- Saturday, 4 April 2026
TRN Online
Unification between Maoist Centre and CPN (US) soon after election: Senior leader Khanal
Senior leader of the CPN (Unified Socialist), Jhalanath Khanal, has announced that his party and the CPN (Maoist Centre) would be unified soon after the election.
Bill on Enforced Disappeared Persons being presented at HoR meeting
The bill on enforced disappeared persons, truth and reconciliation commission (third amendment), 2079 is being presented in the meeting of the House of Representatives today.
Tributes To Late Giri
The entire nation is now mourning the demise of Nepali Congress (NC) leader and lawmaker Pradip Giri. A renowned socialist thinker, Giri, 75, passed away while undergoing treatment at Nepal Mediciti Hospital in Lalitp
Widely Esteemed Political Thinker
Veteran Nepali Congress leader and legislator Pradip Giri stood out in a crowd of Nepali politicians as he won plaudits for being a well-read politician, a rare species in our society, who could have spoken at length about Western political thoughts and Eastern philosophy, besides delving deep into Marxism and other pertinent issues. His popularity as an adroit orator went up whenever he addressed a gathering or political conference. Crowds of people and party workers, even from opposing political parties, listened to him intently while top-notch leaders paid close attention when he addressed the House of Representatives. Despite being a Congress party functionary, his eloquence on Marxism would surprise even a diehard communist.
Revamp Social Health Insurance
Health insurance is directly associated with the wellbeing of people. Nepal has a long history of health insurance and the government has also prioritised health insurance. Still, progress on this front is slow. Basic health services are recognised as fundamental rights in the Constitution of Nepal. As stipulated in the constitution, every Nepali is entitled to basic health services and no-one will be deprived of emergency health services. The Public Health Service Act, 2075 stipulates that health-related arrangements will be made in accordance with the prevailing laws.
Training Artisans To Make Furniture
In many Zambian schools, students do not have desks to sit during the lessons. In addition, most of the furniture used in schools is imported. For this reason, the “2,000 Desk project” has been launched in the town of Solwezi by the government to equip school kids with capacity and competences through a youth skills empowerment training programme.
Jatjatin: Entertaining Indra to make it rain
The paddy planted in the fields of Sunsari have all dried up. It has hardly rained a drop here in the past month and the temperatures are as high as they have ever been in living memory. The locals feel that this may have something to do with the Hindu God of rain Indra and thus, to appease him, women have started performing Jatjatin. Shiva Narayan, a local of Chhitaha, Gadhi Rural Municipality–3, told The Rising Nepal that women from all over the village gathered in one place and performed the Jatjatin play Sunday night to make it rain. According to one villager Bhola Devi Yadav, Jatjatin is a kind of play wherein women act out a fight through folk songs. It begins with a group of women putting a crushed frog in a pot full of cow dung and faeces and urine of various animals. They mix it all together and dump this putrid concoction in the yard of a lady deemed unnecessarily quarrelsome by the community.
Temporary police recruitment from October end
Nepal Police Headquarters is making preparations to recruit temporary police popularly called Myadi police from the last week of October for the elections to the House of Representatives and Provincial Assemblies slated for November 20 this year. The police have sent a proposal to the Ministry of Home Affairs stating that 130,000 full-time policemen are required for the November 20 elections. “However, the Ministry of Home Affairs has not yet responded to the proposal. The Ministry of Home Affairs should coordinate with the Ministry of Finance regarding the proposal of the Police Headquarters,” Deputy Inspector General (DIG) and Spokesperson for the Headquarters Tek Prasad Rai said.
Nepal Police and NEA sign MoU to establish charging stations at 25 locations
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Nepal Police and the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for the construction and operation of electric vehicle charging stations. Inspector General of Nepal Police Dhiraj Pratap Singh and Managing Director of NEA Kul Man Ghising signed the memorandum of understanding on behalf of their respective institutions at a programme held at Police Headquarters, Naxal, on Monday.
Desperate farmers cut paddy plants to feed cattle
Farmers of Rupandehi have started feeding the cattle by cutting the rice paddy after it dried up due to drought. After the paddy crop started drying up in the field, the farmers started cutting the paddy crop out of desperation, citing that it can at least be used for feeding animals. Earlier, in absence of timely rains, farmers bought fuel at high prices and planted paddy. Now the lack of rain has added more problems for the farmers who have been cultivating paddy due to lack of fertiliser and water.
Rare gharials appear in Kailali rivers
A rare species of gharial, which is listed as critically endangered, has started appearing in good numbers in the tributaries of Kailali rivers. Recovering numbers of gharial, a family of crocodiles, have started appearing in the tributaries of Karnali River including Mohana, Pathraiya, Kadha and Kandra more than in the past. According to local conservationist Bhojraj Dhungana, there are around two dozen fish eater gharials in the dolphin conservation area. Gharials that reached various tributaries after the onset of the monsoon, probably came from the Karnali River, he said.
MoU between NP and NEA for charging station and operation
Nepal Police's Inspector General Dhiraj Pratap Singh and Nepal Electricity Authority's executive director Kulman Ghising signed the MoU amid a ceremony here on Monday.
Govt. implementing agreement reached with Chand-led party
The government's subordinate agencies are working to implement the agreement, as per the policy to resolve political problems through talks and dialogue.
Karnali Province at high risk of earthquake, experts say
Researchers and experts said the most active fault line of the Himalaya is created in the western part of the country.
Bangladeshi delegation calls on Energy Minister Bhusal
On that occasion, Secretary of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources of Bangladesh, Mohammad Habibur Rahman, said that the clean energy produced in Nepal was necessary for Bangladesh and shared that it was working with Nepal and India to make it a reality.
