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Two Children Found Dead After Falling from Cliff in Khotang; Four Others Found Safe
Two children, aged 11 and 6, from Diprung Chuichumma Rural Municipality-3 in Khotang district, were found dead after falling from a cliff, while four other children who had gone missing with them w...
Nepal Plans Important Changes to Teen Marriage and Abortion Laws
Nepal is working on important changes to laws about teen marriage and abortion to better protect young people and women’s rights.
Amending Teen Marriage Requirements<...
Sexual Violence Survivors in Nepal Still Face Big Challenges, Say Experts at National Consultation
The meeting concluded that true justice can only come when survivors, especially from marginalized communities, are heard, protected, and included in shaping the systems that are meant to help them...
Mayor Launches Peaceful Hunger Protest Demanding Bamboo Promotion Policy
The mayor of Khotang's Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality, Tirtha Raj Bhattarai, has commenced with a nonviolent protest in Kathmandu demanding a national policy that promotes bamboo producti...
Toxic Pesticides Found in Spinach at Kalimati Market, Raising Food Safety Concerns
Spinach (raayo ko saag) sold at Kalimati vegetable market had dangerous levels of toxic pesticide residue, posing serious risks to food safety. The lab results showed that Dolakha mustard greens ha...
Nepal Builds Roads at 2.55 km/Day
Nepal is currently building roads at an average pace of 2.55 kilometers per day, according to the annual report for the fiscal year 2081/82 released by the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and T...
Final investigation report on saurya airline crash released
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has officially released the final report on the Saurya Airlines CRJ-200 crash involving aircraft 9N-AME. The report was handed over to Minister B...
Press Council Warns Against State Interference
Government agencies have received a strong reminder from the Press Council Nepal that issues pertaining to press freedom and journalistic ethics are under its purview and should not be meddled in.<...
Lawmakers want fast projects during the HoR session, ending with Chhaupadi
During Tuesday's zero-hour session of the House of Representatives, lawmakers raised a wide range of issues of burning concern, calling on the government to move at a fast pace on priority infrastr...
As Nepal's fertility rate declines, the Prime Minister advocates timely marriage and childbirth
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has advised people to get married and start a family at the suitable age, emphasizing that humanity's future may be in jeopardy if population growth and development are...
PM Oli announces building of 50,000-capacity stadium in Suryabinayak
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has announced plans to build a 50,000-seat stadium in Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur, citing the inadequate size of Dasharath Stadium.
At the opening of the 'National Hi...
Tinkune Incident: Three wanted criminals show up in court
KATHMANDU, July 10: Three individuals accused in connection with the violent pro-monarch protest in Tinkune on March 28, who had been evading arrest, appeared in court on Wednesday.