Nepal

Kathmandu: As many as 160 mountaineers have received permits to climb two Himalayan mountains inside Nepal in the fall season despite the continued threat posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Tourism said. As shown by data…

Kathmandu: Online classes amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has boosted the import of mobile phones in Nepal, according to data released by the country's Department of Customs. As online teaching is continuing, demand for smartphones…

Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has laid a foundation stone virtually for the construction of the country's first liquid oxygen plant which is expected to help substitute oxygen import from India. "As they will be…

Kathmandu: At least two people have died in Nepal from black fungus or mucormycosis, a rare fungal infection mostly found among Covid-19 patients with diabetes, while the Himalayan nation have reported around a dozen of such cases,…

Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister KP Olis decision to dissolve Parliament has led to controversy, uproar and opposition in the Himalayan nation. On the recommendation of Oli's Cabinet, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Friday midnight…

Kathmandu: In a dramatic turn of events, Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday midnight dissolved the Parliament as per the recommendation of the government and declared to hold midterm elections on November 12 and 19. As per the…

Kathmandu: An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 on the Richter scale hit the Lamjung district in northern-central Nepal on Wednesday, leaving at least three people injured, a local official said. With the epicentre in Bhulbhule of the…

Kathmandu: Nepal received a second shipment of China-donated oxygen cylinders as the Himalayan country is continuing to face an acute shortage of medical oxygen supply for a growing number of Covid-19 patients. A Nepal Airlines plane…

Kathmandu: After opposition parties failed to form a coalition government, Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has reappointed KP Sharma Oli as the 42nd Prime Minister on the basis of leading the largest party in Parliament. Oli, who…

Kathmandu: Amid an ongoing second wave of the pandemic, Nepal is heading towards an India-like Covid disaster as at least 14 infected patients died in hospitals due to lack in oxygen supply. The second wave in Nepal has led to under…