IN-SPAN: Indian Embassy in Nepal opens applications for cross-border startup initiative

The Indian Embassy in Nepal has unveiled a new startup platform IN-SPAN, inviting applications from Nepali entrepreneurs with transformative ideas to participate in the cross-border initiative connecting the vibrant startup ecosystems of the...

Nepal witnesses 4,600 disaster-related incidents i...

KATHMANDU, Nov 2: Nepal witnessed as many as 4,597 disaster-related incidents in the last six-and-a-half months. The incidents were recorded since the New Year, 2082. A total of 335 persons lost their lives in the disasters. Related story At least...

Unseasonal rains devastate paddy harvest across Nepal

Farmer Jaya Krishna Dharal of Dharalbada in Jumla is anxious. The rain last Monday disrupted paddy harvesting and inundated his fields just as the crop had ripened. Farmers reported that the downpour soaked harvested paddy and flattened standing...

Nepali Congress Reform Campaign padlocks party office in Sanepa (Pictures)

The Nepali Congress Reform Campaign has padlocked the main gate of the party’s central office in Sanepa. On Sunday, youths locked the party office, demanding that the party announce the date for the 15th general convention and ensure...

Binod Bhandari’s Nepal up there with the best in World Twenty20 Qualifier

SHARJAH // The ICC is not giving away a prize for shot of the tournament at this qualifier. If they did, though, Binod Bhandari would already have the trophy packed away, ready for the flight back to Kathmandu. If there is a better shot played...

India launches IN-SPAN to support Nepali startups, appl...

KATHMANDU, Nov 2: The India-Nepal Startup Partnership Network (IN-SPAN), a new cross-border startup platform, has announced the opening of applications for Nepali entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas. The initiative aims to strengthen...

PM Urges Swift Reforms at Nepal Airlines

Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Sunday, November 2, instructed the Board of Directors and senior officials of the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to end irregularities and ensure reforms within the national flag carrier. At a meeting held at the...

Odisha SI recruitment case mastermind arrested from Indo-Nepal border

The Odisha Police CID on Sunday brought back the alleged mastermind in the police sub-inspector (SI) recruitment case, Shankar Prusty, from Uttarakhand, where he was arrested near Indo-Nepal border after months on the run. Shankar Prusty. Prusty,...

Human trafficking ring traps Bangladeshis in Nepal with fake Canadian visa ploy: Brac issues alert

Brac Migration Programme has issued an urgent public alert, warning citizens about a dangerous human trafficking ring that lures young Bangladeshis with promises of migration to Canada or Europe via Nepal, only to hold them hostage for ransom. The...

Kathmandu basks in sunlight as Montha Cyclone weakens

KATHMANDU: After three days of continuous rainfall brought by the Montha Cyclone and westerly winds, the Kathmandu Valley woke up to clearer skies on Sunday. The cyclone, along with westerly winds, had caused rainfall across the country —...

Nepali Army: Ultimate Defensive Shield

Unanticipated and unprecedented, the Gen Z movement led to the collapse of major state institutions after scores of youths were gunned down in front of the parliament building, the high seat of democracy, on September 8. A dreadful vacuum ensued,...

Nepal embassy appreciates Home Ministry’s swift response after Nepali citizen denied transit at Delhi Airport

New Delhi [India], November 2 (ANI): The Nepal Embassy in New Delhi on Sunday expressed appreciation for the swift response from the Office of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) after a Nepali citizen was stopped at Delhi's Indira Gandhi...

Press Council Nepal to stop listing online media outlets

The Press Council Nepal (PCN). (File photo) KATHMANDU: The Press Council Nepal (PCN) has announced that it will no longer register or list online news portals. In a notice issued on Sunday, the Council stated that the decision follows recent legal...

Prime Minister Karki for ending the woes of Nepal Airlines Corporation

Prime Minister Sushila Karki. (File photo) KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Sushila Karki has directed the Board of Directors and management officials of Nepal Airlines Corporation to be serious about ending the problems of the Corporation. Directing the...

Prime Minister instructs Nepal Airlines to dismiss politically appointed staff

Meeting of Nepal Airlines corporation’s board members and senior management officials with Prime Minister Sushila Karki at Singha Durbar on Sunday. KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Sushila Karki has directed the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to...

Nepal launches Micro-Folie to give free access to world-class artworks

Kathmandu, November 2 A new cultural platform called Micro-Folie has been launched in Nepal to provide free access to world-class artworks for art lovers and the general public. Inaugurated on Saturday at Alliance Française in Pulchowk, Lalitpur,...

33 Nepal-origin persons injured as tempo traveller overturns near Kumarsain

Minister Ghising Inspects Bancharedanda as Kathmandu Garbage Piles Up

KATHMANDU, Nov 2 : Minister for Energy, Urban Development and Physical Infrastructure Kulman Ghising reached Bancharedanda on Sunday morning after garbage collection in the Kathmandu Valley came to a halt due to local protests at the landfill...

Gen Z uprising: Youths struggle for Nepal’s future

Nations fail when they remain trapped in extractive institutions—structures designed to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of a few. The Muluki Ain of 1854 codified caste hierarchy into law, ensuring that exclusion was not incidental but...

Himachal Pradesh: 28 Nepalese Nationals Among 29 Injured As Tempo Traveller Overturns In Shimla

Himachal Pradesh: 28 Nepalese Nationals Among 29 Injured As Tempo Traveller Overturns In Shimla | File Pic (Representational Image) Shimla: Twenty-nine people were injured when their tempo traveller overturned in Kumarsain, about 81 kilometres...