- Saturday, 23 August 2025
The Rising Nepal
Bidya, UML On Collision Course?
Unfazed and determined, former president Bidya Devi Bhandari refused to surrender to the establishment of CPN-UML that has recently revoked her party membership in an unexpected move last Tuesday. Bhandari had renewed her party m
Chronic Stress: Recognise, Respond, Recover
Stress is a natural phenomenon in response to perceived challenges or threats. It is a physiological and psychological response. Stress can be a motivator but chronic and unmanaged stress is increasingly recognised as a major public hea
Game-changer Eye Health Training
In a major stride toward advancing ophthalmic education and strengthening eye care services in South Asia, Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh (NNJS), in collaboration with Orbis International, has started the “NNJS-Orbis Digital Training Hub (DTH)
Responsible Tourism
After Mount Everest got the moniker 'the world's highest dumping site', several tourist places of Nepal are on track to gaining such infamy. Whenever a place of beauty becomes accessible, throngs of people from far and wide flock to it to reli
'Bold and Beautiful' heads to Italy
Upcoming episodes of the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful will see the cast head to Italy, Paramount + announced Friday. Beginning Tuesday, view
Australia's swimming dominance: Small population but big results
Australia has a relatively small population. But Australia is a giant when it comes to competitive swimming. Whether it's the Olympics, or as it is this time with the swimming world championships opening in the pool in Singapore on Sunday, Aussie swimmers grace the podium.
DPM Paudel inspects ongoing projects
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel conducted an on-site inspection of ongoing and new development projects in Ward No. 6 of Tilottama Municipality in Rupandehi district.
CIAA intensifies anti-graft drive, files high-profile cases in last FY
Nepal’s anti-graft watchdog, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), significantly intensified its anti-corruption efforts in the fiscal year 2024/25, filing an unprecedented number of high-profile cases agai
Rain disaster causes widespread damage to infrastructure in Taplejung
Since the start of the Nepali month of Shrawan (mid-July), floods and landslides triggered by rainfall has caused widespread damage to infrastructure in Taplejung district. Rain has been recorded almost daily, leading to damage in several areas. According to the police, landslides and floods have damaged road
3 workers rescued from mine in Canada after 60 hours
Three workers who were trapped at a gold and copper mine in Western Canada have been rescued after more than 60 hours underground. Red Chris mine o
Fires engulf Turkey's Mediterranean coast
Fresh wildfires broke out on Turkey's Mediterranean coast Friday, as the government declared two western provinces to be disaster zones. TV footage showed flames and smoke billowing into the sky close to high-rise apartment blocks in Antalya, where local and foreign visitors flock during the summer months.
Elite Women’s football faces rising workload
England's Millie Bright bowed out of the European Championship because of mental and physical exhaustion. The Netherland's Vivianne Miedema suggested too many games lead to more injuries. Ireland's Katie McCabe didn't play
Itta Bhatta, The Killing Kiln selected for England’s film festival
The short documentary ‘Itta Bhatta, The Killing Kiln,’ based on the plight of brick kiln workers in Nepal’s rural areas, has been selected for a film festival in England. This marks the film’s second international selection.
Traditional falcha constructed in Beni
A traditional ‘falcha’ (resting pavilion) has been constructed at Pustakalaya Chowk in Beni Bazaar, the district headquarters, to offer a welcoming space for rest and social gatherings. The falcha, built in the traditional Newari architec
Man halted from crossing over US-Mexico border wall
Inside an armored vehicle, an Army scout uses a joystick to direct a long-range optical scope toward a man perched atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting across the hills of this Arizona frontier community. The man lowers himself toward U.S. soil between coils of concertina wire. Shouts ring out, an alert is sounded and a U.S. Border Patrol SUV races toward the wall — warning enough to send the man scrambling back over it, disappearing into Mexico.
