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School building constructed with Indian grants inaugurated in Nepal

A school building, constructed with Indian grants in Gorkha district of Nepal, has been inaugurated jointly by officials from the Indian embassy and Nepal’s district development authority

Nepal introduces new regulations for Everest climbing

Nepal has brought in new regulations for mountaineering in the country; one of them is banning the circulation of photos of other people, avalanches, and dead bodies on Everest without prior permission from the country’s Department of Tourism

Communist factions in Nepal in talks to form government

After a recent ruling by Nepal’s Supreme Court, rendering the 2018 unification of communist factions in Nepal null and void, the two communist factions are now jostling to cobble up an alliance with other non-communist parties to form a government

Nepal's ruling NCP splits into two

A day after Nepal’s Supreme Court invalidated the decision of the 2018 party merger between the Nepal Communist Party-UML and Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has fallen apart politically and technically

Nepal decries comments by international organizations, calls it interference

Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission lashed out at international rights organizations for issuing a joint statement criticizing a controversial amendment by the government

Nepal to begin rhino census from 22 March

Nepal is all set to start counting the rhinos in the country from 22 March

Ruckus in Nepali parliament as it resumes after Supreme court order

When lawmakers in Nepal assembled in the House of Representatives on Sunday for the first time since the country’s apex court reinstated the house, the house saw a ruckus as opposition parties questioned the government on several counts

Sexist remarks, harassment common for women in Nepal's politics

Despite the increased participation of women in politics over the past two decades in Nepal, they still face sexist remarks, harassment, and character assassinations

Nepal's ruling NCP set to split

In a surprise and unexpected decision, Nepal's Supreme Court on Sunday annulled the unification of the ruling Nepal Communist Party's factions and paved the way for them to be divided into two separate parties

Nepal may roll out 5G by July

If everything goes as planned, Nepal would soon become the first country in the South Asia region to roll out 5G services, reported The Kathmandu Post

COVID impact: Nepal's economy contracts for first time in decades

Nepal's economy contracted for the first time in forty years in the last fiscal year due to a months-long lockdown to combat COVID-19

500 Nepalis to take up nursing jobs in Israel

Around 500 Nepalis are likely to soon take up nursing care jobs in Israel

Nepali lawmakers take first jab of Made in India COVID-19 vaccine

The Nepali parliamentarians recently took their first jab of the vaccine against COVID-19 at Minbhawan based Civil Hospital, media reports said

Nepal committed to friendly relations, noninterference with neighbors, says foreign minister

Nepal’s Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali has said that the country’s engagement with its immediate neighbors, India and China, has increased multifold in the last few years and the government is committed to maintaining friendly relations with neighbors and all other countries

A year on, Nepal is yet to resume its outbound postal services

A year on since the pandemic hit the world, services and businesses are slowly returning to normalcy