- Friday, 10 April 2026
TRN Online
Birgunj Metropolis to provide 10,000 sacks of urea fertilizers
The Birgunj Metropolitan City (BMC) has decided to provide 10,000 sacks of urea fertilizers to the farmers in Parsa. Chief Administrative Officer at BMC, Laxmi Poudel, and Chief of Province Office of Agriculture Input Ltd, Chandra Prasad Chaulagain, signed a four-point agreement in this regard on Monday.
361 persons benefitted from mobile service camp
A total of 361 persons benefitted from the mobile service camp organized by Baglung Municipality at Bhakunde in the district on Monday.
Citizenship Bill Returns To House
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has returned the Bill related to an amendment to the Nepal Citizenship Act, 2007 to the House of Representatives (HoR). The Head of State has sent the Bill back to the federal parliament on the 14th day on Sunday after it was forwarded to her for authentication, calling for reconsidering some of the provisions associated with the issuance of citizenship. The President’s move has come in lin
Reduce Carbon Emissions
The world is in the grip of a climate crisis. Anthropogenic activities are to blame for the crisis. Owing to such activities, carbon footprints are rising day in, day out. Individuals, companies and others are producing carbon footprints all the while. A carbon footprint is the amount of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and methane included, that are produced as a result of human activities, lifestyles or the products people use.
Education Turns Into Lucrative Business
When Maria Montessori established Montessori Education System, it was a method to ensure the access of kids from poor family to quality education. However, today Montessori Education is accessible only to the kids from rich families. Can a boy from Musahar community become a doctor even if he is extremely talented? It is obvious that poor and lower middle class cannot afford medical education. Education has now become a business venture. It is so expensive that only people from privileged background can actually have access to quality education. Well, there are community colleges and universities, where education is cheaper. If one an average student but want to get higher education, s/he can you get a spot in community colleges and universities?
Say No To Ragging
The vicious practice of ragging has not only become rampant in our educational institutions but also acquired hideous proportions costing the sanity of the institutions and life of some of the students. Even today, students from the rural areas have a lingering fear when they go to cities for higher studies. To dispel such fears, colleges should prominently display a banner saying their campus is free from ragging. Those who indulge in ragging look for temporary pleasure but end up destroying many lives.
94% plantation completes nationwide
Paddy plantation of this year has almost completed, as plantation has been done in 94.2 per cent of the total paddy field as of Sunday. According to the Department of Agriculture (DoA), paddy plantation has completed in around 1.417 million hectares of land out of the total 1.504 million hectares of paddy field. Director General of the Department of Agriculture Dr. Rewati Raman Poudel said that paddy has been planted in 94.2 per cent cultivable land of the country, and it is less by 3.69 per cent than the previous year. He said paddy plantation has reached the final stage across the country and it would complete within a week.
Sunsari locals throng Koshi Wetland to beat the heat
Heavy rainfall two weeks ago flooded the entire Koshi region. Most of the people were displaced due to the flood. But since then, the rainfall has stopped and the heat has continuously increased. As the summer heats up, there is less movement of people in the market and some schools are closed. To beat the heat, several locals come to take a bath in the cold water of a wetland flowing through the Koshi River in Koshi Rural Municipality. During the summertime, there has been an increase in the number of people enjoying the heat and having fun in the wetlands of Koshi erosion in the Sripur area, which was destroyed by the devastating Koshi flood on August 18, 2008.
House to be appraised of President’s message today
After President Bidya Devi Bhandari returned the much-debated Citizenship Bill with a message to review on Sunday, the House of Representatives is scheduled to be informed about the message on Tuesday. Publishing a tentative schedule of the House business, Gopalnath Yogi, Secretary at the Federal Parliament Secretariat, informed on Monday that the House would be apprised of the message tomorrow. The President on Sunday returned the Citizenship Bill to the House of Representatives to reconsider some of its provisions.
Risk of African swine fever in wild boars rises
Health experts have said that wild boars across the country are at risk of being infected with African swine fever if precautionary measures are not taken in timely manner. Currently, such cases have been detected in domesticated boars across the country. Stating that African swine fever is a viral disease, Sushil KC, senior animal department officer of Veterinary Hospital and Animal Specialist Centre, Bharatpur, said that all the animals living in one cage would die at once if a single animal is infected with the disease.
Transitional Justice Act will be amended: Minister Koirala
Minister Koirala said the suggestions made through the parliamentary process can be included. However, the bill will not be withdrawn and the commission will be formed after passing it from the parliament.
JSP Chair Yadav unhappy with the move to return citizenship bill
Addressing a programme held in Janakpurdham on Monday, Yadav said the bill would be again sent to the President for certification after passing it from the HoR and National Assembly as the bill would not be inactive though it was sent back to the parliament from the President.
Joint training of Nepali and US Army from Tuesday
The joint training exercise will be conducted between the Ranger battalion under the Singh Mahavir Planning and Coordination Division of the Nepali Army and the US Army contingent from August 16 to September 15.
2017 poll result to be a basis for seat allocation among ruling parties
Talking to the journalists after the meeting, Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki said that the meeting dwelt on criteria for seat allocation among the ruling parties for the polls.
China to take resolute measures to safeguard national sovereignty, territorial integrity: FM spokesperson
The one-China principle is a consensus in the international community and a basic norm governing international relations. It is also the political basis for the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, and for the development of bilateral relations.
