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Month of mourning begins today

Award winning Muktijoddha to get special fund

Covid-19: 22 deaths, 1,541 new cases in 24 hours

Bangladesh Farmer Murder: One to be hanged, five gets lifer

Myanmar Army burns down another village in Rakhine

Nepal: Construction of India-assisted Arun-III hydropower project gaining pace

Kathmandu: Construction of India-assisted Arun-III hydropower project in Nepal’s Sankhuwasabha district is witnessing fast developments, media reports said.

Activists protest outside Pakistani Embassy in Kathmandu against atrocities committed against Hindus

Kathmandu: Protesting against the atrocities committed against the Hindu community in the south Asian country, members of the Hindu Civic Society in Nepal demonstrated in front of the Pakistani Embassy in Kathmandu recently.

KP Oli led Nepal government rendered state system dysfunctional: Expert

Kathmandu: Nepal PM KP Oli-led government has rendered the state system dysfunctional, largely derailed democracy, and for all practical purposes, sent the 'republican' constitution into a coma, an expert has said.

Nepal’s official document reveals Chinese encroachment in seven districts

Kathmandu: Reflecting the aggressive stance followed by China, a document released by the Survey Department of the Ministry of Agriculture in Nepal has shown by 2017 Beijing has encroached 36 hectares of the country’s territory at 10 places along the northern border.

China encroaches Nepali lands as opposition lawmakers demand its reclamation

Kathmandu: Nepal might be engaged in a conflict with India over its new map, but the Himalayan nation is itself facing land dispute as China has encroached at least 28 hectares of Nepali land spread across four districts of Humla, Rasuwa, Sankhuwasabha and Sindhupalchok, media reports said.

China controlling Nepali village Rui Gaun for six decades since its capture

Amid growing trouble with India, a media report has emerged which showed how due to gross negligence of the Nepal government, a village in Gorkha in the mid-western part of the Himalayan nation has been under Chinese control for six decades.

Nepal starts border row with India to divert public attention as China captures parts of it

Nepal has been engaged in a border dispute with India in recent times only to divert attention from China's move of occupying several areas in the Himalayan nation, media reports said.

Nepalis slam China on state-run CGTN's tweet showing Mt. Everest on their side

Kathmandu/New Delhi: Netizens recently came down heavily on China after its state-run media agency China Global Television Network (CGTN) posted a tweet where it claimed that the Mount Everest is on its side.

Breaking COVID-19 lockdown norms, Chinese nationals clash with police in Kathmandu

Kathmandu: Breaking all COVID-19 lockdown and social distancing norms, 33 Chinese nationals clashed with the police in Nepal's capital city Kathmandu recently, leaving six people hurt.

While world boos China, India basks in Covid-19 leadership role, hydroxychloroquine magnanimity

New Delhi: At a time when the world is fighting against COVID-19 outbreak and condemns the irresponsibility of China in exporting the virus worldwide, the Indian government is leading the combat in its own ways by helping the world's leading nation by providing hydroxychloroquine medicine which is being considered as a possible cure for the deadly disease.

Fight against COVID-19: Nepal Govt now says won't use rapid test kits purchased from China

Kathmandu: Stating that the results obtained from them are unreliable, the Nepal government has said it would not use rapid test kits purchased from China to fight against COVID-19.

Nepal confirms first coronavirus case

Kathmandu: Nepal's health authorities have confirmed the first case of coronavirus infection in the country.

Chinese envoy in Nepal asks people to follow and promote her on Twitter in lieu of movie tickets

Beijing: In an unheard of social media diplomacy, the Chinese envoy in Nepal has offered people of the Himalayan nation to follow her on Twitter and retweet her posts in exchange for movie tickets.

Nepal road accident leaves 11 dead

Kathmandu: At least 11 people lost their lives as the bus in which they were traveling on veered off the road in Indrawati Rural Municipality of Sindhupalchok district of Nepal on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.

Nepal: Everest season kicks off with summit success

Kathmandu, May 14: The 2019 Everest climbing season officially began on Tuesday with eight high-altitude Nepali climbing guides making it to the peak.