10+ hour, 52+ min ago   (177+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 14: National Child Rights Day is being observed today under the theme 'Protection of childhood: security of the future'. This day is celebrated annually on the 29th of Bhadra (Nepali Calendar) with the objective of enhancing the accountability and responsibility…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (811+ words) THIMPHU, Bhutan, Sept 12, 2026 (AFP) - Farmer Pema Dema had never even heard of hazelnuts when she was first recruited to begin growing them on her land in Bhutan's Thimphu region. "I wondered what sort of a nut it was," the 58-year-old…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (414+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 13: The Millennium Challenge Account Nepal (MCA-Nepal) has completed construction of an 18-kilometer section of the cross-border transmission line connecting the 400 kV New Butwal Substation to the Nepal-India border. According to the MCA-Nepal Development Committee, the completion of the…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (122+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 13: Nepali Congress (NC) is holding its central execution committee meeting today. As per NC acting chief secretary Krishna Prasad Dulal, the meeting is set for 2:00 PM at the party’s central office in Sanepa. All office bearers and members…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (394+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 10: A group of human rights activists and civil society figures has urged Home Minister Sudan Gurung to withdraw his recent remarks against journalists and issue a public apology. Issuing a statement, the group said Gurung’s remarks made on…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (403+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Nepali Congress (NC ) President Gagan Kumar Thapa has said anyone involved in criminal activities during the incidents of September 8 and 9 must face legal punishment. In a video message issued on Wednesday on the occasion of BP Koirala’s birth…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (191+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker Arjun Narsingh KC has urged the government to work in the spirit of the Gen Z movement, saying the protests aimed not merely at changing the government but at bringing broader changes in governance…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (431+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Former Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said those responsible for the brutal suppression of the Gen Z movement on September 8 have already been “punished by history,” but called for a serious and comprehensive investigation into the unprecedented…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (386+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane has urged people to stop making insensitive remarks and ridiculing citizens who have lost everything in the recent Bhotekoshi flood, saying their anger should be understood as a plea for help…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (406+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Mounting frustration over the government’s failure to manage the supply of cooking gas has now reached the ministry level, with Industry, Commerce and Supplies Minister Gauri Kumari Yadav warning of strict action against gas bottlers even as she…...