Nepal receives body of 23-year-old student Bipin Joshi, killed by Hamas

The solemn homecoming took place 738 days after his abduction, following confirmation of his death last week. Joshi, a 23-year-old agriculture student, was in Israel under the ‘Learn and Earn’ programme, working at Kibbutz Alumim – a farming...

World News | Nepal Retrieves Body of Bipin Joshi, a Student Killed in Hamas Captivity

Kathmandu [Nepal], October 20 (ANI): Nepal on Monday afternoon received the body of Bipin Joshi, an agriculture student who was killed in Hamas captivity. It was on October 13, after 738 days since his abduction that Nepali authorities got...

Private health institutions protest disrespectful behavior during nurse wage talks

Medical professionals protesting at Maitighar Mandala. KATHMANDU: Representatives of Nepal’s private health sector have raised concerns over disrespectful behavior directed at them during formal negotiations on nurses’ salary scales. In a joint...

Norvic Hospital raises salaries for nursing staff

KATHMANDU: Norvic International Hospital has increased the salaries of its nursing staff, setting the minimum monthly pay for nurses with a bachelor’s degree at Rs 37,000. According to the hospital, the decision came into effect on October 18 and...

World News | Nepal Bids Farewell to Kancha Sherpa, the Last Living Member of Everest's 1953 Expedition with State Honor

Kathmandu [Nepal],October 20 (ANI): The last rites of Kancha Sherpa, the last living member of the 1953 Everest expedition, were performed with state honors. He breathed his last at the age of 92 at his private residence in Kathmandu. Sherpa was...

World News | Kukur Tihar: Nepal Honours Dogs with Garlands, Feasts, and VIP Treatment in Unique Festival

Kathmandu [Nepal], October 20 (ANI): Nepal on Monday celebrated the second day of Tihar, commonly known as "Kukur Tihar", the festival of dogs , giving them VIP treatment. Dogs, regarded as the guardians and messengers of Yama, the god of death,...

Political turmoil takes toll on India’s exports to Nepal in September

New Delhi: India’s exports to Nepal recorded one of the steepest declines among its major trading partners in September, as youth-led protests and a political transition in the Himalayan nation disrupted cross-border trade. Shipments to Nepal fell...

Nepal citizen held for killing e-rickshaw driver

A Nepal citizen was arrested for allegedly stabbing a 29-year-old e-rickshaw driver to death during an altercation in Delhi’s Mohan Garden area, an official said on Saturday. The incident took place on the intervening night of October 4 and 5 when...

Health camp held at Korala Pass benefits 126 individuals

Mustang, Oct 18: A one-day health camp was organized today by the Armed Police Force Nepal at Korala, the vicinity of the 24th border pillar of the Nepal-China border area. The initiative was a collaborative effort between the Armed Police Force...

'Stadiums Are Here, But Where Are The Hospitals?': Morocco's Gen Z Protesters Demand Education Reform & Govt Accountability

'Stadiums Are Here, But Where Are The Hospitals?': Morocco's Gen Z Protesters Demand Education Reform & Govt Accountability | Representational Image Casablanca: Refusing to let the coming wave of fanfare around December's Africa Cup of Nations...

After Nepal, Madagascar, will Gen Z protests topple another government? THIS Muslim-majority country is facing massive unrest due to..., Gen Z 212 to..

Home News After Nepal, Madagascar, will Gen Z protests topple another government? THIS Muslim-majority country is facing massive unrest due to..., Gen Z 212 to.. Gen Z 212 published a letter addressed to King Mohammed VI requesting him to dismiss...

Changing Face of Beauty Pageants in Nepal

Originating in the USA in 1880 as a beauty contest and formalized as a beauty pageant in 1921 by the merchants of New Jersey to prolong the tourist season at a seaside resort, beauty pageants have now become a global phenomenon. Often described as...

New UK study finds widespread hidden sensory loss

One in four over-50s has vision impairment and three quarters have some hearing loss. Groundbreaking research involving eye tests and hearing examinations with more than 500 over-50’s – the first of its kind in the UK – has revealed widespread and...

Kathmandu Metropolitan City passes 15 proposals in 43rd executive meeting

Kathmandu Metropolitan City executive meeting. KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) on Friday concluded its 43rd executive committee meeting, endorsing 15 proposals, including 14 departmental and one miscellaneous, under the...

How medical mission as a student sparked this SNEC doctor’s vision for enhancing eye care in the region

SINGAPORE - At the age of 23, medical student Anna Tan travelled to eye centres in the rural south of the Philippines to service the ophthalmic microscopes used by surgeons during intricate eye procedures. Along the way, the University of...

Nepal’s Gen Z: The Next Economic Engine

In early September 2025, Nepal witnessed its most intense youth-led unrest in years. Mass protests, driven primarily by the Generation Z, shook the nation. Frustration over widespread inequality and pervasive corruption fueled the demonstrations,...

Biodiversification, mutation-based research key to future food, health security: PAEC expert

RTC concludes at NIAB under IAEA’s RAS5101 project, with 30 participants from 14 member countries PAEC official stresses proactive research strategies to tackle climate change, malnutrition and emerging pathogens IAEA experts from China and...

48 Hours That Changed Nepal

When Gen Z took to the streets of Kathmandu on September 8 to protest the KP Oli government’s sudden ban on social media, few expected it would ignite the country’s most consequential youth-led revolt in decades. What followed over the next 48...

Nepal Telecom speeds up 4G, fiber expansion in Karnali province

Nepal Telecom (NTC) has sped up the expansion of 4G and fiber internet services in Karnali province. According to Ntc Karnali Provincial Directorate, Surkhet Director Dr. Kamal Lamichhane, new cell towers have been installed in Bulbule, airport...

Nepal seeks World Bank loan to fight air pollution despite hefty taxes to do so

Nepal is negotiating $155 million in loans and grants from the World Bank for the Nepal Clean Air and Prosperity Project to reduce industrial emissions, strengthen pollution control and build government capacity. The government collected roughly...