Ending plastic pollution calls for unified action

Alarmingly, Kathmandu valley consumes between 4,700,000 to 4,800,000 plastic bags daily. On average, 100 million pla stic bags are consumed in a month in the Kathmandu valley alone. Nepal is the 24th most vulnerable country in the world to the impacts of climate change, according to Global Climate Rate Index 2017.

Nepal govt asks China for help to curb gold smuggling

The Nepal government has turned to northern neighbor for help to control gold smuggling after the yellow precious metal was found being smuggled to India from China via the Nepal route. Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa on Tuesday met with Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Yu Hong and asked her for help to control gold smuggling saying that the yellow precious metal is being smuggled to India from China using the Nepal route.

Monitoring team destroys expired food along the Prithvi Highway

Large quantity of expired foods such as noodles, biscuits, juice and junk foods were seized and destroyed during a surprise market monitoring at the Prithvi Highway, according to Assistant Chief District Officer Dholak Raj Dhakal. The District Monitoring Committee, Dhading has launched a market monitoring since yesterday where.

Cases of domestic violence against men go up

The cases of domestic violence against men have also gone up in Lalitpur district of late. According to Metropolitan Police Range Office, Lalitpur, as many as 143 cases of domestic violence have been registered in the period of 10 months.

Only a few of Guatemala volcano’s dead have been identified

People of the villages skirting Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire began mourning the few dead who could be identified after an eruption killed dozens by engulfing them in floods of searing ash and mud. Mourners cried over caskets lined up in a row in the main park of San Juan Alotenango on Monday evening before rescuers stopped their work for another night.

FIFA files criminal complaint against online ticket seller Viagogo

Soccer’s ruling body FIFA has filed a criminal complaint against online ticket reseller Viagogo, saying it wanted to protect fans and prevent unauthorized ticket resales at the World Cup in Russia starting next week. Zurich-based FIFA said on Tuesday it had filed a complaint, based on the law on unfair competition, with the public prosecutor’s office in Geneva after receiving complaints about the Swiss company’s practices.