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Nepal government considering lifting ban on TikTok
KATHMANDU: The ban on the social media site TikTok is presently being considered by the Nepali government. Talks about possibly lifting the ban are taking place at the Prime Minister's Secre...
Gaijatra festival being celebrated across the nation today
KATHMANDU: Today marks the start of the traditional Gaijatra holiday in the Kathmandu Valley and numerous other parts of Nepal. The festival lasts for a week and is observed on the first day...
Gosainkunda receives electricity from national grid for the first time
KATHMANDU: Gosainkunda, a revered holy site in Rasuwa district, Bagmati Province, has received power from the national transmission line for the first ti...
Dr. Govinda KC threatens hunger strike over medical education reform and justice demands
KATHMANDU: Prominent advocate for medical education reform, Dr. Govinda KC, has declared that if his six requests are not fulfilled, he will go on a hunger strike. Dr. KC listed his demands...
Suspected avalanche triggers severe flooding in Khumbu Region
KATHMANDU: An avalanche is suspected to have caused severe flooding in the Khumbu region of Nepal’s Solukhumbu district. The flood struck the Thame area of Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipal...
6-year-old girl dies after cobra bite in Morang
KATHMANDU: In Kerabari Rural Municipality-9, Morang, a school square was the site of the death of 6-year-old Pratima Pandit from a cobra bite. The event happened on Wednesday night when Prat...
Patan High Court Judge Rameshwor Regmi passes away at 61
KATHMANDU: Patan High Court Judge Rameshwor Regmi has passed away at the age of 61 after a battle with brain cancer. He died at Nepal Cancer Hospital, Harisiddhi, Lalitpur, on Wednesday nigh...
Snake bite incident in Dang kills 6-year-old girl and critically injures mother
KATHMANDU: Six-year-old girl dies after a horrible snake-biting incident in Dang, leaving her mother gravely injured. On Wednesday, at approximately one in the morning, Indu Chaudhary was bi...
Authorities urge vigilance as water levels rise in Arun River, Sankhuwasabha
KATHMANDU: The District Police Office in Sankhuwasabha has reported a considerable rise in water levels in the Arun River within the district. This increase is attributed to overflow from th...
Dalit activist Sunar arrested during protest in Kathmandu
KATHMANDU: Dalit activist Khagendra Sunar was arrested in Kathmandu while staging a symbolic protest at Maitighar. Sunar, who was wrapped in about 2 kilograms of metal chains, was demonstrat...
Three children die of food poisoning in Simraungadh, Bara
KATHMANDU: Three children from the same family have tragically died of food poisoning in Simraungadh, Bara. The victims, identified as Lalima (9), Pushpa (7), and Krishna Nandan Ram (5), all...
Elephant calf found dead in Morang
KATHMANDU: This morning, an approximately four-year-old elephant calf was discovered dead in the private forest of local residents Anita Thapa and Rekha Thapa in Belbari-3, Morang district.&...
