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.
Police arrested absconding driver of the jeep that met with fatal accident in Baitadi.
A corruption case has been registered at the special court against nine office-bearers, including then Chief Administrative Officer of Bhimdutta Municipality.
The commerce and industry related organizations in Rupandehi came to a conclusion that the entrepreneurs were on verge of displacement with the crises surfaced in trade and business due to decreasing business volume, higher bank interest rate and rise in house rent in the aaftermath of COVID-19.
Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha has said government would invest on health research. DPM Shrestha said it while addressing the concluding session of the 9th national conference of health and population scientists organized by Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) here Wednesday.
Chairman of CPN UML and former prime minister KP Sharma Oli has said Nepal was facing problems of low-standard and toxic foods due to not being self-reliant on agricultural products.
Earlier today, Shrestha had claimed that the party was attacked through the audio tape in which he is heard of asking for Rs. 20 million from medical entrepreneur Durga Parasai.
Two rhinoceroses were found dead in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park (CNP).
Minister for Urban Development, Sita Gurung, has requested contractors to discourage 'low bidding' by carrying out qualitative works on time.
About 600 people from 38 countries have been in space. Thousands of scientific experiments have been carried out, space stations and telescopes have been put into orbit. About 5,000 artificial Earth satellites operate in space at various distances from the surface of the planet.