- Thursday, 28 May 2026
The Rising Nepal
Inflation protests across Europe threaten political turmoil
In Romania, protesters blew horns and banged drums to voice their dismay over the rising cost of living. People across France took to the streets to demand pay increases that keep pace with inflation. Czech demonstrators rallied against government handling of the energy crisis. British railway staf
Children from India being used for begging
Children are being used to beg by their own parents in different parts of Damak in Jhapa district recently. When inspected, most of the children had arrived in the city with their families from Indi
Ukrainian woman’s quest to retrieve body of prisoner of war
In the last, brief conversations Viktoria Skliar had with her detained boyfriend, the Ukrainian prisoner of war was making tentative plans for life after his release in an upcoming exchange with Russia. The next time Skliar saw Oleksii Kisilishin, he was dead — one of several bodies in a photo of people local authorities said were killed when blasts ripped through a prison in a part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region controlled by Moscow-backed separatists. For months, Skliar had held out hope she would reunite wi
Over half a dozen films in halls for Tihar revellers
Tihar, the second great festival of Nepali, has already begun. The sparkling lights hung in the houses and streets, the crowd of shoppers in the market, and the extremely busy traders make it look like Tihar has started with splendour. The fanfare of Tihar can also be noticed at the cinemas, as half a dozen films are being screened to cash in on the festive mood of the people.
Vexing Issue Of Vendors
These days many of the streets of Kathmandu have been cleared of street vendors from the footpaths, facilitating the unhindered movements of pedestrians. The campaign to remove the street vendors has gained momentum after the installation of new leadership at the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC). Newly elected KMC Mayor Balendra Shah has rightly said that footpath
Indian Congress: Quest For Change
So the Indian National Congress (INC) has elected a president who does not come from the Nehru-Gandhi clan that commanded the 137-year-old organisation for a combined period of 75 years. Mallikarjun Kharge carries an overweight baggage of organisational decline recorded particularly during the past one and a half decades. He had no difficulty in defeating Shashi Tharoor, a noted writer, at 66, distinctly younger than the 80-year old veteran.
Poll Literacy Boosts Voter Turnout
Voter education is vital for strengthening democracy as this form of education helps increase voters’ turnout and reduce the number of invalid votes in an election considerably. Citizens can be well aware of their rights, political system as well as the entire electoral process when they get proper voter education. No election can be democratically successful when citizens do not understand their rights and responsibilities. A meaningful participation of all the voters — both disadvantaged and mainstream -- in the voting process alone can contribute to consolidating and institutionalising democracy. To ensure such participation in elections, they are also required to have proper knowledge about how, when and where to vote validly.
Mapping China's Progress
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was recently concluded with the election of new leadership in Beijing. With a membership of 96 million people, China's ruling Communist Party is one of the largest parties on Earth. The 20th CPC National Congress served as an instrument of unity, evaluation, accountability, and consensus building. This poses the question, what has China achieved under its rule in the past decade since its 18th Congress in 2012?
Candidates face difficulty to reach Limi, Humla
Candidates and political parties are facing difficulty to reach Limi for campaigning for the elections to the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly to be held on November 20. It was difficult to reach the place because of the rainfall there from October 5-10, and snowfall blocked the way to Limi, a village beyond the Himalayas.
Tihar festival begins, Laxmi Puja today
Tihar, the festival of light and flowers, has begun by observing Kaag Tihar on Sunday. As part of Tihar festival, Kaag Tihar is celebrated on the first day of the five-day festival by feeding crows.
Electric illumination getting expensive
People across the country are now busy cleaning and preparing their houses for Tihar festival. They are decorating their houses with flowers and lights. However, many people have found the price of flickering lights higher by up to 20 per cent this year.
NC to unveil its election manifesto today
Nepali Congress has rescheduled to unveil its election manifesto Monday morning.Earlier, the programme was scheduled for Sunday. But it was rescheduled as Prime Minister and NC president Sher Bahadur Deuba remained busy attending election programmes organised outside the Kathmandu Valley on Sunday. NC chief secretary Krishna Prasad P
Politics blamed for anomalies in academic research
The state of research, knowledge production and dissemination in Nepal’s Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) is mixed and the state of compliance with research ethics and norms is not encouraging enough, concluded a recent study published by the Policy Research Institute (PRI).
Biomass energy use sees rapid increase
Production and use of forest-based biomass energy have increased rapidly in the last 15 years.According to the Bio Energy Supply Report 2020, usage of biomass energy has increased by three times in 2020 compared to the year 2000. Biomass is the plant-based materials such as wood and wood residues, energy crops, agricultural residues, and waste from industry, farms and households used as fuel to produce heat or electricity.
Defining Autonomy Of Politics
Nepal’s problem of politics is the lack of its autonomy from tribal, ethnic, social, economic and geopolitical passion. The nation’s constitution has clearly laid out the “autonomy” of politics for citizens. It is the only sphere that sets the equal institutional context for them to compete and realise rights, power, resources and identity beyond party manifesto, cliché, hierarchy, rhetoric, promises and kickbacks. The growing political awareness and sophistication of Nepalis have ended their fatalism, endowed many of them with the ability to think about politics not only in terms of what political leaders
