WORLD
Trump signs proclamation creating $100,000 application fee for H-1B visas
Trump signs proclamation creating $100,000 application fee f...
Trump signed the proclamation during an event in the Oval Office, while also introducing a separate “gold card” visa for individuals to pay $1 million to expedite their immigration, according to Al Jazeera
Sep 20, 2025
SOCIETY
Home Ministry establishes help desk: Citizens urged to call 9851360603 for assistance
Home Ministry establishes help desk: Citizens urged to call...
Citizens can share information, complaints, advice or suggestions by calling or sending SMS, WhatsApp, or Viber messages to 9851360603, the ministry stated.
Sep 20, 2025
Market
Forex Update: USD, euro weaken against Nepali currency
Forex Update: USD, euro weaken against Nepali currency
NRB noted that these rates may be revised at any time as market conditions change.
Sep 20, 2025
SOCIETY
Monsoon Alert: Moderate rain likely in Madhesh, Gandaki, Bagmati, Koshi Provinces
Monsoon Alert: Moderate rain likely in Madhesh, Gandaki, Bag...
The low-pressure line of the monsoon is currently positioned south of its average track in the west and lies close to its normal location in the east, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division.
Sep 20, 2025
POLITICS
No apologies, no accountability: Elderly political supremos betray Gen Z sentiments
No apologies, no accountability: Elderly political supremos...
Former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who led the government during the protests, has issued two statements since the events but has neither formally apologized nor accepted moral responsibility. Instead, he has blamed “infiltrators” for violence carried out in the name of young protester...
Sep 20, 2025
POLITICS
NC General Secretaries outline two paths for party reorganization amid Gen Z protests
NC General Secretaries outline two paths for party reorganiz...
NC General Secretaries Bishwa Prakash Sharma and Gagan Thapa proposed two options for immediate party reorganization, urging self-review, accountability, and leadership renewal through a regular or special convention while upholding the party’s core values.
Sep 20, 2025
SOCIETY
Nepal Police forms task force to assess damage from Gen-Z protests
Nepal Police forms task force to assess damage from Gen-Z pr...
During the protests on September 8 and 9, which escalated into violence the following day, more than 450 police units across the country suffered destruction and arson.
Sep 20, 2025
SOCIETY, POLITICS
Gen-Z group demands arrest of KP Oli, Ramesh Lekhak, and Chhabi Rijal
Gen-Z group demands arrest of KP Oli, Ramesh Lekhak, and Chh...
In a press conference held at Sambad Dabali in the capital on Friday, the group accused them of misusing state power to suppress a movement and called for their immediate arrest.
Sep 19, 2025
POLITICS
Ousted PM Oli calls for probe into deadly youth protests
Ousted PM Oli calls for probe into deadly youth protests
In his first statement since stepping down last Tuesday, the 73-year-old said "infiltrators" were responsible for inciting bloodshed during youth-led protests that swept the Himalayan nation beginning September 8.
Sep 19, 2025
SOCIETY
Singha Durbar fire spares ‘original sketch’ of Nepal’s political map
Singha Durbar fire spares ‘original sketch’ of Nepal’s polit...
Sources say the original political (chuche) map, painstakingly prepared by technical staff from sketches, suffered no damage and is still secure.
Sep 19, 2025