POLITICS
New hopes for Pathibhara cable car construction dispute
New hopes for Pathibhara cable car construction dispute
The government has formed a negotiation team, led by Home Ministry Joint Secretary Prem Prasad Bhattarai, to engage with concerned parties and resolve the dispute over the cable car construction in the Pathibhara (Mukkumlung) of Taplejung.
Feb 03, 2025
SOCIETY
Goddess Saraswati being worshipped today
Goddess Saraswati being worshipped today
Shree Panchami, also known as Basanta Panchami, is being observed nationwide with devotion, honoring Goddess Saraswati. Devotees worship Saraswati, the goddess of wisdom, knowledge, and learning, who is depicted as having a fair complexion, holding a ‘veena’ (lute) and a book in her hand...
Feb 03, 2025
WORLD
Russia and Ukraine trade blame over an attack on a boarding school in Russia’s Kursk regio...
Russia and Ukraine trade blame over an attack on a boarding...
Competing claims emerged over a deadly attack on a boarding school in Sudzha, a city in Russia’s Kursk region that has been under Ukrainian control for five months, with Ukraine and Russia accusing each other of carrying out the strike.
Feb 03, 2025
WORLD
USAID website goes offline in Trump administration’s 2-week-old freeze on foreign aid worl...
USAID website goes offline in Trump administration’s 2-week-...
The website of the U.S. Agency for International Development went offline without explanation Saturday as thousands of furloughs, layoffs and program shutdowns continued in President Donald Trump’s freeze on U.S.-funded foreign aid and development worldwide.
Feb 03, 2025
Editorial
Addressing Sluggish Economy
Addressing Sluggish Economy
Our current economic slowdown has lately hit the import of petroleum products. The slow pace of development along with the sharp increase in the purchase of electric vehicles is attributed to the current decline in the imports of petroleum products. The reduction in the import of fuel means a notabl...
Feb 03, 2025
OPINION
Rising Women's Movement
Rising Women's Movement
In Nepal, the women's movement and women activists are often criticized or misunderstood. Many people assume that the movement is confined to urban areas and that women activists are educated, elite individuals. However, my participation in the Anupam Abhiyan in Madhya Bindu, Nawalpur, in March 2024...
Feb 03, 2025
BLOG
Importance of Saraswati Puja
Importance of Saraswati Puja
The festival typically falls on the full moon day of the month of Magh, which is usually in January or February. Saraswati Puja is an important festival in Nepal and holds great significance in Hindu culture.
Feb 03, 2025
ECONOMY
Consumer price inflation moderates to 5.41 percent last month
Consumer price inflation moderates to 5.41 percent last mont...
The Current Macroeconomic and Financial Situation Report of Nepal for the first six months of the FY 2024/25 unveiled by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on Sunday shows that the growth rate of average market price declined by 0.64 percentage points in one month during mid-December and mid-January.
Feb 03, 2025
POLITICS
Govt reintroduces bills to split CAAN, establish ASAN
Govt reintroduces bills to split CAAN, establish ASAN
The government has introduced two bills in parliament to split the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) into a regulatory body and a service provider. The government has proposed to continue with CAAN as the regulatory body and establish the Air Services Authority of Nepal (ASAN) as the aviation...
Feb 03, 2025
ECONOMY
Nepal’s external sector economy strengthens as forex hit record high
Nepal’s external sector economy strengthens as forex hit rec...
According to the data released by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on Sunday, the country’s foreign exchange reserves which stood at Rs 2.0411 trillion in mid-July 2024 increased by 13.5 percent to Rs 2.31684 trillion by mid-January 2025.
Feb 02, 2025