- Sunday, 12 April 2026
The Rising Nepal
Nepal, World Bank sign accord to improve water supply, sanitation
The government and the World Bank signed an agreement for US$80 million (approximately Rs. 10 billion) concessional loan for a project to improve the delivery of water and sanitation services and promote integrated water resources management. Finance Secretary Madhu Kumar Marasini and the World Bank Country Director for Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, Faris Hadad-Zervos have signed the agreement on behalf of their respective institutions. “Our overarching priorities are guided by the objective of achieving sustainable and inclusive growth
Govt ready to draft policy to govern gold, silver business
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu has said that the government is ready to formulate necessary policy for the operation of gold and silver business. During a meeting with a delegation of the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association (FENEGOSIDA) at the Ministry Wednesday, Minister Badu said that the government was committed to ensure the rights of the general consumers and businessmen by formulating necessary policies. The delegation led by its president Manik Ratna Shakya met Minister Badu and briefed about the problems of the business.
Embankment being built along Melamchi to protect settlement
Embankment is being constructed along the Melamchi corridor to protect the Melamchi settlement. Work of installing nets for the protection of the human settlements located near the Melamchi River is now moving in full swing. Mayor of Melamchi Municipality Aitman Tamang said that embankments were being constructed to save the roads, markets and school areas that could be eroded by the river. It is being constructed from Helambu to Dolalghat of Kavre, which was damaged by a flood in the Melamchi on July 15 last year.
Reconstruction of broken bridge over Kawa River yet to resume
Eight months ago, the under-construction concrete bridge over the Kawa River connecting Manebhanjyang of Ram Prasad Rai Rural Municipality-5 with Raniban of Hatuwagadhi Rural Municipality-2, both in Bhojpur district, got broken. As per the agreement, the construction of the bridge was to be completed by the end of 2020, but negligence on the part of the contractor as well as other factors extended the completion deadline of the 45-metre long and six-metre wide bridge by one year.
Election for Deputy Speaker scheduled for Friday
Election for Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) is scheduled for Friday. The process of election has moved forward following a political consensus between the ruling coalition parties. The House is getting the Deputy Speaker just a few months before its term expires. The EC has already proposed the elections of the HoR for November. At the HoR meeting on Wednesday, Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota directed the Parliament Secretariat to publish a detailed schedule of the election.
Moving On Right Track
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba-led five-party coalition government has completed one year in office. Formed in a special circumstance, the government has succeeded to safeguard constitution and parliament by upholding the basic values of democracy. It has made important gains on political, social security, health, economic, good governance and foreign policy fronts. First and foremost, it has brought due political process back on track, which was turned upside down by the previous government. Nepal’ new constitution, written by the elected representatives in 2015, has declared Nepal as a federal democratic republic. The adoption of new political and economic system is based on various past democratic movements as well as the people’s aspirations for happy and prosperous life. Instilling the people’s confidence in the federal democratic system and making it functional to address their genuine concerns is the chief objective of the coalition government, and it has succeeded in that mission.
Judicial Credibility At Stake
Judiciary is bleeding white in Nepal. It has been more or less reduced into a constitutional entity shorn of needed legitimacy and trust in it. In the history of the administration of justice, judiciary had not faced the crisis of identity and legitimacy of the scale and proportion that it has confronted during the contemporary times. The incumbent Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana is indicted, and the motion of impeachment has been registered against him at the parliament which has been lying pending for several months now. The parliament's immobilism has deadlocked the impeachment proceeding. The motion has been, in fact, allowed to remain inconclusive without assignment of any reasons.
China's BRI and Nepal
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which began in 2013, is a modernised version of the 114 BCE Silk Road Initiative and the Maritime Silk Road of the 21st Century, envisioned by Chinese President Xi Jinping. This endeavour aspires to improve China's economic integration and network with Asia, Europe, and Africa. According to The Economist (2017), the BRI will be worth about US $1.3 trillion involving 900 infrastructure projects.
Curio vendors of Basantapur struggle for survival
Binita Tamang, 34, has been selling curio and jewellery at Basantapur for eight years. Nearly 20 others like Tamang have been making their living by holding stalls in the same area. For years, the streets of Kathmandu Durbar Square have been occupied by a plethora of shops, all selling a variety of goods. Basantapur has become a competitive market on which many families survive. But all is not well with the curio sellers for the last couple of years.
Song on Chhaupadi practice released
A Deuda song Lilu based on Chhaupadi has been made public. Puja Devkota, Rekha Joshi, Gauri Bhatt and Rohit Deuba have lent their voice in the song penned by LP Sharma and Gaurav Giri. The music is composed by Rohit Deuba. The video features artistes Roshni Karki, Puja Devkota, Laxmi Prasad Sharma, Bhadra Jung Kuwar, Mukesh Sunar, Ibsu Sanjyal and Pashupati Kuwar. The song narrates the emotions a girl undergoes while staying in a Chhaugoth during her first period. And Lilu is such character whose emotions and physical problems are shown in the song. Lilu said in the song that even though she was given food and cotton, she was not given shelter.
20-year-old vehicles give headache for Urlabari Police
Last week, on July 4, Urlabari Area Police repaired one of its jeeps, Ba 1 Jha 6450. The next day, the jeep was en-route to Biratnagar-based Morang District Court carrying eight detainees for legal process. The distance between Area Police Office, Urlabari, and the district court is around 70 kilometres. However, the vehicle broke down before crossing less than seven kilometres of its journey at Jay Chowk of Pathari-Shanishchare Municipality. "We had to present the detainees in the court within 1 pm. After our vehicle broke down, we requested the Urlabari Municipality and used their vehicle. It left from Jay Chowk at 1:15 pm," said a police officer deployed to keep an eye on the broken jeep.
Gold dealers unhappy about strict enforcement of 50-gram gold ceiling
The gold and silver traders have urged the Department of Customs to facilitate on the issue that the customs office at the Tribhuvan International Airport is unnecessarily strict when people come to Nepal wearing Nepali original jewellery. A delegation of the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association led by its president Manik Ratna Shakya met Director General of the Department of Customs Kamal Prasad Bhattarai and requested to facilitate customs procedures at TIA on Tuesday.
Mayadevi Temple’s leaking roof to be repaired
The roof of the Mayadevi Temple has been leaking for the last 18 years. Every time it rains, water drips down on to the millennia-old relics which witnessed, first hand, the birth of Lord Gautam Buddha in Lumbini, Nepal. But only now are the relevant authorities looking to renovate it. A team comprising officials and technicians of the Lumbini Development Trust (LDT) and the World Heritage Section of the Department of Archaeology (DoA) have carried out an on-site visit to determine the best way to preserve this monument.
Maintain Economic Stability
Economic growth and stability are two major objectives of every developing economy. When devising fiscal and monetary policy every year our government also aims to achieve high rate of economic growth by main
Vaccination Keeps COVID-19 Away
The news on the COVID-19 pandemic, which was front page news of the mainstream newspapers before, is nowadays being reported in the inside pages since the infection and death rates started decreasing in Nepal. The preventive measures such as the use of masks, handwashing and sanitiser has become very rare if not totally absent even in public places. During the ongoing Hindu marriages, bratabandha (thread ceremony) and pasni (rice feeding) ceremonies and the Eid festival of the Muslim and in other public events people are feasting and celebrating as in the pre-pandemic days. Some people wear masks in streets and public vehicles but the people attending parties in hotels, restaurants, party palaces and participating in family events at home have now stopped using masks.
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