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.
Lack of vaccines is posing a crisis for Nepal, with its government unsure of giving the second shot to 1.3 million people above 65 years who were administered the first jab of Covishield which was now not available due to the precarious Covid situation in India
A petition has been filed in Nepal’s Supreme Court, demanding Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli be sworn in again, citing the erroneous oath of secrecy and office he took on Friday, reported The Himalayan Times
Amid surging COVID-19 cases in Nepal, people are resorting to hoarding oxygen cylinders at home, further exacerbating oxygen shortage in the country
With the raging Covid-19 pandemic overwhelming Nepal’s healthcare system amidst lack of oxygen, beds and ventilators, questions are being raised if the country’s own diplomatic efforts have been far-reaching enough to secure overseas aid
Lack of funeral vehicles have forced a hospital in Nepal’s Bajura district to carrying bodies of Covid victims in waste management units, The Himalayan Times reported
Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister Ishwar Pokharel has called upon the United States to rush anti-COVID vaccine and health supplies to his country, which is now battling a severe wave of the pandemic
Authorities in Nepal have allowed a number of special flights at the request of foreign embassies to evacuate stranded foreigners from the country
KP Sharma Oli has been reappointed prime minister of Nepal as opposition parties have failed to form a government in the Himalayan nation
The United States has asked its citizens not to travel to Nepal amid exploding COVID-19 crisis in the Himalayan country. Nepal has almost touched 10,000 daily counts, reported The Kathmandu Post
A day after the KP Sharma Oli government fell in Nepal, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari asked political parties to form a majority government, reported The Himalayan Times
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday lost the vote of confidence in parliament, reported the Himalayan Times
US officials are currently working on plans to help US nationals living in Nepal to leave the country amid increasing coronavirus cases, reported The Himalayan Times
Just days ahead of the crucial trust vote in Nepal's Parliament, 26 lawmakers of the country have tested positive for the COVID-19, reported The Kathmandu Post
Soon after the Oli government in Nepal was reduced to a minority government, Oli reached out to Sher Bahadur Deuba, the leader of the Nepali Congress, a key opposition party, on Wednesday
The Nepal government headed by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was on Wednesday reduced to a minority government after CPN-MC announced withdrawal of its support, reported The Himalayan Times
