The crisis in the ruling Nepal Communist Party may have been averted but the fault lines within have been exposed
Power-surplus Nepal hopes to earn $100 million from electricity exports to India
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.
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Kathmandu homes and hotels turn into hospitals
As government and private hospitals in Kathmandu fill up with Covid-19 patients, some of them are offering rented hotel rooms or home care to meet the surge of the seriously sick
Local units in Nepal unprepared to manage people returning home for festive season
A 23-year-old man returned to his home in Jayaprithvi Municipality Ward No 3, Bajhang, from Kathmandu on Monday
Oli government under pressure to speak up against China's encroachment in Nepal
The K.P. Sharma Oli government in Nepal is now facing increasing heat and is under pressure from several quarters to speak up against the boundary encroachment by China
Hotels in Annapurna circuit trekking route shut; Tilicho Lake area quiet
Most of the hotels in Annapurna circuit trekking route have lost businesses and have shut operations since no international tourists have visited the region due to coronavirus pandemic
PM Oli continues to hold meetings despite his ministers and close aides testing positive for COVID-19
Even though two Cabinet ministers have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent days, Baluwatar has not made anything public with regards to what health protocol
Nepal tries to ensure COVID-19 insurance
Since insurance companies in Nepal announced COVID-19 schemes in April, more than 1.4 million applied, but many patients are having payment disputes and few have collected their dues, thus jeopardising the public’s trust in the entire insurance sector
Nepal unlikely to become self-reliant in fish, meat and milk
The coronavirus pandemic is likely to adversely impact Nepal’s aim to become self-reliant in fish, meat and milk
Nepal’s Annapurna Circuit named among top 10 places on the planet to travel
Nepal’s Annapurna Circuit has been named among the top 10 most incredible travel experiences in the world by Lonely Planet
Indian envoy in Nepal goes into self-quarantine after minister tests positive
Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Vinay Mohan Kwatra has gone into self-quarantine after a Nepalese minister who he had recently met has tested positive for the novel coronavirus
Second Nepali cabinet minister tests COVID-19 positive
Girirajmani Pokharel, Nepal's Minister for Education, Science and Technology, has become the country's second cabinet minister to test positive for the novel coronavirus, his personal aide said
Nepal's culture minister tests COVID-19 positive
Yogesh Bhattarai, Nepal's Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, announced that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, becoming the first cabinet minister to contract the disease
Nepali Army to symbolically inaugurate Dashain
Nepali Army is set to organise symbolic inauguration of Nepali’s biggest festival Dashain, on the seventh day called Fulpati, in view of the COVID-19
Nepal Foreign Minister Gyawali calls for international collaboration to fight coronavirus
Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has underlined the relevance of Bandung principles as time-tested and sacrosanct ideals for peaceful global order
Fasting surgeon breaks his fast after Saturday midnight deal with government
Dr Govinda KC ended his longest ever fast-unto-death on Sunday after an eight-point deal with the government on Saturday midnight. KC started his 19th hunger strike on September 14. Sunday was the 28th day
