- Sunday, 12 April 2026
The Rising Nepal
Two Surkhet District Court judges solve 2,400 cases
Two judges of District Court Surkhet has solved 2,400 cases in the current fiscal year. Only two judges have been working although there is a provision of three judges for the court. Judges Dr. Rajendra Prasad Acharya and Manoj Shrestha has solved a total of 2,400 cases that were transferred from the previous year and new cases filed after that. The court had set an annual target of 1,620 cases, out of which 760 were transferred from the previous year and 1,649 were newly registered. A total of 1,740 decisions have been made out of 2,409 cases. Thakur Prasad Paudel, an officer at the court, informed that the district c
Bajura declared fully literate district
With the success in achieving 97.39 per cent literary rate, Bajura district has been declared a fully literate district. So far, 60 districts have been declared fully literate. After all the municipalities and rural municipalities were declared achieving near-full literacy, that declaration was made on Thursday. Federal parliamentarian Lal Bahadur Thapa made the announcement at a formal programme organised by the District Coordination Committee, Bajura. Harka Bahadur Singh, chief of education development and coordination unit, said that Bajura was declared literate after an estimated 97.31 per cent of the population of the age group 15-60 years was found literate.
Haphazardly piled materials making roads unsafe
The area in front of the under-construction building of the Koshi hospital in Biratnagar-7, in Morang, has been a scene of disorder these days. Haphazardly piled construction materials on the Rani-Dharan road along the Koshi Highway has thrown the vehicular traffic into chaos. On a recent afternoon, one rickshaw got stuck there, and it left a trail of other vehicles stuck behind it. Bhumi Construction, which is undertaking the task of the construction, has piled the construction materials on the busy road by the hospital. This has made the vehicles passing through the road prone to accidents.
Jumla landslide victims’ family to get compensation
Officials have travelled to Acharyalihi, Hima Rural Municipality–1, in Jumla, where a landslide killed three persons of the same family on Thursday night. Chairman of the District Coordination Committee Gaurinanda Acharya, Chairman of Hima Rural Municipality Laxman Bahadur Shahi, Chief District Officer (CDO) Bijaya Kumari Prasain, heads of security agencies and representatives from the Federation of Nepali Journalists, the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry and other non-governmental organisations present in the district visited the site where the powerhouse of the Bhitri River micro-hydropower project was washed away and inspected the damage.
28 Buddhashanti families receive land ownership certificates
The National Land Commission has handed over land ownership certificates to 28 landless families and unorganised settlers of Buddhashanti Rural Municipality-2, Jhapa. Central Chairman of the commission Keshav Kumar Niraula handed over the certificates. For the first time the commission has distributed land ownership certificates to unorganised settlers in Jhapa. Earlier, the commission had only distributed land ownership certificates to landless squatters and landless Dalits, said Niraula, adding, “This is the first time the commission has distributed land to unorganised settlers.
Paddy Plantation Gains Momentum
Even when Nepal is reeling from a scarcity of chemical fertilisers and irrigation facilities, paddy plantation seems to be going on across the nation. Paddy is a principal crop that contributes about 7 per cent to the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) while the entire agriculture sector’s contribution to GDP stands at about 24 per cent. With a considerable amount of land suitable for paddy plantation, the country could grow lots of rice. For this, fertilisers are required to be made available in time. But a shortage of fertilisers appears to have been a recurrent problem facing the nation every year. This naturally hinders the growth of the agriculture sector, which is the mainstay of the national economy. Since most of farmers nationwide are dependent for paddy cultivation on monsoon rains, erratic rains recorded this year have delayed plantation.
Regulate Cosmetic Products
Cosmetics are used to enhance external look and beauty. External appearance is important in everyone’s life especially during social interactions. External appearance helps to maintain social values and status, uplift self-confidence and provide competitive edge in social interactions. Facial attractiveness is the most significant predictor of overall physical attractiveness. The majority of women and good segment of men, mainly in urban areas, use facial cosmetics to enhance attractiveness. Almost all of us want to look good and feel good, and we use cosmetics to achieve this.
HA connects Kathmandu with Kuwait
Himalaya Airlines (HA) has made Kuwait its eighth international destination and conducted its first scheduled flight to the country on Friday. The flight took off from Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday at 10.32 pm which returned at 9.17 am on Saturday. Following the success of the maiden flight, the airline now plans to operate a weekly flight to Kuwait every Friday, the carrier said in a press release on Saturday.
Digging tunnel of powerhouse completes
The work of digging a tunnel of the powerhouse of Tanahun Hydropower project has been completed. According to the project, Sinohydro Corporation of China, which has been awarded the contract under package two, has completed digging the tunnel of the powerhouse of the hydropower plant. Rajbhai Shilpakar, acting chief of the project, informed that the work of digging tunnel underground with 89 metres length, 22 metres width and 51 metres height has been completed.
Farmers learning new methods to deter monkeys
The farmers of Ilam, who are tired of protecting maize from monkeys in the field all day, have started making and using devices to repel the apes. After the success of the new technology in Ward 5 of Ilam Municipality, the farmers of other wards of have also started making and using the same technology. Ilam Municipality-6 and 8 have trained 30 farmers in their wards and transferred the skills of monkey repelling techniques. On Friday, these wards gave training on how to make a device to repel monkeys and taught them how to make and use it.
Five litterateurs receive Nepal Vidyapati Awards
Nepal Vidyapati Award Fund distributed various Maithili literary awards established in the name of Maithili Great Poet Vidyapati to five literary personas on Friday. At the award ceremony held at Kosh Janakpurdham, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Jeevan Ram Shrestha presented the Nepal Vidyapati Award 2078 to five creators of various literary genera. Minister Shrestha presented Nepal Vidyapati Maithili Language Literature Award to Rameshranjan Jha, Nepal Vidyapati Maithili Art Culture Award to Nirmala Jha and Ashok Kumar Dutt, Nepal Vidyapati Research Award to Surya Prasad Yadav and Nepal Vidyapati Manuscript Award to Arjun Prasad Gupta.
Krishna Leela to be released on August 19
The trailer of Krishna-Leela was released on Thursday. The three-minute trailer shows a combination of comedy, romance, love, suspense and sentiments. Directed by Deepak Oli, the film is being screened nationwide from August 19 on the day of Krishna Janmasthami. Ratna Shrestha is executive producer of the movie produced under the banner of RR Films.
Mukun Bhusal, Benisha Hamal will be in Bijuli Chapter 1
Making of a movie christened as Bijuli Chapter 1 was officially announced in the capital on Friday. Actors Mukun Bhusal, Benisha Hamal and Kalu Rana have signed contracts for the film being produced under the banner of Basuki Films, while the rest of the cast is yet to be selected, informed the film unit. Luna KC is the producer of the movie written and directed by Bikas Giri, as his debut.
Nepal, China hold consultation meeting on border issues
Nepal and the People’s Republic of China Thursday held a consultation meeting on border affairs. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representatives of the two countries held the meeting virtually. Lok Bahadur Thapa, the Head of the North East Asia Division of Nepal’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, and Hong Liang, the Director General of the Department of Border and Ocean Affairs of the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry, led their respective delegations to the meeting.
Mechanisation of agriculture reducing production cost
The mechanisation of agriculture in Jhapa has reduced the cost of agricultural production in recent times. However, experts said that the living standard of farmers will not improve and efforts towards self-reliance will not succeed unless attention is paid to quality production and marketing of agricultural produce. The participants made this remark at a programme organised by the Prime Minister Agriculture Modernisation Project, Project Implementation Unit Jhapa at the Multipurpose Joint Cooperative Agricultural Farm of Kamal Rural Municipality on Wednesday.
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