Nepal allows special flights for stranded foreigners
May 15, 2021, at 12:48 pm
Authorities in Nepal have allowed a number of special flights at the request of foreign embassies to evacuate stranded foreigners from the country. Around 7000 foreigners are estimated to be stuck in Nepal.
KP Oli reappointed PM as opposition fails to form government
May 14, 2021, at 05:37 pm
KP Sharma Oli has been reappointed prime minister of Nepal as opposition parties have failed to form a government in the Himalayan nation.
Nepal: 26 MPs test COVID-19 positive just ahead of PM's vote of confidence
May 10, 2021, at 01:36 am
Kathmandu: As many as 26 Nepali Members of Parliament have tested COVID-19 positive ahead of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's vote of confidence scheduled for next Monday, media reports said.
Ahead of confidence motion, Nepal PM Oli reaches out to opposition leader
May 07, 2021, at 01:03 pm
Soon after the Oli government in Nepal was reduced to a minority government, Oli reached out to Sher Bahadur Deuba, the leader of the Nepali Congress, a key opposition party, on Wednesday.
Nepal constructing 2000-bed capacity isolation facility
May 05, 2021, at 11:23 pm
Amid rising cases of coronavirus, authorities in Nepal have started the construction of an isolation facility with a 2,000-bed capacity in Geta Medical College of Kailali district, reported The Himalayan Times.
Nepal's hospitals face oxygen supply shortage
May 05, 2021, at 08:50 pm
Kathmandu/Xinhua: Nepal's two major government-run hospitals based in capital Kathmandu have been facing oxygen supply shortage, authorities said.
Nearly 500 heritage sites damaged in 2015 quake rebuilt in Nepal
May 02, 2021, at 08:01 pm
Nepal’s National Reconstruction Authority has said that 493 out of 920 cultural heritage sites damaged in the 2015 earthquake have been built, while 288 were under-construction, The Himalayan Times said.
Nepal introduces mandatory 10 quarantine upon arrival
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:23 am
As the Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Nepal, authorities announced several fresh restrictions, including mandatory ten-day quarantine and restriction on land routes, reported The Himalayan Times.
Nepal records over 4,500 fresh nCoV cases
Apr 28, 2021, at 03:09 pm
Kathmandu/UNI: Nepal reported 4,524 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the third highest single day spike so far.
No nationwide lockdown in Nepal now
Apr 27, 2021, at 03:07 am
The Nepal government has ruled out any immediate nationwide lockdown saying such measures cannot ultimately solve issues related to the coronavirus pandemic, The Himalayan Times reported.
Amid surging Covid cases, Nepal to procure 20,000 oxygen cylinders
Apr 26, 2021, at 11:02 pm
Authorities in Nepal are planning to procure 20,000 oxygen cylinders amid the prospect of worsening the Covid-19 situation in the country, The Himalayan Times said. The move came a day after the government held a meeting with the country’s oxygen suppliers association.
Indians use Nepal to escape travel ban
Apr 24, 2021, at 12:39 am
Indians with jobs or families abroad are using Kathmandu as a transit to fly off to countries like Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Hong Kong that have banned direct flights from Covid-battered India, Nepal Times reported.
Pashupathinath temple closed in Nepal amid surge in cases
Apr 24, 2021, at 12:05 am
Amid rising cases of Covid-19 infections in Kathmandu valley in Nepal, the revered Pashupatinath temple will remain closed for people starting Friday, The Himalayan Times said.
People resorting to fake PCR reports for boarding on international flights in Nepal
Apr 23, 2021, at 09:58 pm
Amidst the global pandemic, many countries still have tight border control policies in place, including the requirement of negative RT-PCR reports for the Covid-19 tests. However, some people, in order to dodge these restrictions, are getting fake reports done in Nepal.
China did not invite Nepal in Boao Forum for Asia meet: Report
Apr 23, 2021, at 04:54 am
Kathmandu: Nepal, which has always been a regular participant at the Boao Forum for Asia since 2001, has not received an invitation from China for this year to attend the event.
Vaccination rate dismal in Nepal; only 100,000 taking Chinese shots
Apr 19, 2021, at 10:36 pm
Initially refused, a 57-year-old woman Dibya Devi Kshetri got her Covid vaccine jab after hours of wait at a Nepal government hospital, but many others elsewhere in the Himalayan nation had to return disappointed.
Nepal mulls closing schools amid virus surge
Apr 14, 2021, at 09:13 pm
As the renewed wave of the Covid-19 hits countries in the South Asia region, authorities in Nepal have been mulling over closing schools and educational facilities in major cities for one month, a report in the Himalayan Times suggests.
Nepal has $9.2 billion untapped export potential: World Bank
Apr 13, 2021, at 11:57 pm
Nepal has untapped export potential worth an estimated $9.2 billion, The Kathmandu Post reported quoting a new World Bank finding.
Nepalis benefited by Oman’s general amnesty for undocumented foreigners
Apr 07, 2021, at 11:47 pm
Thousands of undocumented, and unregistered Nepalis, living in Omar, are getting a chance to leave the Gulf country without facing any punishment, reported the Kathmandu Post. A general amnesty scheme, launched last year, by the Omani government has been further extended to benefit these people.
Nepali migrant workers in India heading back home
Apr 07, 2021, at 10:22 pm
As India reports more than 100,000 cases of Covid-19 daily, Nepali migrant workers in India have started their journey back home to Nepal, reported the Himalayan Times. Over a thousand people are crossing two main border crossings in Sudur Paschim province.
Apr 06, 2021, at 11:39 pm
The Nepal government promulgated an ordinance regulating the sale of acid and other harmful chemicals in the country, a report in the Himalayan Times said.
Nepal’s key opposition party takes lead to form next government
Apr 05, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli may face fresh trouble to continue in his post as the Nepali Congress (NC), the key opposition party in the country, has officially announced that they would attempt forming the next government.
Amid supply constraint, Nepal, Sri Lanka struggle to continue vaccination
Apr 03, 2021, at 09:10 pm
Nepal and Sri Lanka both are struggling to continue their vaccination drives amid uncertainty over the timely delivery of pre-ordered vaccines from the Serum Institute of India (SII). This came after India started prioritizing its domestic need over the export of vaccines.
UN rights body raises concern over appointments to Nepal Human Right Commission
Apr 03, 2021, at 08:53 pm
A UN rights body raised "serious concern" on the manner in which the office-bearers of the Nepal National Human Rights Commissioner have been appointed by the Nepali government, reported the Kathmandu Post.
Chinese man arrested in Nepal for attempting to hack ATM
Apr 03, 2021, at 05:31 am
Kathmandu: Nepal police officials have arrested a Chinese nation as he was attempting to hack an ATM and illegally withdrawing cash.
Kathmandu-Tarai expressway in Nepal to face further delay
Apr 02, 2021, at 10:43 pm
The completion of Nepal’s ambitious Kathmandu-Tarai expressway is likely to face further delay as the parliament’s Public Account Committee ordered the scrapping of the bidding process for the second phase of construction, reported Kathmandu Post.
Pollution forces to Nepal to shut schools, colleges for four days
Mar 30, 2021, at 11:49 pm
Kathmandu: Schools and colleges in Nepal had remained closed for most of the time last year. But on Monday they have been ordered to remain close for four more days. And this time not because of Covid-19; it is the air pollution.
Nepal for first time issues licences to mountain guides
Mar 27, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Nepal for the first time has started distributing licences to mountain guides in a bid to bring professionalism to mountain tourism. The first to receive the licence from the Department of Tourism is mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa, who has scaled Mt Everest 24 times, which is a world record.
Amid rising cases in India, Nepal alerts its border districts
Mar 25, 2021, at 11:29 pm
Authorities in Nepal have asked all district administrations to step up their preparations for a possible rise in cases as infections in India are rising steadily. Districts are asked to set up isolation and quarantine facilities.
Nepal embassy in US expresses ‘concern’ on attacks on Asian people
Mar 24, 2021, at 10:22 pm
Kathmandu: Nepal’s embassy in the United States issued a statement expressing ‘concern’ against rising attacks on people of Asian origin in the US, The Himalayan Times reported.