Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia Skyrocketing sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices. Increasing the cost of bread would mean declining sales, so the Nigerian baker decided to cut his production by half. Business 19 Nov, 2023
EDITORIAL: Time for action On Sunday, September 17, tens of thousands of protesters marched to demand an end to fossil fuels fast in New York City, where world leaders, including Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, are attending the United Nations Secretary General’s Climate Ambition Summit on top of the UN Sustainable Development Goals Opinion 18 Sep, 2023
EDITORIAL: Power outage It’s been an unusually dry season with little or no rain, and this has had telling impact on hydropower production in the country. Opinion 26 Apr, 2023
Sri Lanka shuts schools as extreme weather brings pollution Sri Lanka shuts schools as extreme weather brings pollution World 09 Dec, 2022
Saptari farmers stage protest Farmers held a demonstration in Saptari’s district headquarters Rajbiraj today accusing the government of delay in resolving the problem of fertiliser crunch. Nepal 20 Jul, 2022
EDITORIAL - Set dev priorities Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is paying a three-day visit to Nepal from Friday in three years following the official visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping in October 2019. Opinion 25 Mar, 2022
Climate change impacts on women Climate change impacts are already becoming more pervasive and catastrophic than anticipated, according to a recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).Some climate change impacts are already so severe that it is not possible to adapt to them. Blogs 16 Mar, 2022
EDITORIAL: Roll back the move It is ridiculous that the Advertisement Board has imposed a ban on placing or running advertisements related to alcoholic beverage even in the print media, which generate a large part of their revenue from such products for their survival. Opinion 16 Nov, 2021
Australia to evacuate thousands as Sydney faces worst floods in 60 years Australian authorities are planning to evacuate thousands more people on Monday from flood-affected suburbs in Sydney's west, which is set for its worst flooding in 60 years with drenching rain expected to continue for the next few days. World 22 Mar, 2021
Heavy snowfall, gales as winter storm hits Middle East Snow blanketed parts of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel on Wednesday, covering areas it has not reached in years, disrupting traffic and postponing vaccination campaigns against COVID-19 and even exams at some universities. World 18 Feb, 2021
Local levels distribute firewood, close schools RAJBIRAJ, JANUARY 15 Saptari’s Saptakoshi Municipality has decided to close all schools across the local level for a week in view of the extreme weather condition. According to Mayor Uttam Kumar Sharma Gautam, the decision to suspend classes... Travel 16 Jan, 2021
California firefighters make stand to save famed observatory, homes LOS ANGELES: Crews fought on Tuesday to defend homes and the famed Mount Wilson Observatory from California's biggest and most dangerous wildfire, standing their ground at a major highway between the flames and populated areas. The Bobcat Fire,... Women 23 Sep, 2020
