- Saturday, 11 April 2026
The Rising Nepal
Koreas scramble warplanes again
South Korea scrambled about 80 military aircraft, including advanced F-35 fighter jets, on Friday after tracking about 180 flights by North Korean warplanes inside North Korean territory in what appeared to be a defiant show of strength.
EC preparing for presidential poll
The Election Commission (EC) has been preparing to hold the elections of the president and vice-president in late February next year. Talking to The Rising Nepal on Friday, Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya said the elections would take at least 15 days before the term of the president and vice-president expires.
Australia’s fate in English hands; NZ advance
New Zealand and England were the major winners from a game neither of them took part in at the Twenty20 World Cup on Friday as Australia ended up beating Afghanistan by only four runs.
Beauty pageant can bar trans contestants
A federal appellate court on Wednesday said a national beauty pageant has a First Amendment right to exclude a transgender woman from competing because including her could interfere with the message the pageant has said it wants to send about “what it means to be a woman.”
Poll canvassing intensifies in Mahottari
Candidates for the election to the House of Representatives (HoR) and Provincial Assembly slated for November 20 have intensified election campaign to convince voters in their favour in Mahottari since Thursday.
Businessmen take to street against high interest rates
Industrialists Friday demonstrated at Maitighar Mandala against the high interest rates of the banks. In the leadership of Nepal Chamber of Industries and Commerce Kathmandu, all district municipal chambers of industries and commodity associations of the Kathmandu Valley staged the joint demonstration.
Thuli Ekadashi observed across country
Haribodhani Ekadashi and the wedding of the Tulsi (basil) plants were observed by people across the country on Thursday. Devotees flocked to various Narayan temples in Kathmandu Valley, mainly Budhanilkhanta, and other Narayan temples nationwide. The devotees stretched torans of flowers at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu and across the Kaligandaki river in Mustang.
Ilam’s Chepti park becoming tourist attraction
The Happy Dreams Chepti fun park, opened in Chepti, Mai Municipality–2, Ilam has become an attraction for national and international tourists. Manager Nitesh Oli said that more than 3,000 tourists from all over Nepal, India and Bhutan came to the park everyday to see the artificial Chepti waterfall and the different types of local and foreign plants planted there. The large number of visitors has also helped boost people’s incomes, the locals shared.
Temporary Police deployed across the country
Nepal Police have started deploying temporary police personnel across the country for election security. According to the integrated security plan of the government, a total of 115,000 temporary policemen have been selected for the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) and Provincial Assemblies (PA) slated for November 20. The temporary policemen have been deployed in groups and can be sighted in major road intersections alongside the city and market places across the country.
No driving license application process from Nov. 17: DoTM
The Department of Transport Management (DoTM) said that the online driving license application process will be suspended from November 17 due to the upcoming elections.
Water security an emerging concern in Nepal
Water security has become a major concern for every sector in Nepal despite plenty of monsoon precipitation every rainy season. Demand for safe water increases in every part including agriculture, household and factories.
Mock voting for poll awareness begins
Mock voting programme has begun in Banke to educate the voters about voting process for the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly.
Stop Weaponisation Of Trade
An open, transparent, rules-based trading system remains crucial for driving economic development. Such arrangement is also important for addressing global problem like climate change. Under multilateralism, global trade is o
Parties Must Deliver On Promises
Well, the elections for the members of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies are just round the corner now, and the people also have great expectations from the candidates they vote for, whether they belong to some party or they are independent candidates. The election manifestoes made public by the major parties have elated the public, but they are also apprehensive that these pledges may not be fulfilled just like in the past. Yet, most people seem elated by the fact that they have another chance to elect capable leaders who will create a better future for them. There are also sceptics, who say that no big change can be made with the same old faces in power.
Learn From Itaewon Tragedy
Halloween is a festivity observed and enjoyed by people in many countries around the world. And it is no exception in the bustling Itaewon area of Seoul in South Korea. This year's Halloween celebration was massive as it was organised in a gap of two years following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was really a great moment of happiness and celebration until Itaewon witnessed an unexpected disaster.
