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Nepal bans UK flights

The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has banned entry for people arriving from the United Kingdom effective from Wednesday midnight

Nepal starts work to build a dry port in the far west

Nepal is setting its sights on Mumbai as a transit point for third country trade, and has started work to construct a dry port in Dodhara Chandani on the western border with India which offers the shortest route to the sea

Nepal, World Bank sign $80m Rural Enterprise and Economic Development Project

Nepal and the World Bank signed an $80 million (around Rs 9.3 billion) project today to bolster Nepal’s agriculture sector by strengthening rural market linkages and promoting entrepreneurship while creating jobs to support post-COVID-19 recovery

COVID impact: Nepal’s iconic hotel shuts down

With travel, tourism and hospitality industry in Nepal having been hit hard by the COVID crisis, one of the iconic hotels has shut down for an indefinite period due to heavy economic loss

NCP factions in a rush to discredit each other

A day after Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari dissolved the House of Representatives on the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the rival factions of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by chairpersons Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal held separate meetings with the party’s lawmakers of the dissolved HoR today, as well as members of the National Assembly, intensifying efforts to retain the official party recognition

Standing Committee decision not valid, says PM Oli

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has rejected the validity of the Standing Committee meeting of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) held yesterday without his presence

Nepal enters politics of disarray, uncertainty, confusion

With the sudden dissolution of the House of Representatives of Nepal's Federal Parliament by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the Himalayan nation has now entered a stage of confusion, disarray,and uncertainty

Oli defends his move to dissolve Parliament

A day after the dissolution of the House of Representatives, Nepal's embattled Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli said the decision to dissolve the parliament was not taken abruptly

Protests held across Nepal

Various wings of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) hit the streets across the country, including in the Capital, protesting against the government after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli decided to dissolved the House of Representatives

Nepal PM Oli rejects Standing Committee decision of disciplinary action against him

Prime Minister and chair of the ruling Nepal Communist Party KP Sharma Oli has rejected the decision of the Standing Committee held on Sunday in his absence saying that the decision taken by the second chair of the party was against the party statute

Protests across Nepal over House dissolution

Soon after Nepal’s Prime Minister K P Oli recommended the dissolution of the lower house of parliament in the country, several wings of the ruling Communist Party, NCP, held protest rallies on Sunday, reported the Himalayan Times

Nepal PM's House dissolution called "undemocratic, autocratic step" by ruling NCP committee

The Standing Committee of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) today decided to table a proposal before the Central Committee seeking disciplinary action against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who cochairs NCP, for his "undemocratic and autocratic step’ of recommending dissolution of the House of Representatives

Nepal frames new rules for right to safe motherhood

Nepal has issued the Safe Motherhood and Reproduction Health Rights Regulation-2020 for implementation of necessary provisions related to safe, quality, affordable, and accessible maternity and reproductive health services

Nepal child marriages spike during pandemic

Thirty child marriages took place in one municipality in Sarlahi District during the lockdown earlier this year

Government whitewashing extent of coronavirus infection, Nepal's health experts say

Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital in Teku, Kathmandu, conducted around 300 coronavirus PCR) on Sunday