Call for making mountain museum more systematic

Call for making mountain museum more systematic
The International Mountain Museum (IMM) is gradually developing into an attractive venue for studying the mountain culture and nature. Participants of a programme here have called for further making it systematic and well-managed. The museum is situated at Ratopaihra, Pokhara Metropolitan City-17. The speakers of the 18th anniversary function of IMM stressed on the need of promoting and developin...

Jhulaghat transit comes into operation

Jhulaghat transit comes into operation
Kathmandu - The Jhulaghat border transit point with neighbouring India has come into operation after being shut for 10 months. It had remained shut since the outbreak of Corona Virus. Issuing a notice on Friday, the District Administration Office, Baitedi has stated that the transit point will come into operation from today. The transit is being opened following the decision on the same by th...

Corona infection down to zero in Siraha

Corona infection down to zero in Siraha
Kathmandu - Siraha district has reported zero cases of Corona Virus infection, 11 months after the virus was first detected. As of Friday, no new case of Corona Virus has been reported in Siraha, said Chief District Officer Pradip Raj Kandel. All the quarantine and isolation centres are now without any suspected and infected people, hence empty since the past few days. So far, 12,450 people u...

Chandragiri to clean up highway

Chandragiri to clean up highway
Kathmandu - The Chandragiri municipality has decided to clean up the highway that falls under its scope every week. The highway is the main transit point of entry to Kathmandu valley. Accordingly, the municipality has allocated Rs. 2 million for road cleaning and sanitation," said Mayor Ghanashyam Giri. Likewise, the municipality will put up dividers on the highway and colour it for beautificatio...

Are we culturally safe in a world of multiculturalism today?

Are we culturally safe in a world of multiculturalism today?
Nepal is no longer an isolated country now culturally from the rest of the world. Of course, Nepal is not a multiracial or multicultural country like the USA or the UK or Australia or Canada. For these countries have to welcome many migrants, refugees every year and these newcomers are likely to change some aspects of the US and the people and the culture of the US is also likely to change or aff...

Is the economy of Nepal on the right track?

Is the economy of Nepal on the right track?
Nepal is a country of limitless resources and needs not be poor at all for a variety of reasons. First Nepal has large fertile landmasses that can not only feed the people of the country it can even export grains to its neighboring countries. However ironically a country of great agricultural land where the majority of people are farmers have to import every year great bulks of grains from foreign...

Choosing careers or jobs: Career advice

Choosing careers or jobs: Career advice
Haribol Acharya Today the youths of Nepal are changing a great deal. And their outlook on lives have gone a big transformation. They do not think the way their parents or grandparents do. Their parents and mainly their grandparents always thought to amass huge amounts of land for their kids. Service is given little priority and the majority chooses to be farmers. It is a tale about five decades...

Living in harmony with others’ faiths  and religions

Living in harmony with others’ faiths  and religions
Haribol Acharya Religious tolerance is a great virtue one has to practice to while living in society. That means one has to learn to cohabit in a community without conflicting with different faiths. Yes, every society has a multiple of faiths and in today’s societies, particularly when we live in megacities we come across people coming from different villages or cities or communities.  Therefor...

Can we live or go without English Today in the city we live in ?

Can we live or go without English Today in  the city we live in ?
Haribol Acharya That can we go without English today is a serious question. Yes, we can go or live without English if we are prepared to leave our city for a remote village wherein people are not vulnerable to the modern lifestyle at all. They eat the food items that were used a thousand years ago; they sleep in the houses that are very ancient in style. They are mainly agrarians and them till ...

FEATURE NEWS: How can Nepal reap benefits from OBOR?

FEATURE NEWS: How can Nepal reap benefits from OBOR?
Xi'an, China, Nov. 18: Professor Zhang Hong, executive director of Shaanxi Institute of Innovative Talent Development, an organization of experts (think tank) at Xi'an, China, suggests that Nepal should be able to take benefit from China's 'One Belt One Road' (OBOR) project. He says that this project of world's second-largest economy, China, and its prosperity provides myriads of opport...