- Thursday, 28 May 2026
The Rising Nepal
Kids aged 5-12 yrs to be given COVID jabs from today
The government is administering vaccine against COVID-19 for 190,000 children from the age of 5 to 12 years in Kathmandu from Thursday. The District Health Office (DHO), Kathmandu, informed through a press conference on Wednesday that 190,000 children in Kathmandu would be vaccinated with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the vaccination campaign that will start from June 23.
Number of electric vehicles rising on BP highway
The construction of charging stations and operation of electric buses, a programme under the pride project, which was planned by the Bagmati Province government in the initial years, is becoming a non-priority in the policy, programme, and budget of the coming fiscal year. With the change of the province government, the operation of electric vehicles has not been given priority and the budget allocated in the current fiscal year has not been spent.
SPP Debate Is Over
Taking the country’s sensitive geopolitical location into account, Nepal government has formally decided to withdraw from the US State Partnership Programme (SPP). A recent cabinet meeting made a decision to inform the United States, through Nepali Army (NA), that it would pull out of the SPP. The NA had requested the US Embassy in Nepal in 2015 and 2017 for its participation in the SPP. In 2019, the US had accepted Nepal’s request to join the SPP but when the accord was disclosed recently, it generated strong reactions from the political parties, lawmakers, medi
Strengthen Public Institutions
The Vice Chancellor, rector and registrar of Tribhuvan (TU) have started to resume operation formally as they had been halted following the prolonged closure enforced by the striking teachers for about five months. According to the news report, offices of the apex officials of the nation’s oldest university were allowed to open only after a six-point deal was signed with the striking teachers as the demands of the latter had been met through the agreed accord. As per the terms of the deal, teachers associated with TU constituent campuses on part-time basis will be contracted as regulars entitling them to enjoy the salaries and compensations as prescribed for the contractual assignment
Eye Care Suffers Workforce Crunch
The eye care model of Nepal has been deemed a success. The Vitamin A supplementation programme and trachoma elimination are successful eye care programmes in the country. However, the number of blind people has almost been the same over the past 30 years. Furthermore, cataracts, uncorrected refractive errors, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy have emerged as the most common eye disorders. Women continue to carry two-thirds of blindness, those living beyond district headquarters, marginalised and low-income ones everywhere, and vulnerable population like children have limited access to eye care services.
Dangerous Superstition
As poverty and social challenges thrive in Benin, many people turn to superstition and belief in the supernatural to explain their dire circumstances. Faith-based entrepreneurs are milking the situation, misleading and scamming thousands of Benin’s poor especially in rural areas. In many African communities, several people still live by old traditional religious practices. Often bra
Bridge connecting Karnali, Far West Provinces nears completion
The construction of a concrete bridge over the Karnali River connecting Kuine of Panchpuri Municipality-11, Surkhet and Mohanyal of Kailali is nearing completion. The bridge, being constructed at a cost of 300 million, will be the shortest road connecting Sudurpaschim and Karnali province.
Illegal riverbed mining still rampant in Banke
Illegal mining and smuggling of sand, pebbles and stones from the rivers in Banke is still continuing despite regular interventions from concerned authorities. Police departments had intensified their actions after elected representatives from Raptisonari Rural Municipality had confiscated smuggled riverbed materials recently. However, the illegal mining has still not stopped. Police had recently arrested four tractors while transporting riverbed materials from the municipality.
Can wild animal be domesticated as pet ?
An Indian antelope, called Nilgai in Nepali, is found being kept as a pet by tying in its neck in Mithila Sagar, a tourist area in Dhalkebar, Dhanusha. The Nilgai was also found being kept and fed alongside other domesticated animals in a cowshed, such as cows and buffaloes, and taken for grazing. One year ago, a newborn calf was found in a bush near Mithila Sagar. It was brought and raised like a pet because it was too small to be left in the wild alone. When the people made multiple efforts to leave the quadruped in the forest after a year of rearing, it managed to return to the same place each time.
‘Nepalis have strong democratic spirit’
Nepali people have strong democratic spirit that has enabled the nation to consolidate democracy despite all odds against it, said participants while launching a book ‘Rooting Nepal’s Democratic Spirit’ in Kathmandu the other day. Published by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Nepal Office, the book consists of altogether 15 articles penned by the authors of diverse backgrounds. Its contributors include Kashi Raj Dahal, Krishna Hachhethu, Chandra Dev Bhatta, Uddhab Pyakurel, Meena Poudel, Ritu Raj Subedi, Santosh Pariyar, Hari Bansh Jha, Amit Gautam and Jeevan Baniya, Arjun Bahadur Ayadi, Rajib Timalsina and Roshan Pokharel.
Ceccon sets world record
Italy's Thomas Ceccon set a world record in the men's 100 backstroke and Katie Ledecky claimed yet another gold at the swimming world championships on Monday. Ceccon stunned the competition in Budapest by clocking 51.60 seconds to shave 0.15 seconds off the previous best mark set by American Ryan Murphy at the 2016 Olympics. "Yesterday I swam 52.1, very easy," Ceccon said. "I am feeling good in water and just doing my race, staying calm and focusing on my race. And that's it." Murphy finished second, 0.37 seconds behind, followed by compatriot Hunter Armstrong, 0.38 behind Ceccon.
Five Nepali women filmmakers to take part in Sheffield DocFest
Five Nepali women filmmakers are going to the United Kingdom this month to attend Sheffield DocFest, UK’s leading documentary film festival. Filmmaker Aashruti Tripathy, Pinki Sris Rana, Culture and Arts Reporter for The Kathmandu Post, filmmaker and YouTuber Prashansha KC, documentary filmmaker Prasuna Devi Dongol and producer Smriti Basnet will participate in the film festival from Nepal.
As students return, Rukum schools resume classes
Students who had gone to high pastures to collect Yarsagumba (caterpillar fungus) have started returning to their villages. Those who had gone to collect Yarsagumba in the areas of Pupal Lake, Purwang, Phulbari, Dangla, Panidal and Argija of Putha Uttarganga Rural Municipality of Rukum East have started returning to the village. This has resulted in the reopening of the schools which were closed for lack of students.
Pandey sent to jail under sexual abuse charges
Kathmandu District Court Monday ordered to send Manoj Kumar Jaishi alias Manoj Pandey to jail under human trafficking and sexual abuse charges to an underage girl. The District Court has ordered to send Pandey to jail for trial on charges of human trafficking and sexual abuse to a victim ‘26 Range 43,’ a code name given by the Crime Investigation Division, said Superintendent of Police (SP) Dinesh Raj Mainali of District Police Range, Kathmandu.
13 flood-prone houses shifted to safety in Damak, Jhapa
Some 13 houses behind the Red Cross building in Damak Ward No. 7 have been shifted to safer places due to the fear of flood in Ratuwa River following continuous rains since Sunday evening. The locals stayed up all night after the flood started cutting in the settlement near the river bank, ward chairman Bhim Poudyal said.
