KATHMANDU, Jan 8: Sunday's bitterly cold weather in the capital has set the record for the coldest day of the year so far in the Kathmandu Valley. The minimum temperature in the valley dropped to as low as zero degrees Celsius to set the record, which is already colder than the coldest day of last winter.

KATHMANDU, Nov 11: Waves of westerly winds that started blowing in Nepal after the end of the monsoon period have brought colder climatic condition across the country, heralding a full-fledge winter in the coming days.