Conflict and employment The emergence of new conflicts, together with the increasing duration of existing displacement crises, implies that forced displacement is set to increase.
Frequent plane crashes On the 15th of January, on Maghe Sankranti, a passenger plane carrying 72 people crashed near the newly inaugurated Pokhara International Airport.
Health and sanitation A sanitation campaign in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic reveals that reducing open defecation has unexpected benefits across households and communities.
PRIA and Indian media The initial enthusiasm for PRIA seems to have petered out. We have forgotten GBIA completely. With Kuwait’s Jazeera and Nepal-born Himalaya pulling out the few flights citing worsening weather, the writings are writ large on the walls and skies. It faces existential questions.
Behavioural science Behavioral insights offer effective tools to come up with innovative solutions to address people’s behavior and biases regarding climate change.
Food export: Learn from Ukraine Embattled Ukraine, braving rains of missiles, exports grains to Africa to save its impoverished people from hunger and starvation. Ukraine’s president magnanimously declared that he would not allow people to die of hunger when Russia tried to throw a spanner on export from the Black Sea.
The world at your doorstep We, humans, are accustomed to do one thing as soon as we wake up and get up: swing the curtains wide open and check the weather prospects, intuitively wishing them to fit in our expectations.
A tale of billy goats From travelling on the front seat of a Mahindra jeep to the roof of a Sherpa jeep, the ill-fated billy goat was destined to find himself on the belly of so many people upon being slayed. But little did the poor soul know about people’s insatiable craving for meat.
Work-based training To make it easier for companies to participate in work-based training, governments need to mandate, fund, and train institutions to provide such services.
School vs leisure School, what a word! Just utter, visualise or think of it, and most certainly, it usually evokes a great place to learn new and wise things.
Do not only tax consumption There are three things that matter in particular when it comes to increasing the tax revenues of the least developed and developing countries. Taxes should be progressive, levies to fund social protection are needed, and illicit financial flows must be reduced.
Islamic finance Addressing the climate emergency will require all the funding possible from as many diverse sources as possible.
You, space and time Here you are the observer, whereas time is the surrounding, and space is what you are storing inside. Anything you do in life creates reactions in the mass.
No place called home The term “Sukumbasi” does not directly translate to homelessness; however, it is often used pejoratively for “people living in slums”. In general terms, homelessness is a growing problem in Nepal. With the country’s population increasing and its economy struggling, more and more people are being forced to be homeless.
Business THT Digital announces vacancies THT Digital Pvt. Ltd. owns and operates Nepal's most read English newspaper website " The Himalayan Times",. As a part of its ongoing efforts to strengthern its existing team, the company is seeking to hire highly motivated personnel for online news for the following position:
Nepal Need to strengthen immunisation: WHO The World Health Organisation today called for focused efforts to provide lifesaving childhood vaccines in the South-East Asian countries, including Nepal.
Opinion EDITORIAL: Face the legal action The Supreme Court (SC) has finally allowed the former Maoist child soldiers to file a writ petition at the court seeking legal action against sitting Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai for conscripting minors into the Maoist army during the decade-old Maoist insurgency.
Nepal Akhanda Bharat dispute: Based on misunderstood historical occupancy Like two tigers hunting in pairs, the Akhanda Bharat dispute and climate change have sent the political as well as physical temperature shooting up in Nepal as never before.
Nepal UML does away with age bar rule CPN-UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel defended the party’s decision to suspend the party statute age bar provision for party leadership. Earlier, the party had made provisions whereby any party leader aspiring to be in the executive body should be less than 70 years of age.
Nepal 'Himalayan Trust UK focused on building human capital in Nepal' It was in 1981, Sir Graham Wrigley KCMG, at the age of 19, met legendary mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary in Khumjung village of the Everest region.
Business United Ajod pact Nabil Investment Banking has inked an agreement with United Ajod Insurance to act as the share registrar of the latter.
Business NIC Asia's scheme NIC Asia Bank has introduced the QR Merchant Activation scheme with various attractive features for merchants receiving payments through its QR codes.
Business Honda exchange and finance mela Syakar Trading Co, the authorised distributor of Honda motorbikes, has announced ‘Exchange and finance mela’.
Business Mountain clean-up Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd has felicitated 52 people associated with ‘Mountain clean-up 2023’ campaign.
Business Asian Paints, Nabil Bank join hands for channel financing Asian Paints Nepal and Nabil Bank have recently joined hands to support the channel partners of Asian paints across Nepal to give them the benefit of ‘channel financing’.
Business 'MDMS revolutionises mobile phone industry in the country' Cellphone importers and distributors in Nepal have commended the government for successful implementation of the Mobile Device Management System (MDMS), a groundbreaking solution aimed at combating illegal import, sale, and distribution of mobile phones within the country.
