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General strike in Nepal marred in arson, violence; 80 arrested

The general strike, called by the Dahal-Nepal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party, crippled normal life in the country

Nepal to build six industrial zones

Nepal government has planned to set up six industrial zones across the country

Nepal Supreme Court seeks reply from Dahal in contempt case

Nepal’s Supreme Court has asked former prime minister, and co-chair of the NCP faction, Pushpa Kamal Dahal to file his reply in contempt court against him

Rivall faction of Nepal's ruling party announces general strike on Thursday

The Dahal-Nepal faction, a splinter group of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), has announced a general strike Thursday

Nepal PM Oli rules out possibility of parliament revival

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today said that the parliament will not be reinstated

Nepal's artists, writers and cultural activists announce protest against House dissolution

Litterateurs, theatre and movie artists and cultural activists have announced street protests against the KP Sharma Oli government’s move of dissolving the House of Representatives, which they have termed "regressive."

Rival faction of ruling NCP stakes claim on party

Former prime ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Nepal, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s rivals, on Tuesday submitted a letter to Nepal’s Election Commission (EC), claiming their faction as authentic Nepal Communist Party (NCP)

Scheduled dates of upcoming general elections won't alter, says Nepal PM Oli

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the upcoming polls scheduled for April 30 and May 10 would not be changed since the Election Commission (EC) has already initiated preparations for polls

Nepal to get its own satellite

Nearly four decades after being allotted its own geostationary orbital slot, Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) is finally preparing to put up its own satellite, saving the country billions annually from broadband satellite links for telecommunication, broadcasts and aviation

Nepal plans for new petroleum law and deregulating the oil business

Nepal’s biggest import item in terms of value is petroleum products

Oli-led NCP schedules massive assembly on Friday

Nepal Communist Party (NCP)'s faction led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has scheduled a massive assembly at Narayanhiti road on February 5

Nepal vaccination drive tardy

Only around 18.6 percent of the people the Nepalese government targeted to vaccinate under the first phase of the COVID-19 inoculation drive have received their shot until the fifth day of the campaign, which officials aimed to complete within 10 days

Bird flu is detected in Kathmandu Valley

With a bird flu case confirmed in Kathmandu Valley on Saturday, the consumption of chicken has already started declining

Nepal’s gods return from exile

One day in 1984, the residents of a Patan neighbourhood woke up in the morning to notice that the Laxmi-Narayan they had been worshipping, was missing from the shrine

Bird flu detected in Kathmandu

Bird Flu has been detected in Tarkeshwor Municipality of Kathmandu. The flu was discovered in birds including turkey, ducks, and chicken in local poultry farms