- Saturday, 9 May 2026
The Rising Nepal
Urgency Of Public Toilets
Access to safe, clean water and sanitation is globally recognised as essential for public health, Ensuring proper sanitation in the capital city by providing safe and accessible public toilets is very critical to keeping the public healthy and happy. However, the city lacks proper public restrooms which is a huge public health issue. It is very hard to find public toilets with proper sanitation and facilities in city areas. People have to end up at the nearest stores buying som
Vehicle used to dump hospital waste at night detained
Municipal police of Pathari Shanishchare Municipality have detained a vehicle which was dumping the hospital's garbage in the forest in midnight.
Premier League title race expected to go to wire
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has told his side to prepare for another Premier League title race that goes all the way to the last day of the season. Reigning champions City have been playing catch-up this term in a three-way clash with Arsenal and Liverpool.
Gauri Tamu Literacy Award presented to poet Gurung
Internationally acclaimed Nepali poet Chandra Gurung was honoured with Gauri Tamu Literacy Award at a function organised at Lwang village of Machhapuchhre Rural Municipality-8 on Wednesday.
Russian drone attack kills 4, wounds 12 people in Kharkiv
A night-time Russian attack using Iranian-designed drones killed four people and wounded 12 in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, local authorities said. Shahed drones smashed into two apartment buildings in the city near the Russian border that has frequently been targeted during more than two years of war.
Nepali containers now reach Ramite to import goods
Nepali containers have started entering the Chinese territory for importing goods. For the first time after the devastating earthquake of 2015, Nepali containers have started getting permission to reach close to Khasa Bazaar, Tibet, an autonomous region of China, to carry the imported goods.
Nepal's air quality improving
Until a few years ago, winter days in major cities across Nepal, including the Kathmandu Valley, were characterised by hazardous air quality, posing significant health risks to the public. On January 4, 2021, the Department of Environment issued an alert to the public regarding the perilous
Rong Rural Municipality to begin titepati cultivation
Rong Rural Municipality in Ilam is set to expand titepati, also called bitter leaf (Indian wormwood), farming to commercialise the agricultural sector. While wild animals such as monkeys and boars are causing distress to farmers, the rural municipality aims to cultivate titepati as a commercial alternative. Scientifically known as Artemisia vulgaris, titepati is a m
South Koreans bid emotional farewell to panda
A crowd of people, some weeping, gathered at a rain-soaked amusement park in South Korea to bid farewell to a beloved giant panda before her departure to China on Wednesday. Fu Bao has been a major attraction
Making Nepali Export Competitive
Exports refer to the act of selling goods and services abroad. Exports are very important economic activities for the prosperity of a country, which enhance the aggregate demand of the domestic economy and can be a major source of foreign curren
Develop Local Capacity To Run Schools
Democratic countries tend to develop an institutionalised system to decentralise education services in their respective jurisdictions. This is because there are several inherent problems with the centralised delivery of education servic
International Peace Fair in Lumbini from tomorrow
For the first time, an International Peace Fair is being held in Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, on April 5 and 6. Organising a press conference on Tuesday, Mani
On Recovery Path
Overcoming internal and external challenges, Nepal’s economy is bouncing back due to surge in agricultural products, tourism, inflow of remittance and hydropower exports. Reports of the National Statistics Office (NSO) and the World Ba
Intellectual Capital
With the rise of the digital economy, organisations solely relying on traditional approaches to conduct business activities have found themselves struggling to compete in the cut-throat market. Gone are the days when manual labour and its eff
Inflation slides again in Europe
The inflation that has squeezed European shoppers fell more than expected in March to 2.4%, as cost spikes in the grocery aisle eased and overall price rises headed down in the two biggest economies, Germany and France.
