out corruption completely; we can simply minimise it.
Election Readiness
With the November 20 elections to the federal and provincial legislatures approaching very soon, preparations being made for the polls have now reached their final stage. The Election Commission (EC) has been working day and night on preparations to conduct the impending polls in a free, fair and credible manner. The poll authority has already dis
France add Thuram for World Cup, Disasi replaces Kimpembe
Marcus Thuram was handed the last spot in the France squad that will defend its World Cup title in Qatar while the uncapped Axel Disasi was also called up on Monday after Presnel Kimpembe had to pull out.
Tuladhar re-elected NCCCI president
Tribhuvandhar Tuladhar has been re-elected as the president of Nepal China Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCCI). The 23rd Annual General Meeting of NCCCI held recently in the capital has elected a new working committee of 25 members under Tuladhar’s leadership.
Shooting of Gulabi concludes
Shooting of Gulabi, a film by Samundra Bhatta, has been concluded. The film was shot in Pokhara, Kathmandu and Dhampus. Filmmaker Bhatta informed that the shooting of the film completed in 32 days after shooting its last scene at Thamel, Kathmandu, on Sunday.
Israel rushes to protect marine life as Mediterranean warms
Between the cliffs and crags of Israel’s submerged prehistoric coastline, a Mediterranean ecosystem is surging back to life. Giant groupers flourish among the rocks, a psychedelic purple nudibranch sea slug clings to an outcrop, and a pair of rays skate along the undisturbed sandy bottom.
