- Thursday, 23 October 2025
Purushottam Khatri
549 inmates recommended for parole
A Parole Board meeting chaired by the Attorney General has recommended 549 prisoners to go on parole. Parole refers to serving a jail sentence while staying at their respective homes with the freedom to live a normal social life.
Nepal faces soaring air safety concerns amid repeated crashes
On July 24, 2024, a Saurya Airlines aircraft which had just taken off for Pokhara crashed on the premises of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). All 18 passenger-cum staff of the Airlines on board lost their lives. The officials have even said that the aircraft had been on the ground for 30 days and was going for C-check to Pokhara, using a hangar there during its month-long maintenance. This is the 11th crash (after Sita Air’s aircraft killing 19
Five killed in 24 hours of monsoon mayhem
Floods and landslides triggered by heavy downpour since Tuesday night in many places of the country have claimed five lives in the last 24 hours, according to Nepal Police. According to an update
Serious negligence blamed for tragic plane crash
In a tragic incident on Wednesday morning, a Saurya Airlines aircraft, which had just taken off from Tribhuvan International Airport en-route to Pokhara, crashed resulting in the tragic death of 18 individuals. Captain Manish Ratna Shakya is a lone survivor, though seriously injured and undergoing treatment in hospital.
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18 die in Saurya Airlines plane crash, pilot survives
A Saurya Airlines aircraft crashed immediately after it took off from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu on Wednesday, killing 18 of 19 persons aboard the plane. The Civil Aviation Authori
CoAS Sharma staying on a home leave from August 9
Chief of the General Staff (CGS) of the Nepali Army (NA) Ashok Raj Sigdel Chhetri, who was embroiled in a birthdate controversy, is becoming the new Chief of the Army Staff (CoAS). While Sigdel will officially become the Chief of the Army Staff on September 10, he will assume the command as Army Chief from August 9, 2024, as Acting Army Chief after COAS General Prabhu Ram Sharma goes on a compulsory one-month home leave.
Twenty-two members Council of Ministers formed, sworn-in
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli took the oath of office and secrecy on Monday. President Ramchandra Paudel administered the oath at the President’s Office amidst a special ceremony. PM Oli, chairman of the CPN-U
Paywell and Sajilo Pay facilitated gold smuggling payment: CIB
The involvement of digital payment gateways -- Paywell Nepal and Sajilo Pay -- in the payment process of illegal gold smuggling has been uncovered. On Monday, the Central I
Over 14,000 Jajarkot quake victims without temporary shelters
At a time when monsoon rains have started wreaking havoc killing people and causing damage to infrastructures across the country, about 14,000 Jajarkot earthquake victims are living under torn-down tarpaulins and cracked corrugated zinc sheets.
Illicit drug use in Nepal up by 5%
f the government data is anything to go by, then it is sure that the number of illicit drug users in Nepal is increasing by 5.06 per cent every year taking the total users to an estimated 156,821 as of mid-April, 2024
National ID mandatory for social security allowance in 28 districts from mid-July
The government has made at least the number of the National Identity Card mandatory for the renewal of social security allowances effective from July 16. Following the decision made by the Cabinet meeting on June
National ID compulsory for pension, social security allowances
The Department of National ID and Civil Registration (DoNIDCR) under the Ministry of Home Affairs has said that preparations are underway to make a mandatory provision for getting pensions and social security allowances.
Govt to launch IT Decade beginning from 2024
The government plans to mark the upcoming decade as the ‘Information Technology Decade’ from the new fiscal year (2024/25). Presenting the government’s Policy and Programme at the joint session of the f
People at high risk when they enter forest with twigs to put out fire
While going to put out a forest fire in the jungle located in Badikhel, Godawari Municipality-2, Lalitpur, on last Tuesday, two locals Shankar Pahari and Ramesh Pahari lost their lives. According
Road fatalities taking a serious toll in Nepal
Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) take more lives annually in Nepal than any other natural disasters listed by the government, including floods, landslides, and other disasters combined
