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Nepal Prime Minister meets key party dissenter

Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has held a meeting with Madhav Nepal, whom he had suspended from his party CPN-UML a few weeks ago, in a hotel in the capital Kathmandu, reported The Himalayan Times

Russia’s Sputnik-V given conditional approval in Nepal

As Nepal struggles to procure vaccines from India, authorities in Nepal have given emergency use approval to Russia’s Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccines, as per a report in the Kathmandu Post

Exchange old Qatari banknotes by 10 May: Nepal central bank

Nepal’s central bank has asked its citizens who are holding the fourth series of Qatari banknotes to exchange the bills before 10 May as the series would become illegal and indemnified currency from 1 July , 2021

Former Nepal king Gyanendra tests Covid positive

Former Nepal king Gyanendra Shah and ex Queen Komal Shah have both tested positive for COVID-19, the country’s health ministry said

Nepal government tightens measures amid surging COVID-19 cases

Schools, cinema houses, bars, and other places of public gatherings have been ordered to shut in several districts of Nepal as the government fears the second wave of the COVID-19 is imminent, said the Kathmandu Post

Three Russian climbers missing in Nepal

Three Russian climbers have reportedly lost contact with the base camp since Sunday while descending from Mt Annapurna

Vaccination rate dismal in Nepal; only 100,000 taking Chinese shots

Initially refused, a 57-year-old woman Dibya Devi Kshetri got her Covid vaccine jab after hours of wait at a Nepal government hospital, but many others elsewhere in the Himalayan nation had to return disappointed

Nepal reports over 1000 cases on Sunday

For the first time in the last four months, Nepal reported 1,015 new cases of coronavirus infections on Sunday from across the country, taking the total nationwide infection count to 284,673 according to The Himalayan Times

Why Nepal is not invited to Biden’s virtual summit on climate change

American President Joe Biden last month invited world leaders, including Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China, to a virtual summit on climate change

Remote Nepal municipality using heralds to disseminate information

The residents of Dharche, a remote, far-flung rural municipality in Nepal’s Gorkha district, have poor access to information

Nepal mulls closing schools amid virus surge

As the renewed wave of the Covid-19 hits countries in the South Asia region, authorities in Nepal have been mulling over closing schools and educational facilities in major cities for one month, a report in the Himalayan Times suggests

Nepal has $9.2 billion untapped export potential: World Bank

Nepal has untapped export potential worth an estimated $9.2 billion, The Kathmandu Post reported quoting a new World Bank finding

Forest fires cause irreversible wildlife damage in Nepal

The wildfires in Bajura district of Nepal’s Sudurpashchim province has caused irreparable damage to the wildlife and forests of the region

19 injured in a religious procession in Nepal

Nineteen people have been injured in Nepal during a religious procession, locally known as Bisket Jatra, in the Bhaktpur municipality area, as per a report in the Himalayan Times

Indian investment falls, Chinese investment rises, in Nepal

Foreign direct investment (FDI) from India in Nepal declined by around 81 percent in the first nine months of the current fiscal year in comparison to the same period in the last fiscal, reported the Kathmandu Post