- Tuesday, 17 March 2026
The Rising Nepal
Biden signs bill making bald eagle national bird of US
The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honour on Tuesday: It officially became the country's national bird.
Power production resumes from Upper Tamakoshi after 88 days
Power production has partially resumed from the 456 MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project, the largest of the hydropower plants in operation in Nepal. With partial repairs to the structures damaged
32 survive in Kazakhstan plane crash, 35 dead
An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, leaving at least 32 survivors, according to officials. More than 30 people may be dead.
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Demand for homemade devices to drive away monkeys rises
Deepak Bhandari, 54, a resident of Urlabari-7 in Morang, is currently overwhelmed with work of building homemade devices to drive away monkeys, elephants and other wild animals.
Copper mines in Pyuthan remain unused
Copper mines in different forest areas of the Pyuthan district have remained unutilised. The copper mines in Puja, Rajwara and Arkha areas of Goumukhi Rural Municipality remain buried due to a lack of conservation efforts.
Nicole Kidman commands the erotic office drama 'Babygirl'
The demands of achieving both one-day shipping and a satisfying orgasm collide in Halina Reijn's "Babygirl," a kinky and darkly comic erotic thriller about sex in the Amazon era. Nicole Kidman stars as Romy Mathis, the chief executive of Tensile, a robotics business that pioneered automotive warehouses. In the movie's opening credits, a maze of conveyor belts and bots shuttle boxes this way and that without a human in sight.
Schools running classes in quake-damaged buildings
In Rukum West, classes are being conducted in earthquake-damaged school buildings, while exams are often held in open spaces. The lack of proper school buildings and the extreme cold in temporary learning centres have forced students to study in classrooms that are in hazardous conditions.
SKorea's opposition party vows to impeach acting president
South Korea's main liberal opposition party said Tuesday it will seek to impeach acting leader Han Duck-soo, as Seoul grapples with the turmoil set off when impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol made a short-lived declaration of martial law.
Parapet construction begins in Gautam Buddha Cricket Stadium
The construction of parapets has started in the Bharatpur-based Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium raising hopes for the structure to be ready for matches soon.
Awareness raised among youth to reduce human-wildlife conflict
Efforts have been initiated to generate awareness among the youth in Banke and Bardiya districts to reduce the increasing human-wildlife conflict. Wild animals from the Banke and Ba
Salyan farmers make fruitful income by selling oranges
Farmers in three wards of Chhatreshwori Rural Municipality of the district have been making good income from commercial orange farming. In 2016, the local and provincial governments implemented a programme to develop orange pocket areas, and farmers in wards 1, 2 and 5 of Chhatreshwori Rural Municipality were attracted to commercial orange cultivation.
NOC gears up for President Election amid concerns
The Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC) is preparing for its presidential election, which is scheduled for December 28. The race for the presidency has intensified as incumbent President Jeevan Ram Shrestha,
TV shows were so poor in 2024
As the year comes to an end and everyone takes a look back over 2024's best TV offerings, for some there may be a collective form of amnesia. What was that Apple TV+ crime series with that big actor in you watched – was it Presumed Innocent or Sugar?
SAfrica elections brought big changes in 2024
In Southern Africa, where democracy remains relatively stable, elections held in 2024 saw long-governing liberation parties struggling to survive. Across Africa, power struggles involvin
Empower Humanity In Age Of AI
Homo sapiens possess the most intelligent brains among all living beings on earth. This intelligence has been used throughout history for both the well-being and destruction of life on the planet. The atomic b
