POLITICS
Deputy Speaker Ruby Kumari Thakur’s health improving after hospitalization
Deputy Speaker Ruby Kumari Thakur’s health improving after h...
She was taken to KIST Medical College and Teaching Hospital after she reportedly fainted. According to the hospital, her condition has now stabilised and she has regained consciousness.
Apr 29, 2026
SOCIETY
450 ‘landless’ families found owning property elsewhere
450 ‘landless’ families found owning property elsewhere
The government began a campaign last Saturday to clear unauthorized squatter settlements across various locations in the Valley. While eviction efforts continue, a parallel process is underway to distinguish genuine landless people from those falsely claiming the status. Authorities are retrieving l...
Apr 29, 2026
Market
NICCI and NBI sign MoU to organize Nepal Business Summit 2026
NICCI and NBI sign MoU to organize Nepal Business Summit 202...
The agreement was signed at the NICCI Secretariat in Narayanchaur, Naxal, by Kunal Kayal, Vice President of NICCI, and Bishal Gaire, Executive Chairperson of NBI.
Apr 29, 2026
POLITICS
NC suspends Kanchha Ram Tamang from Ramechhap District Chair position
NC suspends Kanchha Ram Tamang from Ramechhap District Chair...
Nepali Congress (NC) has suspended party leader Purna Bahadur Tamang (Kanchha Ram) from his position as Ramechhap district chairperson.
Apr 29, 2026
SOCIETY
Nepali Army says squatter settlement data collected for disaster preparedness
Nepali Army says squatter settlement data collected for disa...
Issuing a press statement on Wednesday, Army Headquarters said the data collection was aimed at minimizing human and physical losses that could occur during the monsoon season due to floods, landslides, inundation and river erosion.
Apr 29, 2026
ECONOMY
NEPSE falls 25.81 points to 2,744.45 as trading turnover continues to decline
NEPSE falls 25.81 points to 2,744.45 as trading turnover con...
On the third trading day of the week, all sub-indices except development banks, mutual funds and trading posted losses, dragging down the overall benchmark. The manufacturing and processing sector recorded the steepest decline, falling 2.24 percent.
Apr 29, 2026
WORLD
EU chief says Kremlin imposing 'digital Iron Curtain' on Russians
EU chief says Kremlin imposing 'digital Iron Curtain' on Rus...
"With inflation increasing and interest rates skyrocketing, the consequences of Russia's war of choice are also being paid for out of Russian people's pockets," European Commission head von der Leyen told EU lawmakers in Strasbourg.
Apr 29, 2026
WORLD
Death toll from Indonesia train crash rises to 16, all women
Death toll from Indonesia train crash rises to 16, all women
A long-distance train slammed into the last, women-only carriage of a stationary commuter train near the Bekasi Timur station late Monday, prompting a nearly 12-hour rescue effort with crews prying open mangled carriages.
Apr 29, 2026
SPORTS
ICC World Cup League 2: Oman set 306-run target for Nepal
ICC World Cup League 2: Oman set 306-run target for Nepal
After winning the toss and opting to bat first at the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur on Wednesday, Oman posted 305 runs for the loss of eight wickets in their allotted 50 overs.
Apr 29, 2026
WORLD
US lawmakers to grill Pentagon chief on Iran war
US lawmakers to grill Pentagon chief on Iran war
Hegseth's appearance before the House Armed Services Committee -- for a hearing on President Donald Trump's $1.5 trillion defense budget request -- comes with the war still unresolved and the economic fallout from it continuing around the globe.
Apr 29, 2026