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.
With Nepal's ruling party rivalries blowing up into a full-blown political crisis, drawing the attention and concern of two powerful neighbours, India and China, the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) faction led by Nepal PM K P Sharma Oli's rivals, Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Nepal, both former prime ministers, is exploring the possibility of forging alliances with the opposition Nepali Congress (NC) and the Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal (JSP-N), The Himalayan Times said
China is continuing to mount an all-out, if not desperate, effort to salvage lost ground in Nepal, by now trying to forge a united front against Communist faction led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli who had last week announced the dissolution of parliament, and fresh elections next year
Once bitten twice shy. That’s how the Nepali Congress and the Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal are reacting to the proposal of joining hands with the dissident faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) even for a common cause
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said on Wednesday that he took the drastic step of dissolving the House of Representatives after his attempt to reform former PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal failed
In a bid to store COVID-19 vaccines in proper temperatures, Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population has started work to set up cold rooms and freezer rooms in all seven provinces including in Kathmandu Valley
Even after ten days, protests are continuing in Nepal against the dissolution of the lower house of parliament, The Himalayan Times reported. Thousands on Tuesday marched on the streets of Kathmandu to seek Oli’s ouster from the power
The raging wildfire in the forest on the 3,800m high Pathivara mountain in Taplejung has spread into the nearby Kanchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA)
Nepal’s paddy production reached a record high for the fourth straight year due to good monsoon rains and an abundant supply of farmhands, even though a severe shortage of chemical fertiliser during transplantation and top dressing caused distress among farmers
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has submittted a letter to Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli asking him to permanently end the festival permanently that causes tremendous suffering to the elephants
Nepal’s main opposition party, Nepali Congress, staged a nationwide protest against PM Oli's decision to dissolve the lower house of parliament, The Himalayan Times reported
The number of foreigners confined to Nepali prisons for their involvement in criminal activities is on the rise, statistics released by the Department of Prison Management show
After a year of stagnation due to the COVID-19 crisis, Nepal’s economy has just started getting back on track
After the Nepal government enforced the nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus spread on March 24, the international airport as well as all international borders were shut down
Days after Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli appointed nine ministers in his cabinet, opposition leaders and experts blamed him, saying the caretaker prime minister violated “political morality” in doing so, reported The Himalayan Times
Nepal health officials and experts have warned of a further spread of the novel coronavirus as protests have erupted across the Himalayan nation after the House of Representatives or the lower house of parliament was dissolved last week, leading to an ongoing political crisis
