- Thursday, 28 May 2026
The Rising Nepal
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.
95% paddy plantation completes in Bara
About 95 per cent of paddy has been planted in Bara district till Monday. Jitendra Prasad Yadav, chief of Agriculture Knowledge Centre, Bara Kalaiya, said that paddy plantation has completed in 95 per cent of the paddy field in the district so far.
Police managing street cattle in Bardiya
The District Police Office, Bardiya, has taken the responsibility of managing the stray cattle oafter they increased the risk of accidents in the town. The district police have started managing street cattle in the Gulariya Bazaar area.
Fuel demand in Province 1 drops by half
he sale of petroleum products from Nepal Oil Corporation, Provincial Office, Biratnagar has decreased by almost half in the last 10 days. Although only half of the fuel was sold by the Corporation compared to the past, no problem was seen in the market.
Number of women, girls rescued from Jamunaha border doubles
Women and children of Terai and hilly districts of western Nepal are more vulnerable to trafficking. Organisations working to prevent and control human trafficking have said women and girls of western region are at the high risk
