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Pepsodent Oral Health

Kathmandu, March 29 -- As a part of World Oral Health Day, Pepsodent conducted educational campaigns and free dental screenings, and distributed samples of its toothpaste. The programs were held in Ka... Read More


Mismeasuring corruption lets rich countries off the hook

Kathmandu, March 29 -- Corruption is conventionally - and misleadingly - measured as a one-dimensional problem. Global corruption indices, including Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions... Read More


People's Movement

Kathmandu, March 29 -- Malaysia is slashing foreign worker intake from end-May, conflicts in West Asia risk engulfing the region, and fortress Europe is building higher walls for migrants. All this m... Read More


Homecoming

Kathmandu, March 28 -- In the past year, about 260,000 Nepali workers flocked to Malaysia to work in factories, service stations, and palm and rubber plantations. A similar number were preparing to go... Read More


The Tharu story by the Tharu

Kathmandu, March 27 -- Patan Museum is a repository of Kathmandu Valley heritage, but in its gallery wing is a temporary multimedia exhibition devoted to the indigenous Tharu people of Nepal's souther... Read More


Himalayan people appeal for Sonam Wangchuk

Kathmandu, March 26 -- Ten individuals from across the Himalayan region have issued an appeal for the life of Sonam Wangchuk, a Ladakh environmental activist, who is on the 22nd day of his hunger stri... Read More


Balancing free expression with fake news on social media

Kathmandu, March 26 -- Guilherme Canela is Chief of the Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists Section of UNESCO in Paris. He recently visited Nepal to discuss freedom of expression in the di... Read More


Ending TB is possible, and cost-effective

Kathmandu, March 25 -- One in every three Nepalis carries the tuberculosis bacillus. There may be no active symptoms, but they can at any point progree into a full blown infection. TB kills up to 47 ... Read More


Nepalis play Russian roulette in distant war

Kathmandu, March 23 -- When Maya BK's husband Somesh asked for Rs500,000 so that he could apply for a job in Russia, she was taken aback. He was already working in Qatar, why did he need another job? ... Read More


Heads Roll

Kathmandu, March 22 -- Gold Smuggling On orders of Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane, police on Monday arrested Maoist vice-chair and former House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara in Bhairawa while he was ... Read More