Splashing mud and drinking local rice beer, Nepali farmers this week celebrated National Paddy Day to mark the beginning of the rice-planting season, despite some coronavirus lockdown measures still …
Nepal arrests three men for quarantine rape, amid protests over unsafe conditions
Police in Nepal arrested three men on suspicion of gang raping a woman quarantined alone in an empty school, a case that has added to public anger over unsafe conditions for thousands of migrant …
COVID-19: Nepal extends lockdown to July 22
Nepal on June 15 had changed the format of lockdown by allowing businesses to ope: As the COVID-19 cases continue to surge, the Nepal Government on Monday late evening announced the decision to extend …
Nepal’s parliament approves map including territory controlled by India
The upper house of Nepal’s parliament approved a new map of the country on Thursday including land controlled by India, in a row that has strained ties between the South Asian neighbours.
COVID-19: Nepal in Crisis
The coronavirus crisis has brought to the fore — and exacerbated — a number of the Nepali state’s long-standing weaknesses.
India-Nepal relations: ‘Premature and miscalculated move by Nepal govt’, experts say dialogue is critical
Nepal neither de facto controls these territories, nor does it have clear documents to establish it de jure status in its favour.
Nepal unlashes a movement to stop discrimination and stigma
Since the first person was diagnosed with COVID-19 in Nepal five months ago, discrimination and stigma against affected people have grown at alarming rates. Those victims include COVID-19 recovered …
Nepal: Assistance to pregnant and lactating women
English News and Press Release on Nepal about Food and Nutrition, Health, Children, Women and Epidemic; published on 29 Jun 2020 by ACT Alliance …
Nepal records 475 new coronavirus cases, tally crosses 13,000-mark
Kathmandu, Jun 29 () Nepal’s coronavirus tally crossed the 13,000-mark with the detection of 475 new cases in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday. Of the new cases, 363 are males and …
Nepal’s Communist Rulers Are Casting Their Country’s Army On Lines Of China’s PLA
Military experts and Nepal Army veterans are aghast and warn that modelling the country’s army on the lines of the PLA would be disastrous. Nepal’s ruling communists are modeling the Himlayan nation’s …