SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Weight-lifting does not result in excessive muscle gain in women: Experts
Weight-lifting does not result in excessive muscle gain in w...
KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Rinku Shrestha, a 39-year-old mother of two children, was always skinny and did not ever find the need to work out. Things, however, started to change for her six months after she gave birth to her second baby.
Sep 16, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
‘Increasing tropospheric ozone affecting Nepal’s population, agriculture’
‘Increasing tropospheric ozone affecting Nepal’s population,...
KATHMANDU, Sept 16: After a continuous struggle for over three decades to protect the depleting ozone layer, the UN has set “32 years and healing” as its slogan this year to observe the International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer.
Sep 16, 2019
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
US$ 10.5b education project in trouble: Mid-term review
US$ 10.5b education project in trouble: Mid-term review
KATHMANDU, Sept 16: The much-hyped School Sector Development Plan (SSDP), which has a budget of US$ 10.5 billion to be spent over a seven-year period (2016/17-2022/23), is unlikely to achieve its stated objectives, according to a mid-term review.
Sep 16, 2019
POLITICS, Latest Updates
BRI purely an economic cooperation initiative: Dahal
BRI purely an economic cooperation initiative: Dahal
KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who earlier courted controversy by saying Nepal disapproves of the US-backed Indo-Pacific Strategy, said that Nepal has stood in favor of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) launched by China as it promises sha...
Sep 16, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
SC declines stay order in Sumargi's case
SC declines stay order in Sumargi's case
KATHMANDU, Sept 16: The Supreme Court on Sunday declined to issue a stay order sought by businessman Ajaya Raj Sumargi in a case in which he has been charged of evading billions of rupees in income tax.
Sep 16, 2019
POLITICS, SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Tourism minister 'sorry' for flight delay
Tourism minister 'sorry' for flight delay
KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai has said sorry to Budhha Air passengers after he found himself at the receiving end of widespread public anger for causing a flight delay on Saturday.
Sep 16, 2019
Editorial, Latest Updates
Accountability starts at the top
Accountability starts at the top
Social media is sharply divided over a video that has been making rounds on social media since Saturday evening. A Buddha Air flight from Nepalgunj to Kathmandu was delayed due to Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai, claim the passengers onboard the aircraft.
Sep 16, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
How Nepali women were misled into Maoist conflict
How Nepali women were misled into Maoist conflict
Using women in guerilla wars and revolutions is not a new thing, and there are examples of this in Ethiopia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, and Algeria. Women were important part of Nepal’s Maoist movement, and propaganda of female soldiers holding rifles were used as a symbol of a uni...
Sep 16, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
Alternatives to corporal punishment is even more effective
Alternatives to corporal punishment is even more effective
I was deeply saddened when a ninth grader, Madhav Kalauni of Mahakali Bal Vidyalaya of Kanchanpur district, died after being beaten by his four teachers last week. According to the news report published in Republica, Madhav was taken to the school office following a dispute with his friends outside...
Sep 16, 2019
OPINION, Latest Updates
The Amazon and You
The Amazon and You
NEW YORK – Nearly everyone has seen the dramatic images of the Amazon ablaze. Tens of thousands of fires—intentionally started or caused by logging, farming, mining, and other human activities—have broken out over the past year alone.
Sep 16, 2019