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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...
AIDIA, Center for Strategic Research, join hands for economic diplomacy
KATHMANDU, Oct 18: The Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDIA) of Nepal and the Center for Strategic Research (CSR) under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance...
Kaligandaki Highline Opens New Heights for Nepal’s Adventure Tourism
In a remarkable feat for Nepal’s adventure tourism, Shankar Koirala, a highliner from Hile, Dhankuta, has completed a highline walk across the Kaligandaki Gorge between Kusma (Parbat) and Balewa (Baglung). The achievement marks Nepal’s highest and...
Book relating to Simraungadh's ties to Nepal Mandal released
Kathmandu, Oct 17: A researcher Roshan Kumar Jha has brought a book 'Nepal Mandalsanga Jodiyeko Simraungadhko Itihas'. It was released amidst a programme organized by the Pairavi Book House in the federal capital on Friday. The book is focused on...
Tripura mulls supplying power to Nepal: Power Minister
Tripura, one of the electricity-surplus states in the Northeast region, is keen to supply power to Nepal, state Power and Agriculture Minister Ratan Lal Nath said here on Friday. The minister shared this information after inaugurating the 132 KV...
Is Nepal reaching peak EV?
We were used to getting stuck in Kathmandu’s notorious traffic with gas fumes and horns blaring. We are still stuck in traffic, but now it is mostly the quiet hum of EVs, and street-level air is noticeably cleaner. Alongside Norway, Nepal has the...
70th Police Day: Home Minister Aryal sees need of timely reforms in Nepal Police
Kathmandu, Oct 17: Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal has said that the Nepal Police should be reformed in tune with time. Addressing the 70th Police Day and Tribute to the Immortal Police Programme here today, he mentioned that with the increasing...
Home Minister Aryal sees need of timely reforms in Nepal Police
Kathmandu, Oct 17: Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal has said that the Nepal Police should be reformed in tune with time. Addressing the 70th Police Day and Tribute to the Immortal Police Programme here today, he mentioned that with the increasing...
Research going local
When it comes to the subject of research in Nepal, various academics have complained about the lack of research “culture”, “quality” and funding in Nepal. With respect to the academic journals that publish the written outcomes of research in the...
In Nepal’s hills, a fight brews over the country’s biggest iron deposit
Nepal’s government has granted a mining concession for what it calls the country’s biggest iron deposit in Jhumlabang, a remote farming community that could supply Nepal’s steel demand for years. Local residents say they were never properly...
Tripura Plans Power Export to Nepal, World Bank Sanctions ₹935 Crore for Rokhia Project: Ratan Lal Nath
Agartala, Oct 17: Tripura may soon begin supplying electricity to Nepal, pending approval from the Central Government, Power Minister Ratan Lal Nath announced on Friday. Speaking after inaugurating the newly built 132 KV Gokulnagar Sub-Station...
Home Minister urges modernization of Nepal Police on 70th Police Day
Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal and IGP Chandrakuber Khapung. KATHMANDU: Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal has called for the modernization of the Nepal Police to meet contemporary challenges, especially as rising technological influence adds...
Can Nepal Become the “Next Enclave of Peace and Love?
The September revolution staged by the youth in Nepal this year not only toppled the government led by K. P. Oli, but it also forcefully raised debate on what kind of governance structure is best suited to the country. Political instability and...
Chinese tech shines at UAE tech exhibition
(Xinhua) 13:22, October 17, 2025 DUBAI, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- At the ongoing Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX Global), held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Chinese innovations ranging from flying cars to artificial intelligence...
Prime Minister Karki reshuffles cabinet for the third time
Kathmandu, October 26 Nearly six weeks after the Gen Z movement, the government led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki was reshuffled for the third time on Sunday. On the recommendation of Prime Minister Karki, President Ramchandra Paudel...
₹48 lakh fraud case linked to PLFI chief Dinesh Gope exposed
Ranchi: A sensational case has surfaced in which PLFI supremo Dinesh Gope was allegedly duped of ₹48 lakh by a man from Gujarat, who posed as a suspended employee of the Prime Minister’s Office–affiliated National Technical Research Organisation...
Nepal President hospitalised, health condition normal: Hospital announces
Kathmandu: Nepal President Ram Chandra Paudel was admitted to the Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre in Kathmandu on Saturday after experiencing health-related complications. According to the hospital, the President's health...
I Saw Children Die in The Gambia. Nepal Must Not Repeat That Tragedy
When I worked in The Gambia, I watched parents weep as their children slipped away from a mysterious illness. The hospitals were full of young patients whose kidneys had suddenly failed. For days, no one knew why. Only later did we discover that...
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences: Is Nepal Read...
The purchase of Lieu — traditional indigenous woolen rugs and blankets — in Lassi, a remote village in the Patarasi Rural Municipality of Jumla, Nepal, illustrates how technological innovation diffuses in a rural context. This mountainous and...