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Nepal PM Oli calls all-party meeting to discuss contemporary issues

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called an all-party meeting

Nepal foreign ministry unveils new integrated foreign policy

Nepal's foreign ministry unveiled the country’s new integrated foreign policy

Nepal ruling party crisis: PM Oli truant, former PM Dahal defiant

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who co-chairs the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) along with Pushpa Kamal Dahal, did not attend the Standing Committee meeting today and sent a letter saying Dahal’s 19-page document of false allegations against him could not be discussed in the committee

Covid-climate crises hit Everest region

There is an ancestral attachment to the mountains for Dawa Steven Sherpa. His grandfather regularly crossed Nangpa La to trade with Tibet, his father is an eco-tourism entrepreneur, and he is an environmental activist helping his people deal with the dual impacts of climate change and COVID-19

Nepal ruling party continues

The Secretariat of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) failed to take a call on the 19- page proposal registered by party Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal and another Co-chair KP Sharma Oli’s 38-page rebuttal and decided to send the proposals to the party’s Standing Committee for discussion and resolution of the intra-party feud

Pandemic make Nepal tourism focus on domestic travellers

Two weeks ago, 22-year-old Sushmita Ghale of Lekhnath, Kaski, went to Manung Kot in Tanahun

Pandemic derails country’s economic recovery, Nepal Rastra Bank survey suggests

The country’s economy does not appear to be on track to prompt recovery

Pro-monarchy, pro-Hindu forces hold rally in Kathmandu

Despite Tuesday’s appeal by the Kathmandu District Administration to the public not to organise gatherings, rallies and demonstrations, pro-monarchy, pro-Hindu campaigners marched on the Kathmandu streets on Saturday, demanding reinstatement of the monarchy and Nepal as a Hindu state and scrapping of federalism

Covid fatigue drives Nepalis to nightspots

Kathmandu’s tourist neighbourhood of Thamel has been a ghost town for most of 2020, but just like Pokhara and Chitwan it is now bustling with Nepalis who are going out with a vengeance

Hong Kong bans NAC flights for the fourth time

The Nepalese government and the national flag carrier have been left red-faced as Hong Kong today imposed a 14-day ban on flights of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to the special administrative region of China for the fourth time

Attempts to forge consensus between Oli, Dahal on in Nepal ruling party

Co-chair of the ruling Nepal Communist Party and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who inflamed the anger of another Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal by presenting his 38-page long rebuttal a few days ago, continues to send his confidants to Dahal to broker a truce between him and Dahal

Nepal PM Oli calls for universal access to COVID vaccines

Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called for universal access to COVID-19 vaccines, once they become available

Failure to endorse the MCC compact by parliament could invite serious question about its future

If Parliament doesn't endorse the Millennium Challenge Corporation compact even during the upcoming winter session, serious questions will be raised about the future of the multi-million dollar US aid agreement, a senior official from MCC Nepal said

UK contributes Rs 678m to help Nepali families cope with the pandemic, food insecurity

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of £4.49 million (equivalent to Rs 678 million) from the United Kingdom to help some of Nepal’s most vulnerable population cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and provide food security and nutrition recovery support for their families

Nepal to benefit from cannabis legalisation

The vote by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna on Wednesday to remove cannabis from a list of narcotic drugs paves the way for Nepal to revive the plant’s traditional benefits, and cash in on its export potential