Nepal delegation explores possibility of importing urea

Visakhapatnam: With an objective to explore the possibility of importing urea and other fertilisers such as DAP through global tenders, a five-member Nepal delegation along with the managing director of Krishi Samagri Company Ltd., Nepal, and the assistant …

Servants from Nepal drug Hyderabad bizman, wife; flee with 1kg gold, Rs 70 lakh cash

In a shocking incident in Hyderabad, two domestic helpers drugged a businessman and his wife, making off with a significant haul of gold and cash. The victims, Hemraj and Meena Dugar, were targeted at their Kacheguda residence, where the perpetrators, …

Snow Leopard population in Nepal reaches 397

KATHMANDU: Nepal is home to around 397 snow leopards, according to the latest data released by WWF Nepal. These endangered big cats inhabit roughly 30,500 square kilometers of Nepal’s Himalayan terrain. While the International Union for Conservation of …

China declines to take back unwanted Nepal Airlines aircraft

The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has declined a request by Nepal Airlines (RA, Kathmandu) to take back five disused Chinese-manufactured aircraft. The Kathmandu Post reports the request was made at a December 2024 meeting, but state-owned …

Nepal HIV prevention efforts grind to halt after USAID pullback

Hundreds of female sex workers and gay men, and people taking injectable drugs in Nepal have been deprived of pre-exposure prophylaxis since the USAID-funded programmes were suspended in the last week of January. Pre-exposure prophylaxis is a medicine that …

New coach, new team? Big changes likely for Nepal’s Playing XI

Early in February, the Cricket Association of Nepal announced that it wouldn’t renew coach Monty Desai’s one-year contract, which was ending at the end of the month. After about two months, on March 28, the national cricket governing body revealed former …

Ncell becomes Nepal’s first Data Centre and Cloud Service provider company

Ncell has claimed to become the first and only Nepali company to be officially enlisted as a Data Centre and Cloud Service Provider in Nepal. The Department of Information Technology, under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, …

Nepal, India sign deal on cross-border transmission line expansion

Kathmandu, Apr. 23: Nepal and India have inked an important agreement to expand the cross-border transmission lines. The landmark agreement for the development of two new 400 kV cross-border transmission lines—Dododhara (Lamki)-Barilly and Inaruwa-Purnea-- …

Nepal’s communist leaders harp on unity—but often trade barbs

When Nepal’s communist parties on Tuesday marked the 76th anniversary of the establishment of the communist movement in the country, it could be a moment of self-reflection, course correction and unity. But that was not to be. Going by the public …

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