PM Dahal stresses on reforms in university curriculum to stop brain drain Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has pointed out the need of making timely reforms in the educational curriculum to stop the brain drain. Nepal 26 Apr, 2024
Planned development of Nepal: In search of transformation ​​​​​​​It is said that Draupadi of Mahabharata fame was a widow for five consecutive earlier lives. She meditated, and God ordered her to ask for a blessing. Opinion 27 Jun, 2023
EDITORIAL: Wrong decision To add insult to injury, the government has decided to reduce the subsidy given to the farmers on the purchase of chemical fertilisers which are widely used to increase agriculture productivity. Opinion 15 Mar, 2023
Round-the-year tourism activities stressed Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Jeevan Ram Shrestha has stressed the need to carry out tourism activities 12 months a year to attract more foreign tourists to the country. Nepal 28 Aug, 2022
Call to provide reproductive rights services to women ​​​​​​​Women rights activists have said that Nepal needs to invest adequate resources to provide safe abortion services and other reproductive rights services to women. Nepal 07 Mar, 2022
India launches effort to inoculate all adults against COVID In hopes of taming a monstrous spike in COVID-19 infections, India opened vaccinations to all adults Saturday, launching a huge inoculation effort that was sure to tax the limits of the federal government, the country's vaccine factories and the patience of its 1.4 billion people. World 02 May, 2021
EDITORIAL: Manage surplus power We need a plan to make full use of all available electricity in the country or look for ways to export it In what is a milestone in Nepal’s hydropower development, the country’s first 400 kV substation at Dhalkebar has come into full operation... 19 Nov, 2020
"DoT working out action plan to manage spring season mountain expeditions" KATHMANDU: The Department of Tourism (DoT) is all set to come out with an action plan to manage the mountaineering expeditions in the spring season at the earliest. Under Secretary Mira Acharya, who heads the mountaineering section at DoT under the... Travel 12 Mar, 2020
Community Learning Centres: An effective tool for development As CLCs are community-based, community participation is a must to make their activities successful. But there is poor participation of community members in the planning, implementation and management of CLC activities Community development is part and... 18 Feb, 2020
TAAN expects increase in flow of Chinese tourists after Xi�s visit Kathmandu, October 16 Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) has said it expects the recent state visit of the Chinese president to play a significant role in increasing the flow of Chinese tourists into the country. Issuing a press... 17 Oct, 2019
WHO SAID WHAT The Himalayan Times talked to people from various walks of life to know what they thought of the federal budget for fiscal 2019-20, which was unveiled by Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada on Wednesday. This time the budget speech for the next... 30 May, 2019
ADB VP attends summit, reaffirms development support Kathmandu, March 30 Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Shixin Chen on a visit to Nepal on March 26–30 reaffirmed the bank’s commitment to supporting economic prosperity and assisting country in fulfilling its growth... 31 Mar, 2019