- Sunday, 12 April 2026
The Rising Nepal
Finance Ministry asks for project plans within month
In the backdrop of recurring poor budget execution for the past several years, the federal Finance Ministry has asked the line ministries to prepare the Project Implementation Action Plan of their programmes and projects including detailed activities, period to complete them, cost, result indicators and responsible officers by the end of the first month of the current fiscal year 2022/23 (mid-August 2022).
SEE results to be out by Monday: NEB
The National Examinations Board (NEB) has stated that it will publish the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) results by Monday next week. Talking with The Rising Nepal, Mahashram Sharma, chairman of the NEB, said that the NEB is now rechecking the prepared results so as to avoid any error in the results. “The students faced a lot of troubles in previous years as there had been many errors in the results. Keeping that in mind, we have planned to publish the results only after
Tourism Minister plans to establish hospitality institutes in provinces
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Jeevan Ram Shrestha has informed his plan to establish tourism and hotel management academies in all seven provinces. The Minister, who reached the office of the Nepal Academy Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM) at Ravi Bhavan in Kathmandu on Tuesday to inquire about the various educational programmes and training being conducted by the institute, said that the services of the academy will be extended to all seven provinces of the country.
Dr. Pandey nominated in WHO expert panel
Dr. Rajan Pandey, a senior physician at the Nepalgunj-based Bheri Hospital, who identified sickle cell anaemia disease as a public health problem in the Tharu community for the first time in Nepal, has been nominated to the Sickle Cell Anaemia Clinical Protocol Development Expert Panel of the World Health Organisation.
24-hour emergency service in Birendra Bazaar
Ganeshman Charnath Municipality of Dhanusha district has launched a twenty-four-hour emergency treatment service. The health post located at Birendra Bazaar, the headquarters of the municipality, has started the service. Mayor Jit Narayan Yadav formally inaugurated the service amid a programme on Monday. Inaugurating the programme, Yadav said that now the need to travel to Janakpur, 40 km away, for emergency treatment has come to an end.
New Monsoon Dynamics
One and half months have passed since the exceptionally early monsoon entry to Nepal this year. If we go by the pattern of monsoon rainfall experienced by the country so far, the summer precipitations have remained scanty and inadequate. Many parts of the country are not receiving expected amount of rains which has reportedly affected the paddy plantation works. This is the peak plantation season and the rice farmers are highly expecting sufficient rains to fall. Adequate rains are crucial for rice farming as most of the paddy fields lack irrigation facilities. Because of the current mid-monsoon dry spell, plantation process has failed to go ahead as expected. Many parts of the country, especially those lying across the Terai plains, have been experiencing scorching heat.
Geopolitical Tremors In Nepal
With Indo-Pacific region turning into a major theatre of global power rivalry, Nepal has emerged as a key geopolitical pivot. The flurry of visits by officials from the United States and China over the last few months stipulates Nepal’s centrality in this geopolitical contest. Located between India and China, Nepal’s geopolitical position had always been pivotal in South Asia. It has further ramped up with Asia becoming a key location of geopolitical contention.
Go Green For Environment Protection
With the dawn of Shrawan, Nepal goes green. But is this green an exploitation of consumerised market-led economy and superstitious value system? Or the growing sustainable environmental concerns? Majority of the people in the rural parts of South Asian countries rely for their livelihood activities in agriculture, farming and forestry. The month of Shrawan, according to the lunar calendar, falls during mid-July to mid-August and is very important for the entire Indian sub-continent as it marks the onset of South-West Monsoons. The Shraban month derives its name from the “Shravan” Nakshatra which rules the skies during this month.
Vastness Of Universe
On July 11, 2022, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released first images taken by a new space telescope which immediately garnered the attention of the world. The telescope that took space images is called the James Webb Space Telescope. The $10 billion telescope was launched last December from French Guiana, South America and reached 1.6 million kilometers from Earth in January 2022. Then it proceeded to align its mirrors, cool infrared detectors and calibrate its scientific instruments while being protected by a huge sunshade.
Nepal India customs agree to use Gaurigunj border for trade
An agreement has been reached between the customs offices of Nepal and India to facilitate the use of Gaurigunj border point in Jhapa for business facilitation. The agreement was made following a joint survey of the officials of the customs offices in both the countries. This decision was taken at the third meeting of detailed review of Nepal-India Trade Treaty and follow-up work of amendment to India-Nepal Transit Treaty held in Gaurigunj, Jhapa on Sunday. It is said that the meeting was held with the monitoring of the customs point. The issue of upgrading of Gaurigunj customs, which is a minor checkpoint, has been raised repeatedly.
Four teams of Nepal T20 announced
The Cricket Association of Nepal on Monday announced the names of four franchise teams for the country’s only official NepalT20 cricket league. Six teams are competing in the first edition of the NepalT20. The remaining two teams’ names and owners will be finalised soon. Seven 3 Sports, event manager of the league, unveiled the names of the teams-Kantipur Capital, Lumbini All Stars, Biratnagar Super Kings and Janakpur Royals. Nepali Mahesh Swar owns Kantipur. US citizen Sanjay Sharma owns Lumbini. Biratnagar and Janakpur have Indian owners. They are Vikram Yadav and Gouri Shankar Dhamani respectively.
10 shortlisted for Film Development Board chair
The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has shortlisted 10 candidates for the chairmanship of the Film Development Board (FDB). Releasing a notice on Monday, the Ministry revealed the names of the candidates which includes Arun Kumar Pradhan of Sunsari, Deepak Shrestha of Kathmandu, Naresh Kumar Paudyal of Lalitpur, Nirmal Raj Dhakal of Kathmandu, Bhuwan KC of Kathmandu, Manish Pandit of Kathmandu, Samjhana Upreti Rauniar of Kathmandu, Suchitra Shrestha of Ilam, Sushil Kumar Pokharel of Kathmandu and Sushma Karki of Kathmandu.
Surel museum constructed
A museum dedicated to endangered Surel caste group has been established in Suri, Gaurishankar Rural Municipality-5, in the initiative of the Surel Sewa Samaj. Subash Surel, president of the Samaj, informed that the museum has been established to preserve the Surel language, culture and costumes which are nearly extinct. Surel told The Rising Nepal that the museum was constructed on a plot of land purchased at a cost of Rs. 500,000. Similarly, the provincial and local governments also provided Rs. 2.5 million and Rs. 2 million respectively for the construction of the museum, he informed.
Patient flow rises in Tanahun Hospital
The number of patients with diarrhoea and typhoid has increased in Damauli Hospital located in the headquarters of Tanahun district. Acting Superintendent of Damauli Hospital, Dr. Divash Dhakal, informed that 150 patients visit the hospital in normal condition, but now more than 250 patients come for treatment every day. Due to the increase in the number of patients, the hospital has taken more admissions than its capacity. With the sudden increase in the number of patients, they have to wait for hours to see a doctor.
Five Solukhumbu health institutions closed
Five healthcare facilities in Nechasalyan Rural Municipality, Solukhumbu, have been closed. That’s because of the municipality’s decision not to extend the term of the employees in those facilities. Their contract ended on July 1. Among those closed is Nechasalyan Hospital. The hospital management committee, along with Dom Raj Bastola, vice president, and Dr. Aman kumar Shah, issued a notification informing the public that the hospital will remain closed because the term of the employees will not be extended. Converted from Covid Hospital, the Nechasalyan hospital had two doctors, one medical assistant, and two office assistants.
.jpeg)