ECONOMY
India imposes a four months’ ban on sugar export, price starts increasing in Nepal’s marke...
India imposes a four months’ ban on sugar export, price star...
Price of sugar started to increase in the domestic market after India announced a ban on its sugar export, which is also likely to take a toll on prices of related products including sweets and packed biscuits and confectionaries.
May 14, 2026
SOCIETY
Nepali Army concludes Defence Correspondent Orientation Programme
Nepali Army concludes Defence Correspondent Orientation Prog...
During the closing ceremony, Assistant Rathi Rajaram Basnet, director of public relations and information, distributed certificates to 29 journalists who participated in the orientation programme.
May 14, 2026
POLITICS
RPP’s Pandey freed on bail in e-bidding scam as junior employee Deuja faces extended trial
RPP’s Pandey freed on bail in e-bidding scam as junior emplo...
The Kathmandu District Court has ordered Rastriya Prajatantra Party leader Bikram Pandey to be released on bail on the scam case related to e-bidding.
May 14, 2026
ECONOMY
Commercial banks lower interest rate by 0.06 pc, at an average 4.34 pc for next month
Commercial banks lower interest rate by 0.06 pc, at an avera...
Nepali commercial banks reduce interest rate on their fixed deposit by an average of 0.06 percent for the next month starting Friday.
May 14, 2026
SOCIETY, DIASPORA
Consulate General of Nepal in Dallas collects over 500,000 USD in revenue
Consulate General of Nepal in Dallas collects over 500,000 U...
Deputy Consul General, Dhana Kumari Joshi, shared that the Consulate General has been providing various services including passport and consular service, issuance of one-way travel permit, facilitating in repatriation of dead bodies to Nepal, authentication of power of attorney, providing NRN cards...
May 14, 2026
SOCIETY
Govt plans parks, green belts in cleared squatter settlements
Govt plans parks, green belts in cleared squatter settlement...
The government is preparing to convert areas vacated after squatter settlement evictions into parks, green belts, expanded river corridors and widened buffer zones.
May 14, 2026
ECONOMY
Route opened for Everest summit
Route opened for Everest summit
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation on December 17, 2025, had given responsibility to Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee and Expedition Operators Association Nepal to fix climbing ropes for managing routes for the expedition to Sagarmatha, Lhotse and Nuptse peaks.
May 14, 2026
WORLD
India condemns attack on Indian-flagged ship off Oman coast, crew safe
India condemns attack on Indian-flagged ship off Oman coast,...
"The attack on an Indian-flagged ship off the coast of Oman yesterday is unacceptable, and we deplore the fact that commercial shipping and civilian mariners continue to be targeted," the statement said.
May 14, 2026
ECONOMY
WB pledges to assist Nepal in educational development
WB pledges to assist Nepal in educational development
The World Bank (WB) has said that it will provide the possible assistance to Nepal for educational development. Country Director of the World Bank, David Sislen, conveyed this during a meeting with Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Sasmit Pokhrel, at the Ministry of Education toda...
May 14, 2026
SOCIETY
KOICA, GKS alumni hold a networking meeting to strengthen collaboration
KOICA, GKS alumni hold a networking meeting to strengthen co...
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The “KOICA KAAN Networking Meeting” brought together KOICA and GKS alumni, government officials, scholarship graduates, and representatives from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Nepal.
May 14, 2026