BISHKEK, 29 March, 2021, (TON): The Kyrgyz Olympic team played an amicable match with Tribhuwan Army Club from Nepal.

Kyrgyzstanis made risky minutes during the match, yet couldn't utilize them. In the first half, Ernaz Abilov hit the crossbar of the opponents. In the second half, he did not succeed in one-on-one. In the middle of the second half, Erzhan Tokotaev saved his team after a one-on-one with the opponent.

As a result, the match ended in a draw.

The Olympic team of Kyrgyzstan, consisting of players under 23 years old, took part in the Three Nations Cup from March 22 to March 30. The national teams of Bangladesh and Nepal also participated in the tournament.

KATHMANDU, 28 March, 202, (TON): People in Kathmandu Valley and hilly districts will observe Holi, the festival of colors, also known as Fagu Purnima, by exchanging wishes today.

Revelers, young and old alike, celebrate the festival by smearing colorful powders and throwing water-filled pouches or balloons at each other. The festival will be celebrated in the Tarai region on Monday.

The festival marks the arrival of spring and the harvest season. The first day of the festival is called Chhoti Holi or Holika Dahan while the second-day Dhuleti or Holi. Holika Dahan, the death of Holika, the symbol of the triumph of good over evil, is marked by lighting a bonfire and performing a special Puja to burn evil spirits.

Fagu Poornima carries its own speciality and significance. People of all ages enjoy the festival with enthusiasm. The festival begins on the eighth day of the new moon on the lunar calendar.

The festival also known as Holi is celebrated by smearing color with enjoyment. There is also a saying that Lord Vishnu had told Holika that the boon she had received would be meaningless if it was misused.

KATHMANDU, 26 March, 2021, (TON): Four CPN-UML leaders including Madhav Kumar Nepal have reacted to the explanation looked for by the gathering. Leaders Nepal, Bhim Bahadur Rawal, Surendra Pandey, and Ghanashyam Bhusal have presented their explanation today, said the party office secretary Iswari Rijal.

Blaming them for neutralizing the party, the party’s focal advisory group meeting on March 20 had chosen to look for explanation from the four chiefs. The letter looking for their explanation was shipped off them by party General Secretary Ishwar Pokharel on March 21, with seven days' cutoff time.

It very well might be noticed that after the reestablishment of the UML by the Supreme Court, leader Nepal has been running equal exercises, in challenging the choice of the gathering seat to make arrangements singularly.

DHANGADHI, Nepal, 24 March, 2021, (TON): Partial prohibitory request has been given in Kanchanpur locale from Tuesday late evening remembering the danger of Covid disease.

As per the Chief District Officer (CDO) of Kanchanpur, Ram Kumar Mahato, a prohibitory request has been given halfway thinking about the second influx of Covid-19 with the increment in contamination cases in different locales of adjoining India.

CDO Mahato further explained that limitations have been put on specific exercises in the region dependent on the guidelines gave by Nepal Government and Province Health Directorate. According to the recently gave request, individuals are denied from taking part in any sort of huge social affairs including Holi festivities, fairs, celebrations, parades, rallies, among others.

Similarly, it has been focused on that individuals follow social separating and general wellbeing conventions. Development of individuals and products has been permitted from Gauriphanta and Gaddachauki line focuses just from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm. Development will be finished confined from different places of Indo-Nepal line with the exception of the two previously mentioned areas.

Moreover, the authorities have urged all to get their health check-up done at health desks placed at the border points and provide their details for the purpose of monitoring.

KATHMANDU, 24 March, 2021, (TON): Speakers at a function held here today stressed the need to ensure minimum wage for working journalists.

At a program held at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology today, the participants commented that some journalists were still forced to work without remuneration.

Committee Chairperson Rajendra Aryal said it was difficult to determine the real statistics of working journalists across the country.

He pledged to gather real data and details of working journalists and work to resolve the issue of minimum wage based on the data. Chairperson Aryal underlined the need to enforce proportional advertisement system and expressed confidence that it would start implementing the system after formation of the advertisement board.

Committee member Bimala Pandey highlighted the need to carry out comprehensive study to know the true situation of the media.

"Female journalists are facing more problems than their male counterparts," she complained.

KATHMANDU, 24 March, 2021, (TON): Lamopuchchhare Chanchar, a type of bird in the family Turdidae with a long tail has been spotted interestingly on the riverside in Chitwan National Park.

The types of bird additionally called 'Since quite a while ago followed thrush' with the logical name Zoothera dixoni are found in subtropical or tropical clammy montane backwoods or tropical high-elevation shrubland as per ornithologists.

Administrator of Bird Association Society Sauraha Chitwan, Ramesh Chaudhary said that the Lamopuchchhare Chanchar bird, recently saw in Rara, Makalu Barun, Langtang National Park, Annapurna and Kanchenjunga Conservation Area has been found in Sauraha, Chitwan interestingly. With the discovery of the bird, Chitwan has now become the environment of 657 unique types of birds.

The bird species which is found at an elevation going from 1,500 meters to 4,000 meters had never been distinguished in Chitwan. The bird has been accounted for as a transitory animal types in the Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park.

The species of long-tailed thrush are found in Bhutan, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. A large number of tourists come to Chitwan National Park to see the birds as migratory birds come to Nepal from different countries to avoid the chilling cold. 

KATHMANDU, 21 March, 2021, (TON): Director of the CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" has claimed some "external elements" of attempting to incapacitate the constitution and the framework through Prime Minister KP Oli.

Prachanda said these components discovered Oli a proper person who could move to their tunes and annihilate every one of the accomplishments, including federalism.

“Foreign forces, in fact, nurtured Oli to destroy the constitution and the system that has been established with the blood and sweat of the Nepali people,” Prachanda said at a program in the capital Sunday.

“It is, therefore, high time people united and made clear their positions – either to go for Oli-attitude or stand firm to safeguard the people’s achievements,” he said.

Recalling the unification between the Maoist Center and the CPN-UML, Prachanda said, “People criticized me for making an alliance and unity with KP Oli. However, let me make it clear that I did not commit a mistake by doing so. I intended to further strengthen the communist movement.”

“I would also like to tell the people that I did not surrender by unifying with the UML party then,” he added.

He said he chose Prachanda as his pseudo name simply because he wanted to get rid of the caste. “I chose this name since I believed that it would encompass and represent all castes, religion, and people in the country.”

KATHMANDU, 21 March, 2021, (TON): As of mid-March, the nation's import/export imbalance has ascended to Rs 863 billion, as indicated by government measurements.

The Department of Customs says the measure of import, which had descended during the pinnacle of the Covid-19 limitations, returned to ordinariness though that of the fares stayed as powerless as could be expected, prompting the expanded import/export imbalance.

As the first eight months of the current fiscal year are over, the amount of trade deficit stands at Rs 863.2 billion that is 1.63 percent more than the figure recorded exactly one year ago, the department informs.

In the past eight months, Nepal imported petroleum products only for Rs 121.61 billion.

Here are some highlights of the first eight months of the current fiscal year: Imports: Rs 943.98 billion (2.14% more than last year’s figure), Exports: Rs 80.77 million (7.84% more than last year’s), Gross foreign trade amount: Rs 1 trillion and 34.76 billion (2.56% more than last year’s), Share of import: 92.5%, Share of export: 7.88%

CHITWAN, 21 March, 2021, (TON): Nepali Congress President and previous PM Sher Bahadur Deuba said an opportunity had arrived for the NC to fabricate the gathering instead of spotlight on the executive's post.

Deuba said this during a social occasion coordinated by Tarun Dal, an adolescent wing of the gathering, here today. NC's spotlight at present ought to be on guaranteeing the gathering's triumph in the coming political race, as opposed to rushing to turn into the head administrator, he added. Deuba, in any case, said, "If the situation emerges in a way that the government needs NC's leadership, the party should step back."

He contended that there is as yet a joint legislature of the CPN-UML and CPN-Maoist Center. Maoist Center has not removed help to the public authority. "It is time to observe how Madhes-centric parties, Maoist Centre, and UML factions led by Oli and Nepal move ahead," he reminded the cadres.

The president directed cadres and leaders to go ahead with preparation for elections by ending the intra-party disputes and differences.

The grievances and demands of all cadres and leaders in the party will be managed. "People are sovereign, they are not servants. They don't like speeches any more. So, provide relief to their problems," he urged the cadres.

On the occasion, Joint General Secretary of the party Prakash Sharan Mahat, said, "NC will make the new government, but with full authority and power. NC won't not join government on the basis of conditions."

Other youth speakers, including Shankar Bhandari and NP Saud, focused on the requirement for the gathering to go about according to individuals' command. It is NC's obligation to bring the public undertakings back on the track, he added.

KATHMANDU, 20 March, 2021, (TON): The 33% portrayal of ladies on the whole state organs visualized by the constitution has not been implemented in the Council of Ministers and the initiative of ideological groups, says the National Human Rights Commission. It adds that victimization ladies keep on existing in each circle.

Ladies have endured more because of hurtful social practices, separation, abuse, treachery, and rejection, said a yearly report as of late distributed the NHRC. This has influenced the political, monetary, social, social, and instructive areas and ladies have been deceived.

As per the NHRC, even the evil practices, for example, jhuma, deuki and chhaupadi keep on exiting in Nepali society. Likewise, share, youngster marriage, and marriage without assent are as yet pervasive and ladies are obliged to acknowledge the claim of black magic. Actual attacks from the relatives for not bringing settlement, setting burning, banishing from home, and killings are additionally predominant in either structure.

There is a change in the forms and nature of discrimination and violence against women with the changes brought about by technology and development. "Cases of sex-selective abortion have increased and women continue becoming the victims of rape, sexual abuses, and acid attacks," reads the report.

Women's rights have been promoted through laws and policies, but practically gender-based violence is still rampant.

"Women-friendly laws have been formulated, but have not been implemented effectively. Hence, the government and other stakeholders should focus on effective implementation of laws for true empowerment," the rights body suggested.