For its 48th edition, Aalekh literary journal recently celebrated the 122nd anniversary of the pioneer short story writer Guru Prasad Mainali in Kathmandu. (Press Council Nepal lists the publication in “A” category.) It was a well-deserved tribute to the literary luminary’s life and legacy. Mainali’s work, marked by simple diction and uncomplicated themes, is filled with spontaneity as the source of ideas, which explains his relatively limited number of, but enduringly appreciated, written output.
It is an indisputable fact that corruption is the abuse of assigned power and authority for making private gains. Taking or offering bribes, embezzling public funds and influencing officials are some of the activities associated with corruption. This form of irregularity deteriorates public trust, weakens governance, aggravates inequality, deprivation and causes social disunion ecological mess. Corruption takes a toll on society in many ways. So, corruption is regarded as the biggest obstacle to socio-economic development of nations globally.
The prices of gold and silver have dropped noticeably on Sunday.
The Tongora Refugee Camp (TRC) in Zimbabwe is being supported by UN agencies to implement a smart farming technology that increase farm yields and supplement refugees’ income. Refugees often have no access to land to engage in farming and yet it could be a source of food and extra income. It is for this reason that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in 2021 launched a hydroponics farming project in the Tongora camp.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has allowed the government to mobilise the Nepal Army in the November 20 elections to the House of Representatives and Provincial Assemblies.
CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' visited Indra Dev Movie Hall to watch Prem Geet-3 movie in Narayanghat on Sunday evening.
The first day of "Navaratra" is being marked today by worshipping the deity Shailaputri in accordance with Vedic rituals and preparing for Jamara (barley shoots) by sowing maize and barley seeds in a jar filled with soil and cow dung for germination.
The government is preparing to run the closed industries by this fiscal year by unveiling policies needed for this feat
Dengue fever infection has spread in the Sudurpaschim Province districts since the past four months
The visiting Indian Army Chief Manoj Pande returned home on Thursday by concluding his five-day official visit to Nepal
A delegation led by Chairperson of France-Nepal Inter-parliamentary Friendship Group, Daniel Salmon, paid a courtesy call on Chairperson of the National Assembly, Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, at his office, Singha Durbar, today
Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba is scheduled to visit Chitwan on Friday to participate in the concluding ceremony of the first phase of the 'Congress with People' campaign
Chairperson of the CPN (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said he would keep on struggling for announcing martyrs to those killed in different times including the people's movement
An arrest warrant has been issued against Nepali national cricket team captain Sandeep Lamichhane.
Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal has assured that reservoir-based hydropower projects would be implemented in a strategic way, bearing in mind their multi-dimensional benefits.