India and Nepal held the 5th meeting of the JPMC on post-earthquake reconstruction projects on 27th January, 2025 in Kathmandu …
Trump’s aid freeze hits four USAID projects in Nepal
MCA Nepal unaffected, but healthcare programmes including micronutrient survey, demographic health survey and disease surveillance could be derailed.
Nepal imports more electric vehicles than petrol vehicles
In Nepal, imports of electric vehicles have surpassed those of petrol-powered ones. In the first half of the current financial year, which ended in …
New Year begins early for Nepal’s Indigenous Tamang Communities
Nepal’s Tamang community in the capital has begun early celebrations of their New Year, Lhosar, with dancing, singing, and exchanging greetings.The Tamang community will officially celebrate Sonam …
Woman from Nepal, working as caretaker, held for stealing gold, cash from employer’s house
An officer said, “Thapa began working at the complainant’s residence a couple of months ago. She would stay with the complainant’s daughter throughout the day and attend to her basic needs.” …
2 French tourists use Google Maps to cycle to Nepal, get lost in Bareilly. Here’s what happens next
Two French tourists who were following Google Maps to reach Nepal got lost in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh. They were cycling from Delhi to Kathmandu on Friday. The two cyclists were spotted by …
Rubbish roads: Nepal explores paving with plastic
Cars speeding along a smooth, black-coloured street in Nepal’s Pokhara are also driving over heaps of discarded plastic, transformed into an ingredient in road construction. “We saw scope for such …
French Cyclists Stranded In Bareilly On Their Way To Nepal After Google Maps Misleads Them
Two French cyclists lost their way while travelling from Delhi to Kathmandu and were assisted by local villagers in Bareilly.
Nepal hits Everest climbers with higher permit fees
The price to climb Mount Everest will soon increase for the first time in nearly a decade, as Nepal announces a sharp mark-up in permit fees. From September, those seeking to summit the world’s …
In Nepal, nearly 70 per cent of medical doctors fail licensing test
KATHMANDU: Over two-thirds of medical doctors who pursued their MBBS degree from various colleges within the country and abroad, have failed to obtain the pass mark in the Nepal Medical Council’s licensing test.