- Saturday, 11 April 2026
The Rising Nepal
Expand Habitats For Wild Cats
Globally rising population coupled with fast expansion of concrete jungle has put nature in jeopardy. This effect is evidently seen in rare wildlife species like tiger. Amidst a fall in the number of the wild cats worldwide, Nepal has become an exception, achieving a new milestone. Recently, Nepal government conducted a census to count the existing number of tigers available within the country. And the results were astonishing. The country now accommodates a total of 355 tigers, a figure that has tripled since 2010. This is a clear indication that Nepal is the one and only tiger range country that has achieved the goal it pledged to meet 12 years ago. Wildlife conservationists around the globe are elated by this news and the government is beaming with joy and pride.
17-day trek to worship Badimalika
Every year, on the full moon day of the bright half of the Nepali month of Shrawan (better known as Janai Purnima), government officials of Jumla perform a special puja at the Badimalika Temple of Bajura. Accordingly, a team under Ek Raj Giri, non-gazetted first class officer (Nayab Subba) of the District Administration Office (DAO), and priest Bishnu Prasad Upadhyaya, left the district for Bajura on foot on Tuesday.
Boating begins at Budhi Lake
Boating service has been started in Budhi Lake of Buddhabhumi Municipality-4, Kapailvastu ,with assistance from Lumbini Provincial Ministry of Tourism, Rural and Urban Development to promote tourism. Minister for Tourism, Rural and Urban Development Rina Nepal and Mayor of the municipality Keshav Kumar Shrestha had jointly inaugurated the boating service. Roshan Prasad Tamrakar, engineer of the ministry, said that the ministry had invested a total of Rs. 2,696,000 for tourism development of Budhi Lake. A total of four boats have been operated, two motor-driven and two pedal-driven, costing Rs. 800,000.
Paddy plantation reaches 86%
Paddy plantation has reached about 86.3 per cent of the total paddy fields across the country as of Aug 1, 2022. According to the statistics of the Department of Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, paddy plantation has been carried out only in 1.29 million hectares out of 1.5 million hectares of paddy fields.
Drive to donate Buddha who preached donation
King Sarvananda of Deepawati (possibly present-day Dupat in Lalitpur) was a meritorious ruler who greatly believed in the virtues of donation. No man, woman or child would ever return empty-handed from his palace. He considered the accumulation of physical wealth futile and sought to give as much as he could to the needy.
Earning a living by making sacred thread
The occupation of spinning thread by hands has been rare after the development of modern technology. Bhandari family from Dashghare Chowk of Kawasoti Municipality-5 has been practicing this rare occupation till date. Ishwori Prasad Bhandari and his wife have been spinning thread and making Janai (sacred thread with a religious and cultural significance) using hand spinning wheel in their free time.
Fikkal-Nayabazar road inconvenient for commuting
Furi Sherpa, the driver of a jeep that plies along the Ilam-Nayabazaar route, always carries a club and a spade in his vehicle. Sherpa says, "Whenever the vehicle gets stuck, it is not enough, it is a necessity to carry the necessary items."
Saptakoshi flood enters settlements, 1500 families displaced
One thousand and five hundred families have been displaced after the flooded Saptakoshi River entered human settlements by breaking the embankment of Dumribot in Belaka Municipality-8 in Udayapur district.
Special Mehndi for fasting persons
Every Monday in the period from mid-July to mid-August, a crowd of women is seen waiting to get their palms painted with mehndi in front of the Shiva temple at Shiv Chowk in Janakpurdham, Sub-Metropolitan City 2.
Nepal Sales Mission concludes in Bangkok
The ‘Nepal Sales Mission 2022’, organised by the Nepal chapter of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) concluded with a formal function in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday. According to a press release issued by the association on Tuesday, the mission provided a platform to 11 exhibitors from Nepal and more than 45 tour operators from Thailand during its ‘B2B’ sessions and enabled networking among Nepali and Thai stakeholders.
PM's Directives
The five-party alliance government, led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, has been successful in providing political stability and put new leadership in the local bodies. Created in a difficult circumstance, the government has completed one year in office. Now it stands to accomplish two vital tasks – implementation of ambitious budget for the fiscal year 2022/23 and hold the federal and provincial polls in a fair and fearless atmosphere.
Decentralising School Education
Recently this writer had an opportunity to visit at least two community schools at the Daskshinkali Municipality at the outer fringe of the Kathmandu district. The school buildings and other infrastructures looked almost adequate and sufficient by our own standards. The schools had spacious and comfortable classrooms, computer laboratories, toilets and bathrooms, first aid and nursing service provision, midday meal support and so on which speak of the improving situation of wherewithal necessary for better learning outcomes.
Make Foreign Jobs Dignified
Due to the lack of adequate employment opportunities in Nepal, millions of Nepalis are forced to go abroad every year. According to the recent data of the Fiscal Year 2078/79, more than 1,700 people go abroad daily for employment. Nepali workers can seek job opportunities in 111 countries through recruitment agencies and 178 countries on personal basis. Since FY 2050/51, the government has issued 7.5 million labour permits. Currently, the number of migrant workers in foreign countries stands at 3 million to 3.5 million. However, the national census 2078 B.S. preliminary report recorded 21,69,478 absentee populations in the country.
Protect Baagchaal
Protecting herds of goat from marauding tigers. How would a goat-herder do that? Protecting those feeble animals from big predator is a tad too difficult for our farmers. Many a time, these farmers have to throw their own lives in line to protect goats and other animals as well as farmed birds from the leopard. Dealing with the tiger is tougher.
Rara in need of promotion, infrastructure
Rara in Mugu is the largest lake in Nepal, which is often said to be a peace of heaven on earth. Changing colour in a flash is a characteristic of Rara Lake. Sometimes the water becomes blue, black, or white as the colour of the water keeps changing with changing shades of the sky.
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