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Election Commission Calls for Applications From Election Observers

Nepal Gears Up Election Preparations

As Nepal moves closer to the national elections scheduled for March 5, the government is accelerating preparations to ensure timely, ...

Political Transition Slows Nepal’s Economic Growth: World Bank

Political Transition Slows Nepal’s Economic Growth: World Bank

The World Bank projects that political instability following the Gen Z movement in September and subsequent developments will slow Nepal’s ...

Rescued: 16 Nepali Children from Trafficking in India

Rescued: 16 Nepali Children from Trafficking in India

Sixteen Nepali children trafficked to India were rescued and reunited with their families in Madhesh Province. The children, aged between ...

Election Commission Calls for Applications From Election Observers

Election Commission Calls for Applications From Election Observers

The Election Commission has called on national and international organisations to submit applications by November 12 to observe the House ...

Heavy Rain Disrupts Flights and Road Travel Across Nepal 

Heavy Rain Disrupts Flights and Road Travel Across Nepal 

Due to heavy rain and adverse weather conditions, travel has been halted across the country. Both domestic and international flights ...

Gen Z Representatives, Political Parties, and the Government Meet

Gen Z Representatives, Political Parties, and the Government Meet

Prime Minister Sushila Karki led a tripartite discussion on Wednesday between the government, major political parties, and representatives from Nepal’s ...

Insurance Companies Paid 21 Million Dollars in Compensation for Damages from the GenZ Uprising

Insurance companies have disbursed about 21.23 million US Dollars (3 billion Nepali rupees) in early payments to compensate for damages ...

Hearing Begins at Supreme Court on House Dissolution Case

Hearing Begins at Supreme Court on House Dissolution Case

The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench has begun hearings on petitions filed against the dissolution of the House of Representatives. The ...

First Snowfall of the Season in Mustang  

First Snowfall of the Season in Mustang  

The first snowfall of the season has been recorded in Mustang. The snowfall began on Tuesday morning (October 28) in ...

Hyatt Shuts Down amid Growing Concern for Luxury Hotels

Hyatt Shuts Down amid Growing Concern for Luxury Hotels

Hyatt Regency Kathmandu has closed indefinitely following severe damage during the “Gen Z” protests, as the stability of Nepal’s luxury ...

Monsoon Ravages Eastern Nepal: Dozens Dead, Infrastructures Damaged

Heavy Rainfall Likely Again

Following the withdrawal of the monsoon, Nepal typically sees little significant rainfall until the end of winter. But this pattern ...

What’s Next for Tourism?   

What’s Next for Tourism?   

On September 8 and 9, the air was thick with tear gas and tension all across the nation, yet between ...

Chhath Festivities in Full Swing in Janakpurdham

Chhath Festivities in Full Swing in Janakpurdham

The city of Janakpurdham is glowing with devotion and celebration as thousands of worshippers gather to mark Chhath, one of ...

Journey through time : Kingdom of Mustang

Tourist Rush Overwhelms Mustang After Tihar

Soon after the Tihar festival ended with Bhai Tika, Mustang experienced an unexpected flood of visitors, creating major challenges for ...

Chhath Festivities in Full Swing in Janakpurdham

Celebrating Chhath Puja in Nepal

After Tihar, visitors might think the festive season in Nepal has ended — but in the southern plains, preparations begin ...

The Five Days of Tihar 

The Five Days of Tihar 

If you happen to be in Nepal during October or November, you’re in luck — you’ll witness one of the ...

Sujeev Shakya Launches ‘Nepal 2043: The Road to Prosperity’

Sujeev Shakya Launches ‘Nepal 2043: The Road to Prosperity’

Sujeev Shakya, founder and chair of the Nepal Economic Forum, launched his new book, ‘Nepal 2043: The Road to Prosperity’, ...

Sikali Jatra: The Festival That Replaces Dashain in Khokana 

Sikali Jatra: The Festival That Replaces Dashain in Khokana 

In a nation where nearly 80% of the population is Hindu, Dashain is one of its biggest festivals. Yet, while ...

Kathmandu Metro Introduces Smart Address Plates 

Kathmandu Metro Introduces Smart Address Plates 

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has introduced the Digital Address System (DAS) in Ward No. 26 with the aim of ...

Nepal Rises to 17th in the ICC T20I Rankings

Nepal Rises to 17th in the ICC T20I Rankings

Nepal has climbed one position to 17th in the latest ICC Men’s T20 International Team Rankings, updated by the International ...

Hamas Captive Bipin Joshi is No Longer Alive, Says IDF

Hamas Captive Bipin Joshi is No Longer Alive, Says IDF

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have formally informed that Nepali national Bipin Joshi is no longer alive. According to Nepal’s ...

The Discord Revolution: How Nepal’s Youth Rewrote Democracy Online

The Discord Revolution: How Nepal’s Youth Rewrote Democracy Online

In early September, as the nation was in chaos, young Nepalis were gathering in a corner of the internet that ...

Thirty-two Hydroelectric Projects Face Damages

Thirty-two Hydroelectric Projects Face Damages

The recent heavy rainfall between October 3 and 5 has affected 32 hydropower projects across 10 districts in three provinces, ...

Monsoon Ravages Eastern Nepal: Dozens Dead, Infrastructures Damaged

Monsoon Ravages Eastern Nepal: Dozens Dead, Infrastructures Damaged

Landslides, floods, and lightning strikes caused by incessant monsoon rains have resulted in widespread destruction of life and property across ...

Commemorating the September Revolt

Commemorating the September Revolt

A mixture of hope and caution By Matt Wood On Saturday, 20 September 2025, members of the Nepalese community, academics, ...

Nepali Hindus Observe Their Biggest Festival

Nepali Hindus Observe Their Biggest Festival

Hindus across Nepal are celebrating Dashain, the country’s biggest and most widely observed festival, with prayers, family gatherings, and cultural ...

Kathmandu Has a New Living Goddess

Kathmandu Has a New Living Goddess

This Dashain, Kathmandu officially installed a new Royal Kumari, the highest authority among the city’s many living gods and goddesses. ...

From Chief Justice to Interim Prime Minister: Who is Sushila Karki?  

From Chief Justice to Interim Prime Minister: Who is Sushila Karki?  

Nepal is once again in the middle of a political transition. Following just days of unrest led by “Gen-Z” protesters ...

‘Fulpati’ is Here

‘Fulpati’ is Here

The fortnight-long Hindu festival of ‘Bada Dashain,’ meaning Grand Dashain, starts with Ghatasthapana. On that day, a ghat (meaning pot), ...

Information Technology has become indispensable to livelihood: PM

Government Suspends Passports of Five, including Ex-PM Oli

The Interim Government led by Sushila Karki has decided to suspend the passports of five people, including former Prime Minister ...

Nepal: From Crisis to Hope

Nepal: From Crisis to Hope

By Thaneshwar Kandel Nepal is a country rich in natural resources and cultural heritage, with a resilient population. Nevertheless, the ...

Questions Galore After a Week of Intense Social Unrest 

Questions Galore After a Week of Intense Social Unrest 

The recent turmoil in Nepali cities is likely to have a lasting impact on politics and society. It also impacts ...

How Nepo Babies Triggered Gen Z to Demand Fairness

How Nepo Babies Triggered Gen Z to Demand Fairness

Long before the end of December, a snapshot of a highly exclusive Christmas tree went viral in Nepal. Not for ...

When Saving the Constitution Meant Breaking It  

When Saving the Constitution Meant Breaking It  

The appointment of the interim Prime Minister, Sushila Karki, has sparked a debate on the formal procedure followed. Technically speaking, ...

Nepal’s Gen Z Revolt: A Chronicle

Nepal’s Gen Z Revolt: A Chronicle

Sometimes revolutions take just five business days. From September 8 to 12, Nepal experienced one of its most unprecedented moments. ...

Mayor Balen Urges Gen Z to Return Home

Mayor Balen Urges Gen Z to Return Home

Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Balen Shah has urged Gen Z protesters to return to their homes.  “Please, Gen Z! ...

Information Technology has become indispensable to livelihood: PM

PM Oli Resigns amid Protests

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has resigned. Oli had become a subject of national and international criticism following the death ...

Youngsters Decide to Take to the Streets

Youngsters Decide to Take to the Streets

Following the government ban on major social media platforms, youths have announced nationwide street protests against corruption, starting on Monday.  ...

Echoes of Dhime Baja: A Timeless Tune

Echoes of Dhime Baja: A Timeless Tune

Traditionally, in Dallachi, Dhime Baja (a cylindrical double-headed drum central to Newa culture) training was a secretive practice, hidden from ...

Government Bans Major Social Media Platforms

Government Bans Major Social Media Platforms

The Government of Nepal has instructed the Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA), the country’s internet regulator, to block social media sites ...

Hike it like a local: Nepal Trekking 101

Nepal to Start Tracking Foreign Tourists Online

Nepal has decided to monitor the movement of foreign visitors using an electronic system. The Department of Immigration has developed ...

The Raute Dilemma

The Raute Dilemma

In the dense forests of western Nepal, the Raute people once lived by a simple code: never settle, never farm. ...

China Agrees to Facilitate Nepal’s Agricultural Exports

China Agrees to Facilitate Nepal’s Agricultural Exports

China has agreed to facilitate the export of agricultural products from Nepal following talks held in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Such ...

Lalitpur Installs Early Flood Warning System

Lalitpur Installs Early Flood Warning System

Lalitpur Metropolitan City has installed an early warning system in two locations to provide prior information about flood-related natural disasters. ...

Hopeful foreign investments in the first month of the new fiscal year

Hopeful foreign investments in the first month of the new fiscal year

In the very first month (mid-July to mid-August) of the current fiscal year 2025/26, the government has approved Foreign Direct ...

India-China border trade agreement triggers an India-Nepal diplomatic row

India-China border trade agreement triggers an India-Nepal diplomatic row

Just after receiving an invitation for a state visit to India, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is facing an ...

WHO declares Nepal Rubella-free

WHO declares Nepal Rubella-free

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has officially declared Nepal free from rubella, a highly contagious viral disease that can cause ...

Information Technology has become indispensable to livelihood: PM

Information Technology has become indispensable to livelihood: PM

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that information technology (IT) in Nepal has already become essential to people’s daily ...

All too soon, Monsoon!

All too soon, Monsoon!

Every year, as the monsoon creeps in, it brings more than just rain. It invites a familiar sense of uncertainty ...

NIIF and Dolma Fund to collaborate on a 90 megawatt solar project

NIIF and Dolma Fund to collaborate on a 90 megawatt solar project

Nepal Infrastructure Investment Fund (NIIF) has announced to invest in a 90 megawatt solar energy project. The project is being ...

Japanese encephalitis cases resurge

Japanese encephalitis cases resurge

As of mid-August, there has been a nationwide resurgence of Japanese encephalitis with 33 confirmed cases and three fatalities. These ...

Nepal waives fees for 97 peaks, hikes Everest rates

Nepal waives fees for 97 peaks, hikes Everest rates

Nepal has waived permit fees for 97 Himalayan peaks over the next two years to promote tourism in underdeveloped regions, ...

At least 17 Nepalis go missing in a flood in Uttarakhand, India

At least 17 Nepalis go missing in a flood in Uttarakhand, India

At least 17 Nepali citizens have gone missing in the devastating floods in India’s Uttarakhand. Four of them are from ...

Nepathya returns to Europe

Nepathya returns to Europe

Prominent Nepali folk-rock band Nepathya is kicking off its Europe tour with a performance at London’s Wembley Arena on Saturday. ...

The Volatility of Rhino Conservation

The Volatility of Rhino Conservation

In early 2023, two rhinos were killed using electrified traps wired through a temple near Chaparchuli in western Chitwan. The ...

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