KATHMANDU, March 15: Nepal’s Human Development Index (HDI) stood at 0.601 in 2023, an addition of 0.010 points to its HDI in 2021.

KATHMANDU, September 12: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Pampha Bhusal has pointed out the need for increasing the purchasing power of the people for quality living.

KATHMANDU, June 16: Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) under the Sustainable Tourism for Livelihood Recovery Project (STLRP), has started providing 15-day river guide training to women in Balefi of Sunkoshi Rural Municipality from June 15.

KATHMANDU, Nov 16: As part of Government of India's post-earthquake-reconstruction efforts in Nepal, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is organizing an exposure visit for 16 elected local government representatives from Gorkha district of Nepal to India that concludes on November 16.

TEHRAN, Sept 15: According to a recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan ranks among the top three countries with acute water scarcity. UN agencies like United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) have also sounded alarm bells that Pakistan, which has the world’s fourth-largest rate of water usage, might run entirely dry by 2025.

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: Nepal’s football governing body All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Nepal have signed a partnership agreement for the promotion and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nepal through football, one of the world’s most popular sports. The SDGs, also known as the Global Goals -- a set of universal agreements to end poverty in all its dimensions -- aim to craft an equal, just and secure world by 2030.