Hard hat equity: Dilemma or opportunity From an exotic import, concrete has become the unsung hero of Nepali residential construction, affording architects a new sense of freedom from the tyranny of traditional materials. Opinion 24 Dec, 2024
Call for scientific study of census index Demographers have called for a scientific and organised study of the census index to address problems of increasing demographic imbalance and migration in the future. Kathmandu 03 Jan, 2024
As glaciers melt, a new study seeks protection of ecosystems that emerge in their place The analysis from Swiss and French scientists adds to worries about glacier melt and a growing call to step up efforts to protect the planet from climate change. Environment 18 Aug, 2023
EDITORIAL: Dengue menace The rapid spread of dengue in the Kathmandu Valley and western Tarai belt is threatening to overwhelm Nepal’s poor health infrastructure, with an acute shortage of paracetamol tablets being reported in the market. Opinion 07 Sep, 2022
Garbage management from Kathmandu Valley to take place only in nighttime Ending a series of discussions and even the protests of the local community, an 18-point agreement has been signed among the agitating locals, people’s representatives and Kathmandu Metropolitan City for the waste management of the Kathmandu Valley at Bancharedanda Kudule Landfill Site in Sisdole. Kathmandu 10 Jun, 2022
Challenges of remittance Nepal is a nation afflicted by low income, poverty, rising unemployment and unsound dependence on agriculture. According to the Economic Survey of 2077/78, about 66 percent of the population rely on agriculture, but that population is invisibly quasi-unemployed or seasonal unemployed. Blogs 11 Apr, 2022
Globe bounces back to nearly 2019 carbon pollution levels The dramatic drop in carbon dioxide emissions from the pandemic lockdown has pretty much disappeared in a puff of coal-fired smoke, much of it from China, a new scientific study found. World 04 Nov, 2021
EDITORIAL: Rescue passengers Hundreds of passengers have been stranded at Bajura’s Kolti Airport looking for air tickets to reach Nepalgunj, but to no avail. Opinion 29 Oct, 2021
Waste no waste: High time to embrace biogas The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) report 2021 has a serious warning to all the policymakers of the world and announced humanity is at stake as climate change is at its peak and is already approaching irreversibility for centuries to come. Opinion 09 Sep, 2021
'Withdraw aggregate mining programme from budget' Nepal Forum of Environment Journalists has disapproved the government announcement that it would pursue the aggregate mining industry to reduce the trade deficit. Environment 02 Jun, 2021
Nepal under severe drought condition: Winter crops affected Kathmandu became the most polluted city in the world for a few days in January and February 2021. Opinion 30 Mar, 2021
China outlines COVID-origin findings, ahead of WHO report Chinese officials briefed diplomats Friday on the ongoing research into the origin of COVID-19, ahead of the expected release of a long-awaited report from the World Health Organization. World 27 Mar, 2021
