Nepal confirms 2nd positive case of COVID-19

Mar 23, 2020, at 05:17 pm

Kathmandu/Xinhua/UNI:  After around two months when the first positive case of coronavirus was registered in Nepal, the country on Monday confirmed the second positive case of COVID-19 in a teenager.

Nepali gov't suspends visa-on arrivals for nationals of all countries

Mar 13, 2020, at 07:25 pm

Kathmandu/Xinhua/UNI: The Nepali government has taken a number of measures including temporarily stopping all on-arrival-tourist visas and putting an end to all the spring mountaineering expeditions including that of Mount Qomolangma, a senior Nepali government official said.

71 Chinese workers who returned to Nepal quarantined at Pokhara Airport construction site

Mar 11, 2020, at 01:49 pm

Pokhara/IBNS: Instead of showing health consciousness over the outbreak of the deadly Novel Coronavirus, China has sent 71 workers to the Pokhara Airport construction site in Nepal. All the workers have been quarantined.

Coronavirus: Nepali citizens evacuated from China, sent to quarantine at Bhaktapur

Feb 16, 2020, at 05:33 pm

Kathmandu/IBNS: Amid coronavirus outbreak in the neighbouring nation, the Nepal government has evacuated 175 Nepalis people from Hubei Province of China, media reports said on Sunday.

Nepal govt likely to quarantine its evacuated citizens from China in Bhaktapur

Feb 05, 2020, at 09:21 am

Kathmandu/IBNS: The Nepal government on Wednesday said it might quarantine all those Nepali nationals who will be evacuated from coronavirus-hit Wuhan province of China to Nepal Electricity Authority Training Centre in Bhaktapur, media reports said.

Nepal: Eight Indians found dead

Jan 21, 2020, at 05:34 pm

Kathmandu/UNI: Eight Indians, including four children, died in Nepal on Tuesday.

7 remain missing as over 150 rescued following avalanche in Nepal

Jan 19, 2020, at 09:16 am

Kathmandu/Xinhua: Four South Koreans and three Nepalis remained missing since Friday following an avalanche in western Kaski district, as over 150 foreign tourists and Nepalis were rescued on Saturday from around the area, local officials and trekking agencies said.

Chinese envoy in Nepal asks people to follow and promote her on Twitter in lieu of movie tickets

Dec 29, 2019, at 05:19 pm

Beijing/IBNS: In an unheard of social media diplomacy, the Chinese envoy in Nepal has offered people of the Himalayan nation to follow her on Twitter and retweet her posts  in exchange for movie tickets.

Nepal: Bus mishap leaves 30 hurt

Dec 14, 2019, at 05:42 pm

Kathmandu/IBNS: A bus mishap in Nepal's Nawalparasi district has left 30 people hurt, media reports said on Saturday.

Nepal: Brazilian national arrested with cocaine from Tribhuvan International Airport

Nov 13, 2019, at 04:54 pm

Kathmandu/IBNS:  The Narcotics Control Bureau with the support of Airport Customs Office in Nepal arrested a Brazilian national with 2.1 kilograms cocaine from capital city Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport on Wednesday, media reports said.

Bangladesh President leaves for four-day official Nepal visit

Nov 12, 2019, at 04:30 pm

Kathmandu/IBNS/UNI: Bangladesh President M Abdul Hamid will reach Kathmandu on Tuesday on a four-day official visit during which he will meet his Nepal counterpart Bidya Devi Bhandari.

At Least 15 People Dead, 50 Injured as Bus Falls Into River in Nepal say reports

Nov 04, 2019, at 01:34 am

Moscow/Sputnik: A bus fell on Sunday in a river in central Nepal, leaving at least 15 people dead, 50 injured and three more missing, according to media reports.

Xi Jinping announces Rs 56 billion assistance for Nepal over next two years

Oct 13, 2019, at 11:04 am

Kathmandu, Oct 13 (UNI) Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has held the crucial round of Informal Summit deliberations with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu, has said he was impressed by the "love" and cordial relations between Nepal and China.

Xi arrives in Nepal for state visit

Oct 12, 2019, at 06:18 pm

Kathmandu, Oct 12 (Xinhua/UNI) Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here on Saturday for a state visit to Nepal. It is the first visit by a Chinese president to the South Asian country in 23 years.

Nepal road accident leaves 11 dead

Oct 12, 2019, at 03:59 pm

Kathmandu: At least 11 people lost their lives as the bus in which they were traveling  on veered off the road in Indrawati Rural Municipality of Sindhupalchok district of Nepal on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.

Xi Jinping's historic visit to elevate Nepal-China ties: PM Oli

Oct 12, 2019, at 11:53 am

Kathmandu, Oct 12 (UNI): Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to Nepal will be a historic one that will lift Nepal-China ties to a new level, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said here Friday.

IFJ condemns arrest of nine journalists in Nepal

Sep 18, 2019, at 03:30 pm

Kathmandu, Sept 18 (UNI): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned government’s act of arresting nine journalists, who were protesting the sacking of three journalists of state-owned Radio Nepal in Doti.

8 killed, 4 missing due to landslides in western Nepal

Jul 23, 2019, at 05:26 pm

Kathmandu, Jul 23 (Xinhua/UNI) At least eight people died while four others have gone missing due to landslides triggered by rains in Gulmi district of western Nepal, local authorities said here on Tuesday.

Etihad Airways introduces nutional education programme to Nepal School for underpriviledged children

Jul 17, 2019, at 06:04 pm

Kathmandu, Nepal, July 17 (IBNS): Children of the Azizia Madrasa enjoyed a tasty morning as they learnt a fundamental skill to last them a lifetime, cooking healthy, nutritious meals using locally sourced, low cost ingredients. 

At least 12 missing as jeep plunges into river in Nepal's Humla district

Jun 18, 2019, at 05:20 pm

Kathmandu, Jun 18 (Xinhua) At least 12 people have gone missing as a passenger jeep skidded off the mountain road and plunged into a local river on Tuesday afternoon in Nepal's remote Humla district, some 400 km west of Kathmandu, officials said.

Nepal government launches inquiry against Indian Everest climbers

Jun 12, 2019, at 05:31 pm

Kathmandu, Jun 12 (UNI) The Nepal Government has initiated an inquiry against three Indian climbers over allegations that they faked claims of summiting Mount Everest on 26 May.

Nepal: 2 Indian pilgrims killed in road mishap

Jun 11, 2019, at 03:56 pm

Kathmandu, June 11 (IBNS): At least two people were killed as a bus carrying Indian pilgrims was hit by a truck in Nepal’s Rautahat district, media reports said.

AIIB approves first investment in Nepal

Jun 10, 2019, at 05:42 pm

Beijing, June 10 (Xinhua/UNI) The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)'s Board of Directors has approved a loan of up to 90 million US dollars for a hydropower project in Nepal, its first project in the country.

Storm kills one, injures around 37 in Nepal

Jun 07, 2019, at 10:14 am

Kathmandu June 7 (Xinhua/UNI) At least one person was killed and 37 others were injured when a strong storm hit several villages of Nepal's Kailali and Kanchanpur districts on Thursday evening, authorities said here.

Alipay to formally start its service in Himalayan country Nepal soon

Jun 01, 2019, at 05:04 pm

Kathmandu, Jun 1 (UNI) If things go as planned, Chinese mobile payment giant, Alipay, will formally start its digital payment service in Nepal within a few weeks.

Twin explosions leave three dead, five injured in Kathmandu

May 26, 2019, at 08:02 pm

Kathmandu, May 26 (UNI): At least three persons were killed and five sustained to severe burn injuries in twin explosions in Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Sunday evening, a spokesperson of the Nepal Police confirmed.

Nepal: Three more Indian climbers die on mountains

May 24, 2019, at 04:49 pm

Kathmandu, May 24 (UNI) Three Indian climbers have died on Nepal's Mount Everest this week, bringing the death toll this season on the world's highest peak to six.

Nepal bans China’s Alipay and WeChat digital wallets

May 22, 2019, at 04:03 pm

Kathmandu, May 22 (UNI) Nepal has banned popular Chinese digital wallets Alipay and WeChat to prevent the loss of foreign currency earnings from tens of thousands of Chinese tourists.

Nepal: Everest season kicks off with summit success

May 14, 2019, at 04:40 pm

Kathmandu, May 14 (UNI) The 2019 Everest climbing season officially began on Tuesday with eight high-altitude Nepali climbing guides making it to the peak.

K P Sharma Oli to visit Vietnam, Cambodia next week

May 04, 2019, at 03:13 pm

Kathmandu, May 4 (UNI) Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will visit Vietnam and Cambodia from May 9 to 15.