The death toll from floods and landslides caused by heavy rainfall in Nepal has risen to 151, with 56 people still missing. The government has announced a three-day closure of schools in response to the disaster.
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21st Nov 2024 | Updated at 09:42am 21st Nov 2024
Nepal PM Prachanda likely to visit India next month
- 22 Mar 2023
Kathmandu: Nepal’s PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is likely to travel to India on an official visit next month - his first foreign trip since assuming the office for the third time in December last year, a media report said.
Nepal ruling coalition bags 90 seats out of 165
- 07 Dec 2022
Kathmandu: The top leaders of Nepal’s five-party ruling coalition on Monday met at PM Sher Bahadur Deuba’s official residence to review the general elections and discuss the formation of a new government.
The new PM of Nepal, K P Sharma Oli, overturned a ban on TikTok that his predecessor imposed in Nov, an apparent sign that the veteran politician intended to strengthen the country’s relations with China, its northern neighbour.
A Nepalese airliner crashed and caught fire shortly after taking off from Tribhuvan International Airport last week, killing 18 people aboard, including a child, and seriously injuring the pilot - the lone survivor - in the latest aviation disaster...
Nepal's newly appointed Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli comfortably won a vote of confidence in Parliament on Sunday, nearly a week after he was sworn in to lead a coalition government in the Himalayan nation.Oli secured 188 votes in favour while...
K P Sharma Oli was sworn in as Nepal's Prime Minister for the fourth time to lead a new coalition government that faces the daunting challenge of providing political stability in the Himalayan nation.The leader of Nepal's largest communist party...
At least seven Indian nationals are among over 60 passengers who are believed to be missing after two buses were swept away by a landslide and pushed into a swollen river in central Nepal last week, officials said. The two buses carrying 65...
Nepal’s PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ will continue leading his shaky governing coalition after winning his fourth vote of confidence in two years on Monday. Prachanda called the vote in Nepal’s lower house of parliament after a minor party...
Nepal’s deputy PM Upendra Yadav on Monday tendered his resignation and the Madhesi politician’s party also pulled out of the govt, a setback to PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda-led coalition.
- 25 Oct 2023
Kathmandu: Dozen of married couples sit in hope and anxiety outside the infertility section of the Paropakar Maternity and Women's hospital in Kathmandu. Although they hail from all around Nepal, many of them have one thing in common: the spouse...
Kathmandu: Ramsahaya Prasad Yadav, a senior leader from the Madhes region, was elected as Nepal’s Vice President, in a further boost to the coalition government headed by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’.
