Nepali Army Chief General Ashok Raj Sigdel arrived in India on December 10 for a four-day visit to the country aimed at enhancing bilateral military…
Nepal has banned additional three hazardous pesticides—paraquat dichloride, chlorpyrifos and phorate—which are not only being used to kill pests but are also being misused for…
Nepal has signed a framework agreement with China on the Belt and Road initiative, after an initial pact was signed seven years ago but no…
President Xi Jinping on December 3 told Nepali Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli that China will offer more support to develop the country's infrastructure,…
Nepal's prime minister was in Beijing on December 3 to meet Chinese leaders, seeking to expand infrastructure cooperation after breaking with the longstanding tradition of…
The Nepali Embassy in New Delhi announced on November 11 that Nepali citizens holding a valid foreign employment permit issued by the Department of Foreign…
The popular social media platform TikTok has officially registered in Nepal. TikTok representatives received its registration letter from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology…
Newly amended laws in Nepal to tackle crimes committed during its decade-long bitter civil war could instead deprive victims of justice and grant amnesty to…
Nepali police fired tear gas October 20 at thousands of protesters loyal to a former deputy premier once seen as a rising political star, as…
Five Russian mountaineers were killed while climbing in Nepal, a tourism official said October 8, two days after the team lost contact while on the…
Nepal is looking to send more workers to Japan, especially those who will qualify for skilled visas, Nepal's labor minister told Nikkei in an interview…
Survivors of the monsoon floods that ravaged Nepal at the weekend criticised the government on October 1 for inadequate relief efforts during a disaster that…
Search and rescue teams in Nepal's capital picked through wrecked homes on September 30 after waters receded from monsoon floods that killed at least 200…
Residents of Nepal's flood-hit capital returned to their mud-caked homes on September 29 to survey the wreckage of devastating floods that have killed at least…
Taxi driver Surendra Parajuli's decision to buy an electric cab would have been unthinkable a decade ago, when chronic power cuts left Nepalis unable to…
Torrential storms lashing India and Nepal have killed hundreds of people since June, official data showed on August 13, with flooding and landslides causing widespread…
At least three diarrheal patients— one from Kalimati in Kathmandu Metropolitan City, one from Tokha Municipality, and another from Gwarko of Lalitpur district—have tested positive…
A passenger plane crashed on take-off in Kathmandu on July 24, with the pilot rescued from the flaming wreckage but all 18 others aboard killed,…
Nepal's president appointed Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli as prime minister for a fourth time on July 14, after his communist party forged a coalition government…
Rescuers in Nepal ruled out chances of finding survivors in July 12's landslide that swept two passenger buses carrying 65 people into a river swollen…
Nepali rescue teams on July 13 recovered the first body from around 50 people missing after monsoon rains triggered a landslide that swept two buses…
Nepali Prime Minister and former Maoist guerrilla commander Pushpa Kamal Dahal lost a parliamentary vote of confidence on July 12 barely 18 months after taking…
A 22-year-old man was killed after being buried by a landslide in Pokhara on July 10. According to the District Police Office in Kaski, 22-year-old…
Lashing rains in Nepal causing flash floods and landslides have killed at least 14 people across the country, with disaster teams searching for nine missing,…
Embattled Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal lost his government's majority July 3 after his key coalition partner withdrew support, triggering fresh political uncertainty in…
