POLITICS
UML steps up election preparations, plans nationwide campaign
UML steps up election preparations, plans nationwide campaig...
The CPN-UML has kicked into full election mode for March 5, forming committees, recommending candidates, and planning a nationwide campaign despite pending legal challenges.
Jan 08, 2026
The Week
A Global Nepali’s Half-Century View on Nepal’s Sustainable Development Path
A Global Nepali’s Half-Century View on Nepal’s Sustainable D...
Drawing on five decades of experience, Dr Som P. Pudasaini’s book offers a rare, reflective lens on Nepal’s journey through conflict, diplomacy and sustainable development, blending policy insight with lived professional experience.
Jan 08, 2026
SOCIETY
Repeat offender caught for ninth motorcycle theft in Kathmandu
Repeat offender caught for ninth motorcycle theft in Kathman...
Police also arrested Govind Thami, 23, from Bigu Rural Municipality–8, Dolakha, in connection with two stolen motorcycles. The pair was apprehended by a team from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office.
Jan 08, 2026
SOCIETY
Nearly Rs 300,000 pickpocketed from bus passenger on Sinamangal–Gongabu route, four arrest...
Nearly Rs 300,000 pickpocketed from bus passenger on Sinaman...
The victim, 37-year-old Dipendra Sharma of Baglung Municipality–4, currently residing in Mitrnagar, Kathmandu, had boarded the bus from Sinamangal. Before reaching Mitra Park, the black side bag he was carrying went missing.
Jan 08, 2026
WORLD
Political violence escalates in Bangladesh as BNP volunteer leader shot dead ahead of poll...
Political violence escalates in Bangladesh as BNP volunteer...
Bangladesh election violence intensifies as BNP volunteer leader Azijur Rahman Musabbir is shot dead in Dhaka, raising fresh concerns over security ahead of the Feb 12 polls.
Jan 08, 2026
SOCIETY
US, Nepal sign cultural property agreement to safeguard heritage and curb illicit traffick...
US, Nepal sign cultural property agreement to safeguard heri...
The US and Nepal on Thursday signed the US–Nepal Cultural Property Agreement (CPA), marking a significant step in strengthening cooperation to protect Nepal’s cultural heritage and curb the illicit trafficking of cultural objects.
Jan 08, 2026
SOCIETY
Kanti Children’s Hospital’s 1,000-bed expansion plan stalled at DPR stage
Kanti Children’s Hospital’s 1,000-bed expansion plan stalled...
The hospital’s building construction and expansion master plan was approved in 2022 and has also been incorporated into the 16th Five-Year Plan. The project aims to expand Nepal’s only central children’s hospital into a 1,000-bed facility, enhance service quality, develop it as a p...
Jan 08, 2026
SOCIETY
Labour Ministry takes decisions in favour of EPS exam graduates
Labour Ministry takes decisions in favour of EPS exam gradua...
The Ministry of Labour, Employment, and Social Security has decided to request the Korean government through diplomatic channels to extend the validity of the current roster prepared through the EPS system for Korea.
Jan 08, 2026
SOCIETY
One killed, three injured in motorcycle collision in Rupandehi
One killed, three injured in motorcycle collision in Rupande...
The accident occurred at Tapaha Line in Tilottama-2 when motorcycles bearing registration numbers Lu 61 Pa 5878 and Lu 68 Pa 5236 collided head-on, police said.
Jan 08, 2026
POLITICS
Independent leaders ask Balen to return lauro election symbol
Independent leaders ask Balen to return lauro election symbo...
Independent activists have warned Kathmandu Mayor Balen Shah to return the ‘Lauro’ election symbol within a week, accusing him of handing it to the RSP and turning it into a political bargaining tool.
Jan 08, 2026