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Women leaders set example for rest of Nepal

After the first elections under federalism in 2017, Hupsekot became one of only two municipalities in Nepal in which women were voted both chair and deputy

National Women Commission remains defunct as violence against women continues in Nepal

Last week, people of Barbibas Municipality in Mahottari district protested for three days after the body of six-year-old Gulabasa Khatun was found stuffed inside a sack on Monday, a day after she went missing

Nepal to open iconic Pashupatinath temple from December 16

Pashupatinath, the iconic Hindu temple of Nepal, is all set to open for pilgrims from 16 December, said the Pashupatinath Area Development Trust (PADT) as reported by The Himalayan Times

Hundreds take to streets to demand restoration of monarchy in Nepal

Hundreds of people took to the streets in Kathmandu on Monday, and protested demanding the restoration of the monarchy, reported The Himalayan Times

Nepal's ruling party factions seek to bridge rift in party

Rival factions of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) are preparing to present their own strategies in the Secretariat meeting scheduled for tomorrow

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli makes TikTok debut

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli now has an account on TikTok, a popular video-sharing social networking service

Nepal: Siblings faked their abduction to frame neighbour, arrested

In a strange case, the Nepali police arrested two brothers from Rautahat district of Province 2 for faking their abduction in order to frame a neighbour, as per a report published in The Himalayan Times

Nepal rejects report prepared by Transparency International

The Nepal government today rejected the recent report prepared by Transparency International (TI) accusing it of being politically motivated while drafting the document

Another one-horned rhinoceros dead in Nepal

Another one-horned rhinoceros has been found dead in Nepal's Chitwan National Park, taking the death toll of the endangered species to 16 since July this year, according to an official

Nepal's domestic airlines resume Mount Everest sightseeing flights after eight months

The domestic airlines have announced resuming mountain view flights from next week after eight months of closure, as economic activities have started to pick up again and return to normal, including all tourism-related activities

As Kathmandu plays host to guests from south and north, concerns grow over geopolitical games

Kathmandu has never been busier like now this past year

Nepalis going abroad on visit visa in droves worries officials

An unusually high number of Nepalis have been going abroad on visit visas in the past few months, and this has left officials worried

EU will remove Nepal from its safety list soon: Minister

Nepal's Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai has claimed that Nepal is all set to get removed from the list of flight restrictions imposed by the European Union

Nepal: 4400 health practitioners contracted COVID in two months

Around 4400 health workers in Nepal have contracted the coronavirus in the last two months, The Himalayan Times reported citing data released by Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population

10 MW solar plant to come up at Nepal’s Lumbini airport

The Nepali government is all set to install a 10 megawatt solar power plant at Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) in Lumbini province, reported The Himalayan Times