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Nepal wants time-bound solution for Bhutanese refugees

Nepal has conveyed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Nepal, Carolin Spannuth Verma, that it wanted to manage the Bhutanese refugee issue in a timely manner

Nepal recorded 200 percent jump in mobile phone sales

The coronavirus pandemic devastated economies around the world

Nepal to begin second phase of vaccination drive from March 7

Nepal is set to begin the second phase of its COVID-19 vaccination drive from March 7 as the Ministry of Health and Population has already started efforts to secure sufficient doses of vaccines to inoculate all above the age of 55 years

Nepal extends existing academic session by two months, cuts short next to ten months

Nepal extended the current academic year by two months, to June this year, and decided to cut short the next academic session to ten months, reported The Kathmandu Post

I wasn't given chance to fulfill promises: Nepal PM Oli

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said he was not given a chance to fulfil the promises he had made to the people

Nepal's quake-ravaged Singha Durbar opens after reconstruction

Nepal's main administrative complex Singha Durbar, which was heavily ravaged in the 2015 devastating earthquakes, came into operation again on Mondayafter six years following the completion of most of the reconstruction works

Pandemic-hit job seekers in Nepal double

“The COVID-19 pandemic shook the foundation of employment in the country the way the earthquakes had rattled the ground,” Ganesh Gurung, a labor in Nepal, was quoted as saying by the Kathmandu Post

Second phase vaccination drive to begin from 14 Feb in Nepal

The Nepal government will begin the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive targeting mainly government employees from 14 February, reported The Himalayan Times

Children in Nepal becoming victims of sexual abuse due to internet misuse

In a dangerous trend, a growing number of children are falling prey to sexual abuse due to the misuse of the internet, according to a study conducted by the Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre (CWIN), a pioneer child rights organisation in Nepal

Rival NCP faction leader released following widespread condemnation of her arrest

Police have released Ram Kumari Jhakri, a leader of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-Madhav Kumar Nepal faction of Nepal Communist Party, who was arrested earlier on Thursday on charges of crime against the state

Public outrage over possible travel restrictions for young Nepali women

Much public outrage was witnessed on Wednesday after the news of a possible regulation, which would restrict women under the age of 40 in Nepal from travelling freely, came to fore

Rival NCP faction leader arrested for 'crime against the state'

Police on Thursday arrested Ram Kumari Jhakri, a leader of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-Madhav Kumar Nepal faction of Nepal Communist Party, on charges of crime against the state

Dahal repeats his call to international community to save democracy in Nepal

For the second time in a week,  Nepal’s former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda reiterated his call to the international community to save democracy in Nepal

Isreal to help Nepal increase agriculture production

To help Nepal increase its agriculture production, Isreal will provide eleven months of training to around 500 Nepali students and also set up an Agricultural Centre of Excellence, The Himalayan Times reported

We Coach Nepal: Training women for leadership roles through sport

The US embassy in Kathmandu, in cooperation with the We United Project, launched an initiative - We Coach Nepal- to promote women in leadership roles in Nepali society and communities using sports as a platform