- Thursday, 28 May 2026
The Rising Nepal
Tackling Inflation From Pro-poor Angle
Inflation, driven primarily by large and persistent increases in energy and food prices, is a great concern around the world. Policy-makers remain divided on how best to control it—though tight monetary policy seems to be gaining ground, despite its potentially harmful impact on fragile economic recovery. Perhaps the most pressing challenge in the short term is to tackle the impact of the rising cost of living on households. At the European Union level, agreement within the European Council meeting in late June to go on to the front foot to curb rising energy prices—and hence their social impact—seems however to have proved hard to reach. Member states h
Electric buses hit the Valley roads
Three new electric buses of the Sajha Yatayat have begun their trial services in the Kathmandu Valley since Thursday. Initailly, three buses will be in operation in the valley’s roads as a trial service. The other remaining 37 buses will arrive in Kathmandu by mid-August, according to a statement issued by Sajha Yatayat Sahakari Sanstha Limited. Bishwabandhu Thapa, 95, founder of Sajha Yatayat, inaugurated the soft launch of the trial service on Thursday.
Attracting Youths To Farming
Migration, rural exodus, and brain drain have plagued the rural areas of middle and low-income countries. In Nepal, many rural families give up agriculture and migrate, searching for low-paid wage work. Recent statistics show that more than 6.5 million labour permit has been granted and if we add those number to migrating to India, at least 10 million people are out of the country as labour migrants.
Preservation Of Natural Resources
As extreme weather becomes a norm, the world is left to grapple with the consequences of humankind’s recklessness. One of the major causes of extreme weather is climate change. It has resulted in natural disasters, which have been occurring frequently on a devastating scale throughout the world. Natural resources such as land, water and forests are consequently and adversely depleted due to heedless human activities. Despite depending upon the natural resources for livelihood and sustenance, organisations, institutions, governments and even individuals tend to be lax when it comes to the preservation of such resources.
Sex Among Older People
The description of sex or sexual activities in the Kamasutra, a sex manual written by Vatsyayana, and ancient Indian philosopher, displays the significance, praise, and power of sex, and its quality relationship with human life. However, the more significant and praiseworthy sex appears to be the discussion of older people's sexual lives or the sexual lives of people with disabilities. As people with disabilities are deemed as people with no sexual desire, the sexual desire of older people can be considered the butt of a joke. It is because older people are connected to the idea of people with a disability as they are also deemed to be physically challenging, incapable or feeble.
Tilak Prasad: A Democratic Stalwart
What's politics for? Is it for power, post and pelf, or social service and people's happiness? How is Nepal's politics faring and who has contributed to the cause of democracy? Does the centre hold parties or need its bases and pillars to build the system? These are some intriguing questions when one goes through the book under review - 'Yatra Nirantar'. Tilak Prasad Sapkota pens the book. A staunch follower of the late BP Koirala, Sapkota fought for the restoration of democracy, suffered imprisonment, faced lethal attacks, and braved atrocities of security persons - but, was gradually marginalised owing to party politics. Despite this, Sapkota remained unfazed; he did not budge from his belief in democracy.
A Nepali Ramayana For English Readers
On the 29th of Asaar every year (around July 13), Nepali scholars and linguists make it a point to celebrate the birth anniversary of Bhanubhakta Acharya, the poet laureate whose contributions are often compared with those made by Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) in English literature.
Nadal unsure he will be fit for Wimbledon semis
Rafael Nadal admits he does not know whether he will be fit to face Nick Kyrgios in Friday’s Wimbledon semi-finals after an abdominal injury nearly forced him to quit against Taylor Fritz. The second seed had to take a medical time-out in the second set but battled through to win 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10/4) in a gruelling contest lasting four hours and 21 minutes. Earlier, Australian maverick Kyrgios cruised past Chile’s Cristian Garin with relative ease 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7/5).
Leena Manimekalai feels unsafe amid ‘Kaali’ poster row
Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, whose controversial July 2 tweet was taken down by Twitter on Thursday said she does not feel safe “anywhere at this moment”. The filmmaker has been accused of hurting religious sentiments after she shared a poster of her documentary ‘Kaali’ which portrays Goddess Kali smoking and holding an LGBTQ flag.
Traffic Police removing verses displayed in vehicles citing distraction
The Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office (KVTPO) has started a campaign to remove verses from vehicles citing that they cause distractions and led to accidents. Issuing a statement on Thursday, the traffic police said that they have started a campaign to remove verses which are obscene, unacceptable, demoralising and against the prevailing laws.
Pyure landslide keeps locals in terror
Every time when it starts raining, Tank Basnet of Pyure in Rong Rural Municiplaity-4 gets panicked. The locals in Pyure get terrified in monsoon because of the recurring landslip. Basnet says, "The land has been washed away. We are struggling to save people from the natural calamities." Many people like Basnet are especially at risk of landslides when the rainy season starts.
Adanchuli locals still rely on tuins to cross Karnali River
Locals of Adanchuli Rural Municipality in Humla district have been crossing the mighty Karnali River by means of a tuin, a traditional wire bridge, for the past five years. "We are still using the tuin to cross the river even if it is unsafe because we have no other option," said Junraj Mahatara, a local from Ward No. 1 of Adanchuli. The tuin is being used in Domukha, an area along the Karnali River separating Humla and Mugu districts. The tuin was constructed after the locals' request for a suspension bridge there continued falling on deaf ears.
Butwal-Lumbini transmission line comes into operation
A 132 kV double-circuit transmission line has come into operation from Yogikuti (Butwal) to Mainhiya to improve power supply and control technical leakage in Bhairahawa area of Rupandehi district. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has brought 18km Butwal-Lumbini transmission line from Butwal substation to Mainhiya substation into operation by flowing electricity since Wednesday.
CNI urges PM to address liquidity problems, implement budget effectively
The discussions have been held between the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on the economic situation of the country, budget implementation, monetary policy, promotion of new initiatives and other issues. A delegation of CNI led by its president Vishnu Kumar Agrawal met with the Prime Minister at the PM's residence in Baluwatar on Thursday and discussed the current economic issues.
Let The Truth Come Out
Minister for Finance Janardan Sharma has resigned after the formation of a parliamentary special probe committee that will look into the alleged entry of an unauthorised outsider into the Budget and Programme Division of the ministry during the formulation of the budget for the fiscal year 20022/23. Over the past couple of weeks, Sharma had been facing tremendous pressure from different sections of the society with the dissemination of some media reports that tax rates in the budget were manipulated with the involvement of that unauthorised person. The main opposition CPN-UML had raised the issue in the federal parliament, accusing Sharma of using the unknown person in the budget preparation process.
