Stop environmental degradation: Before it is too late World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 annually to create awareness and encourage environmental protection. Opinion 03 Jun, 2021
EDITORIAL: Good initiative As the country grapples with an acute shortage of anti-COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment, following a sudden surge in the coronavirus since February, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari took the initiative to hold telephonic conversation with her Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on Wednesday and requested him to provide the much-needed vaccines Opinion 28 May, 2021
EDITORIAL: Stick to the codes When the 2015 earthquake struck the country, more than 9,000 people were killed and over 23,000 others injured after the powerful tremor toppled many private and public buildings, mainly in the central region of the country. Opinion 01 Feb, 2021
Pakistan project wins award for shielding villages from natural disasters KARACHI: A project that combines satellite images, mapping technologies and the local knowledge of villagers to help build climate-proof settlements in disaster-prone areas of Pakistan won an international award on Thursday. More than 1 million... Women 03 Dec, 2020
China, US trade tit-for-tat visa curbs over Tibet BEIJING/WASHINGTON: China said on Wednesday it will impose visa restrictions on US citizens who have engaged in what it called "egregious" behaviour over Tibet, in apparent retaliation against US restrictions on Chinese officials. US Secretary of... Women 08 Jul, 2020
World Environment Day today KATHMANDU: The world is observing Environment Day on June 5 to celebrate the environment that we live in and to spread awareness for its conservation. Nepal usually marked the day by organising various programmes across the country, however, due to the... Travel 05 Jun, 2020
Vanishing sparrows Before our dependency on the alarm clock, we all relied on nature. One among the many natural morning cues used to be the sound of birds chirping at dawn. One chirping bird that we are familiar with is the house sparrow. Sparrows have had a... 23 Mar, 2020
Construction management: Needs enhancing performance The excavator has been used excessively in the construction of roads without any planning, causing landslides, slope fall and environmental degradation. Quality control is also lacking in the construction of roads, buildings and power... 06 Mar, 2020
EDITORIAL: Save the Chure The extraction of sand and stones from the rivers is particularly disturbing in the wake of the heavy construction activities in Nepal and India The Chure hills that rise just above the Tarai along the foothills of the Himalaya are the lifeline of the... 28 Feb, 2020
Government develops master plan to conserve Chure region Kathmandu, February 26 Minister of Forests and Environment Shakti Bahadur Basnet today said the government was all set to implement a programme worth USD 48 million for conservation and management of the Chure region. Responding to queries by... Horoscopes 27 Feb, 2020
Your money or your life: Can nations prosper by putting well-being before GDP in 2020? BANGKOK: With protests from Chile to Hong Kong last year over widening inequality, violence against women, and climate change, more policymakers and campaigners started to openly debate potential shifts away from an economic model that relies on... Women 02 Jan, 2020
Clearing trees at Nijgadh: Govt-community bonhomie needed Either the government should have the teeth strong enough to calm down the opposition as in the case of Narita Airport in Japan or take the local population into confidence and complete the construction The proposed international airport at Nijgadh is... 31 Dec, 2019
