Nepal will receive around $5.4 million in additional funding from Australia to strengthen the country’s response to COVID-19
Power-surplus Nepal hopes to earn $100 million from electricity exports to India
From Thursday this week, Nepal started selling electricity, around 37 MW to Indian buyers, Nepal Electricity Corporation spokesperson Suresh Bhattarai confirmed to The Kathmandu Post. More bids are invited to sell 200 MW in India’s power exchange market on a long-term basis.
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First batch of US aid arrives in Nepal
The US government has provided Nepal with the first batch of emergency aid to help the Himalayan nation fight the Covid-19 pandemic while protecting its health care workers, The Himalayan Times reported
Nepal opposition vows to counter legally and politically dissolution of parliament
Describing the Friday midnight dissolution of parliament as "unconstitutional" and "undemocratic", leaders of Nepal’s opposition alliance have vowed to take every possible legal and political step to counter the step taken by Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and President Bidya Devi Bhandari
Nepal president dissolves parliament, calls fresh polls in November
Climaxing a day of dramatic developments, Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday night dissolved the House of Representatives and announced mid-term elections on November 12 and 19
Nepal president asks parties to form government
In what has been described by experts on constitutional affairs as an unconstitutional move, Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari has given parties to form a new government under an article relating to prime ministerial appointment
China-Nepal relation touches new low as border pillars go missing in Daulkha
China is once again showing its aggressive stance against neighbour Nepal as border pillars went missing in the Daulkha district of the Himalayan nation, media reports said
Nepalis can now fly abroad in chartered rescue flights
Authorities in Nepal have allowed Nepali citizens in the country to go abroad using the chartered flights that are being arranged to rescue foreigners who are stranded in the country
Nepal apex court scraps appointment of seven ministers
Days after K P Sharma Oli was reappointed as the prime minister of Nepal, the country’s supreme court gave him a jolt
Lockdowns pushing people into vicious cycle of poverty in Nepal
Prohibitory orders imposed by the government to break the chain of transmission have reduced the mobility of people and helped lessen the spread of the coronavirus but not without a heavy cost
Don’t force people to wear masks : Nepal Supreme Court to government
Nepal's Supreme Court, in an interim order, asked the government not to force people to wear masks and not to impose fines or keep them in holding centers for not wearing masks, reported The Himalayan Times
13 journalists die of Covid in Nepal, over 750 affected
Thirteen journalists have died while over 750 mediapersons contracted Covid-19 in Nepal till date, according to the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ)
Nepal confirms presence of third variant of COVID-19
Nepali has confirmed the presence of a new fast-spreading variant, B.1.617.2, in the Himalayan country, thus taking the number of variants prevailing there to three
International relief organizations asked to raise funds for Nepal
Authorities in Nepal have been approaching the headquarters of all international relief organizations operating in the country to enhance support for the country’s Covid response
Nepal starts mass antigen testing in Kathmandu to tackle Covid
Authorities in Nepal have started community bases mass Antigen testing for COVID-19 in the capital, Kathmandu, which remained one of the worst affected places in the Himalayan country
Nepal prohibitory orders hit daily wagers hard
Prohibitory order imposed in Kathmandu valley by the Nepalese government to control Covid 19 spread has started taking a toll on daily wagers in urban areas
