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Learning from home

Various modes of informal and non-formal education have engulfed our society, such as newspapers, transmission of culture from parents to children, online, the post office… However, this COVID era has proved that only the formal mode of education is taken as the true mode of education.

Impact of digital gadgets

I worry about my niece, who has just turned six, every time she sits on the couch with her eyes transfixed on the mobile phone. It’s not just her, everyone spends considerable time on the mobile phone and other digital gadgets these days.

Project evaluation

An important aspect of the work of international development organisations is to independently and systematically evaluate their projects, programs and policies.

FILE - An aerial view of a long exposure shot of vehicles plying on a road section in Kathmandu on Saturday, March 20, 2021. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

Road safety

During my visits to Nepal, I often walked through the busy streets of Kathmandu or looked out the plane window and marveled at the sight of Nepal’s magnificent hills, with roads winding across them.

Photo: Reuters

Price of coffee

Have you noticed the price of coffee increasing this year? You may not feel the pinch yet as many large coffee suppliers are protected with forward contracts that hedge price risks.

Learn from Indonesia

Wastewater reuse

Improving education

Vaccine supply

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Learn from Indonesia

On the 31st of August, Indonesia gave its 100 millionth dose of COVID-19 vaccine – a major milestone for one of the most COVID-affected countries in the world with about 270 million people and a challenging archipelagic geography.

File - A group of boys fly kites ahead of the Dashain festival on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday, October 3, 2020. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT/File

How Dashain used to be

Dashain is the main festival of the Nepalis, and it symbolises the victory of good over evil. The festival takes place in September or October, beginning with Shukla Paksha (bright lunar night) and ending with Purnima (the full moon).

Illustration: Ratna Sagar Shrestha

Lower birth rates

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt people’s livelihoods through a second year, a lot of people are choosing to defer having children.

Ideal urban environment

Are our institutions, offices, shops and homes, as part of the same urban fabric, smart, efficient and secure? If they are, in what ways are they able to ensure the safety of our next generations?

Wastewater reuse

In Durban, South Africa’s third largest city, an amount of wastewater equivalent to 13 Olympic-sized swimming pools has been treated and reused for industrial use by a paper mill and a local refinery every day since 2001.

A view of inundated settlements due to monsoon-induced floods at Helambu of Sindhupalchowk, on Sunday. Photo: THT

First in line to suffer

The houses in the picture stand on the river and its fringe. The government should confront the owners with pictorial evidence to determine the legality of the structures.

Photo: THT

Improving education

Education is essential aspect of human development. It develops cognitive skills and enhances the productivity and innovation of a country’s population.

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Vaccine supply

The Multilateral Leaders Taskforce (MLT) on COVID-19 is working to accelerate access and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines and other essential health tools to developing countries.

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Childhood games in Nepal

Childhood is a blend of golden memories. We frequently remember those days and become nostalgic. Most of the cases we remember are moments of different childhood games that we played either inside or in front of our homes, streets and small playgrounds with our local friends.

COVID-19 and poor

To cope with the pandemic, Asia’s poor are missing meals and selling their assets. Governments need to target policies toward the most vulnerable in order to stave off long-term damaging impacts.

hoto: Naresh Shrestha/ THT

Online class - A teacher's view

Life will be easy if we know about the future. Hence, we have to be prepared for any kind of unprecedented change in life. Uncertainty and unpredictability make life more complex.

Low-carbon growth

Although Cambodia currently contributes only 0.02% to global greenhouse gas emissions, it is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

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Improving schools through SIP

Nepal’s community schools have been preparing, implementing and reviewing SIPs (School Improvement Plans) for the last two decades every year.

Protected areas

The rollout of vaccines globally, particularly as this effort picks up momentum, is spreading hope that countries will soon have control over the devastating health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Location of Mahottari district in Nepal is seen in this map. Image Courtesy: Google Maps

Four held for force-feeding human excreta to woman

Four people were arrested by Mahottari Police for force-feeding a woman human excreta on the charge of practising witchcraft.

Impact of digital gadgets

I worry about my niece, who has just turned six, every time she sits on the couch with her eyes transfixed on the mobile phone. It’s not just her, everyone spends considerable time on the mobile phone and other digital gadgets these days.

Photo: Reuters

Biden administration asks US Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law

President Joe Biden's administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion, calling the Republican-backed measure plainly unconstitutional and specifically designed to evade judicial scrutiny.

Photo: AP

Coal emissions

Coal power plants have helped build economies around the world, but the greenhouse gas emissions produced by coal plants need to be reduced quickly to help put global emissions into decline and tackle a key contributor to climate change.

Most of the roads in Bajura were obstructed due to incessant rainfall since Sunday.

Roads obstructed in Bajura

Most of the roads in Bajura were obstructed due to incessant rainfall since Sunday.

Human Rights Watch has accused Nepal Police of using excessive force and demanded that Nepali authorities independently investigate the eviction drive of people living in squatter settlements at an industrial area in Rupandehi district on October 10, killing four protesters, and injuring dozens.

Police slammed for using excessive force on protesters

Human Rights Watch has accused Nepal Police of using excessive force and demanded that Nepali authorities independently investigate the eviction drive of people living in squatter settlements at an industrial area in Rupandehi district on October 10, killing four protesters, and injuring dozens.

UML to continue obstructing House proceedings

The CPN-UML, which has been stalling House proceedings since September 8 when the new session of Parliament began, will continue to do so unless Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota confirms the expulsion of 14 UML lawmakers, including Madhav Kumar Nepal who now heads the CPN (Unified Socialist).

Kenya's Agnes Jebet Tirop reacts after finishing third in the final. Photo: Reuters

Husband in court over killing of Kenyan athlete Tirop

A Kenyan court on Monday allowed police to hold the husband of long distance runner Agnes Tirop for 20 days over her killing, the KTN News channel reported.

Rescue workers carry the body of a victim after recovering it from the debris of a residential house following a landslide caused by heavy rainfall at Kokkayar village in Idukki district in the southern state of Kerala, India, October 17, 2021. Photo: Reuters

More than 20 dead after floods hit southern India

Leaders in the southern Indian state of Kerala opened near-overflowing dams on Monday after at least 22 people died when heavy rains lashed the region over the weekend.

A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. Photo: Reuters

N Korea fires ballistic missile off its east coast, S Korea military says

North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile off its east coast on Tuesday, officials in South Korea and Japan said, as Seoul opens a major arms fair, spy chiefs meet to discuss the nuclear standoff, and South Korea prepares for a space launch.

Arsenal's Alexandre Lacazette celebrates scoring their second goal during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace, at Emirates Stadium, in London, Britain, on October 18, 2021. Photo: Reuters

Last-gasp Lacazette earns Arsenal draw with Palace

Substitute Alexandre Lacazette struck with the last kick of the game to give Arsenal a rollercoaster 2-2 home draw with Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Monday after the visitors had fought back from a goal down.

Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller celebrates scoring their third goal with teammates. Photo: Reuters

Bayern smash five past Leverkusen to reclaim top spot in Bundesliga

A brace each from Robert Lewandowski and Serge Gnabry moved Bayern up to 19 points, one point ahead of Dortmund while Leverkusen remain third with 16.

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