Journalists, stakeholders want government to scrap Public Service Broadcasting Bill

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 9 The Federation of Nepali Journalists and other stakeholders have demanded that the Public Service Broadcasting Bill registered in the National Assembly be scrapped. Speaking at an interaction organised by the umbrella organisation of...

District post office to provide press pass

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 9 The press accreditation pass borne by media workers now can be received and renewed from the district post office. The right to confer and renew Press Identity Card to mediapersons was devolved to...

UN chief warns `vaccine nationalism’ is moving at full speed

UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that “vaccine nationalism” is moving “at full speed,” leaving poor people around the globe watching preparations for inoculations against the coronavirus in some rich nations and wondering...

Government issues ‘Joint Investment Procedure 2020’

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 9 The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has issued Joint Investment Procedure 2020. MoF Spokesperson Rameshwor Dangal stated that the procedure has been issued for the effective implementation of physical and economic sector infrastructure projects...

EDITORIAL: Taller than thought

Nepal should make detailed profiles of all peaks above 6,000m to promote tourism and tackle the issues of climate change Mount Sagarmatha, also known as Mount Everest and Chomolungma, has now become a bit taller...

Head teacher’s brutal murder leaves village in grief, fear

DHARAN, DECEMBER 9 Abduction and subsequent murder of head teacher Rajendra Shrestha, 54, of Saraswoti Basic School by the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal has left locals terrified in Miklajung Rural Municipality, Morang. Shrestha’s...

COVID’s challenges: Ways to cope with them

The pathway the disease has created is a turbulent one, and it is up to all Nepalis to decide how to go through it successfully. Though it has wreaked havoc, the pandemic can be...

First woman, next man on moon will come from these NASA 18

CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA has named the 18 astronauts — half of them women — who will train for its Artemis moon-landing program. The first woman and next man on the moon will come from this...