Australian Ambassador to Nepal, Felicity Volk, has paid a courtesy call on Chief of the Army Staff, Prabhu Ram Sharma.
The government has authorized the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to sign on the agreement relating to the immunity of visa (diplomatic/government/ service passport- holders) between Nepal and the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Cases of sexual violence against male street children has increased in the country.
Cases of sexual violence against male street children have increased in the country. According to data from the Women, Children and Senior Citizen Service Directorate under Nepal Police, 90 street male children fell victim to sexual violence in the fiscal year, 2020/21 against 93 in the FY, 2021/22.
A fresh case of Kala-azar has been found in Bajura with the beginning of summer.
The country witnessed the arrival of around 100,000 foreign tourists throughout the month of March, the largest number since the global COVID-19 pandemic hit the country towards the end of 2019.
In 541 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, 64 people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Thursday. Whereas, 42 positive cases were found in 947 Antigen tests in the last 24 hours.
One hundred and eighty Chinese tourists have arrived here on a chartered flight from Himalayan Airlines.
Air pollution in various parts of the country including in the Kathmandu Valley has increased lately due to incidences of forest fires. According to the Department of Forest and Environment, polluted air has got accumulated in the Kathmandu Valley.
Search and rescue efforts are ongoing for those who have gone missing in an avalanche on the foot of Mt Everest on April 12.
Sex-selective abortions are reported to be taking place rampantly. Its negative impacts have manifested in the recently concluded national census, 2022 with decreasing number of baby girls as opposed to boys. Out of the total 412,935 newborns, 218,074 account for boys (52.8 per cent), and 194,861 girls (47.3 per cent), according to the census.
Japan’s population shrank by 556,000 in 2022 from a year earlier to 124.9 million, marking the 12th straight year of decrease, government data showed Wednesday, as the number of Japanese nationals saw its largest drop on record.
Second-round election is taking place today to elect the senior Vice-President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI). The election is taking place again after no single candidate out of three—Ram Chandra Sanghai, Umesh Lal Shrestha and Anjan Shrestha- got 50 per cent votes in the first round.
A delegation from the Nepal Bar Association (NBA) today called on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' to draw the government's attention to the need for the appointment of the Chief Justice promptly.
Madhyapur Thimi municipality has announced four days of public holiday starting from today on the occasion of New Year.