Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli stressed the need to advance the social security scheme with coordination, collaboration and cooperation among the three tiers of government

The promising news is that various international companies have finally found coronavirus vaccines, with at least five firms completing the third phase trials or getting close to doing so. Concern in Nepal, however, is when they will be available for the masses

Even though the adverse impact of COVID-19 was witnessed on various sectors of the economy, particularly external trade, capital spending of the government and credit expansion of banks and financial institutions (BFIs), most of Nepal's economic indicators were positive in the first quarter of the current fiscal year

Amnesty International Nepal has called for an immediate investigation into the use of excessive force by security personnel while controlling a demonstration after rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Mahottari

The new height of Mount Chomolungma (Sagarmatha/Everest) will be announced soon

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli stated that the government would not tolerate any sort of gender-based discrimination and violence

Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s decision to distribute printed copies of his 19-page proposal to lower chapters of the party has widened the rift in the party, with the Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli faction objecting to the move and the Dahal faction defending it

Back-to-back raids at three recruiting agencies, conducting interviews for security jobs in Qatar in suspicious circumstances, and the presence of a vehicle belonging to the Qatari Embassy in Kathmandu on the spot have once again signalled at a possible syndicate being formed for sending Nepali workers to the Gulf state

Protests continued throughout Wednesday in Bardibas following the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl. The minor, who had gone missing on Sunday, was found dead near her house on Monday

People’s perception of the state of corruption in Nepal is the worst among the 17 countries and territories surveyed by Transparency International, a global anti-corruption advocacy group

Mayors from the 17 municipalities of Kathmandu Valley have called the central and the provincial governments in Nepal to put stringent measures to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Kathmandu Post reported

Nepal has assured the public of the availability of  COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it becomes available in the international market, the Himalayan Times reported

Nepali Congress lawmaker in the National Assembly Radhe Shyam Adhikari has accused the KP Sharma Oli-led government of undermining the Parliament by not calling its winter session and issuing ordinances one after another

Nepal's Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens has developed ‘Guidelines on Implementation of Conditional Grants for Differently-abled Persons and Senior Citizens in Provinces’ for distribution of assistive devices to differently-abled persons, their rehabilitation, and inter-generational transfer of knowledge, skill and experiences of senior citizens

Sapana Roka Magar, who has been carrying out final rites of unclaimed bodies in Kathmandu, has been listed on this year’s BBC 100 Women