Four international human rights organisations have welcomed Nepal’s Supreme Court decision on 27 April quashing a petition by the Nepal Communist Party government on amnesty for those accused of war crimes
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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Two new COVID-19 patients identified on Friday
Two new COVID-19 patients have been identified in Nepal on Friday, taking the total number of transmission cases in Nepal to 59
Hurdles in Bamdev Gautam becoming prime minister
Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has offered to make party leader Bamdev Gautam the new prime minister, but the question is whether Gautam, who is not even a lawmaker, can become the next PM
Around 2,000 Nepalis stranded in India returning home
Nepali migrant workers, who were stranded in various border towns in India due to lockdown, are returning home after a month, today
Three new COVID-19 cases identified in Birgunj taking total cases to 57
Three new persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Birgunj Metropolitan City of Parsa district, today
Nepali students, workers to return to Korea
Preparations are being made for returning Nepalis students, workers and businesspersons on a holiday from Korea to Nepal before the COVID-19 outbreak
Kathmandu breathes cleaner air during lockdown
Aasha Jha becomes very happy every time she goes to the roof of her house in Tahagalli, Lalitpur Metropolitan City–8, these days. Ever since the lockdown began, she has been able to clearly see the airport from her terrace
Nepal extends lockdown until May 7
The Nepali government decided to extend the nationwide lockdown until May 7 to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country
Bodies of two missing S.Korean trekkers recovered in Nepal
Bodies of two South Korean trekkers, who went missing following an avalanche in Nepal's Annapurna mountain region in January, have been recovered, police said
Nepal lockdown to be extended
A Nepal government meeting of ministers is expected to endorse a committee report to extend the month-long lockdown that was supposed to expire on Monday
Nepal health centres, schools await reconstruction five yrs after quake
Even five years after the devastating high-intensity earthquake that struck Nepal killing nearly 9,000 people, health centres and schools in the Himalayan nation still await reconstruction, a media report said on Saturday
Flight operation to be halted till May 15
Nepal has decided to halt the operation of international and domestic flights till May 15 as a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19
Unemployed Nepali sherpas to be hired for cleaning up trekking trails
The Nepal government has planned to create jobs for sherpas who were put out of work after the COVID-19 lockdown, by hiring them to repair and clean up trekking trails in the Himalaya, a media report said
Three more Nepalis die Of COVID-19 In Britain
Three more Nepalis have succumbed to the novel coronavirus pandemic in Britain. Those dying from the disease are 72-year-old Gopal Gurung, Bima Nachhiring Rai and 65-year-old Hansa Raj Lingden, spokesman at the Nepali Embassy, Sharad Raj Aran said
Two new persons detected with COVID-19 taking infection count to 47
Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed that two news cases of COVID-19 have been identified today
