After the first elections under federalism in 2017, Hupsekot became one of only two municipalities in Nepal in which women were voted both chair and deputy
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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National Women Commission remains defunct as violence against women continues in Nepal
Last week, people of Barbibas Municipality in Mahottari district protested for three days after the body of six-year-old Gulabasa Khatun was found stuffed inside a sack on Monday, a day after she went missing
Nepal to open iconic Pashupatinath temple from December 16
Pashupatinath, the iconic Hindu temple of Nepal, is all set to open for pilgrims from 16 December, said the Pashupatinath Area Development Trust (PADT) as reported by The Himalayan Times
Hundreds take to streets to demand restoration of monarchy in Nepal
Hundreds of people took to the streets in Kathmandu on Monday, and protested demanding the restoration of the monarchy, reported The Himalayan Times
Nepal's ruling party factions seek to bridge rift in party
Rival factions of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) are preparing to present their own strategies in the Secretariat meeting scheduled for tomorrow
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli makes TikTok debut
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli now has an account on TikTok, a popular video-sharing social networking service
Nepal: Siblings faked their abduction to frame neighbour, arrested
In a strange case, the Nepali police arrested two brothers from Rautahat district of Province 2 for faking their abduction in order to frame a neighbour, as per a report published in The Himalayan Times
Nepal rejects report prepared by Transparency International
The Nepal government today rejected the recent report prepared by Transparency International (TI) accusing it of being politically motivated while drafting the document
Another one-horned rhinoceros dead in Nepal
Another one-horned rhinoceros has been found dead in Nepal's Chitwan National Park, taking the death toll of the endangered species to 16 since July this year, according to an official
Nepal's domestic airlines resume Mount Everest sightseeing flights after eight months
The domestic airlines have announced resuming mountain view flights from next week after eight months of closure, as economic activities have started to pick up again and return to normal, including all tourism-related activities
As Kathmandu plays host to guests from south and north, concerns grow over geopolitical games
Kathmandu has never been busier like now this past year
Nepalis going abroad on visit visa in droves worries officials
An unusually high number of Nepalis have been going abroad on visit visas in the past few months, and this has left officials worried
EU will remove Nepal from its safety list soon: Minister
Nepal's Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai has claimed that Nepal is all set to get removed from the list of flight restrictions imposed by the European Union
Nepal: 4400 health practitioners contracted COVID in two months
Around 4400 health workers in Nepal have contracted the coronavirus in the last two months, The Himalayan Times reported citing data released by Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population
10 MW solar plant to come up at Nepal’s Lumbini airport
The Nepali government is all set to install a 10 megawatt solar power plant at Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) in Lumbini province, reported The Himalayan Times
