In this file photograph dated Nov 9, 2022, Nepalese villagers stand amidst the debris of their mudhouses after an earthquake in Doti district, Nepal. An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck Nepal on Jan 24, 2023 at a depth of 25 km to the northwest of Nepal's Jumla district, more than 300 km from the capital, […]
A rescue team recovers the body of a victim from the site of the plane crash of a Yeti Airlines operated aircraft, in Pokhara, Nepal, Jan 16, 2023. (ROHIT GIRI / REUTERS) KATHMANDU – Searchers used drones and rappelled down a 200 meters (656 feet) deep gorge in west Nepal on Tuesday to search for […]
French serial killer Charles Sobhraj leaves Kathmandu district court after his hearing in Kathmandu May 31, 2011. (NAVESH CHITRAKAR / REUTERS) KATHMANDU – Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, was released from a Nepal prison on Friday after nearly two decades […]
Men push their bicycles through a partially deserted street amid COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Kathmandu on May 7, 2021. (BIKASH KARKI / AFP) KATHMANDU — The ruling alliance in Nepal has failed to win a majority of votes to form a new government on its own as general election results were unveiled on Tuesday night. […]
Workers prepare a polling booth ahead of the Nepal's general election, in Kathmandu on Nov 18, 2022. (PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP) KATHMANDU – Nepalis were voting on Sunday in a general election where parties promised to bring down prices as inflation hovered at six-year highs. The election pits the ruling alliance of the Nepali Congress […]
Nepalese villagers stand amidst the debris of their mudhouses after an earthquake in Doti district, Nepal on Nov 9, 2022. (DIL BAHADUR SINGH / AP) KATHMANDU – An earthquake in western Nepal killed at least six villagers, four of them children, as the tremor destroyed mud and brick houses in remote communities living in the […]
Student activists hold torches and shout slogans during a protest over hike in fuel prices in Kathmandu, Nepal on June 20, 2022. (PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP) KATHMANDU – Police in Nepal's capital fired teargas and charged at protesters with sticks on Monday to break up a demonstration by students against fuel price hikes, officials and […]
This Feb 7, 2020, photo taken from a commercial aircraft shows an aerial view of Qomolangma (center) and the Himalayan mountain range, some 140 km north-east of Kathmandu. (JEWEL SAMAD / AFP) KATHMANDU – A plane operated by a private airline in Nepal went missing on Sunday with 22 people on board, airline and government […]
A Hindu priest chants holy scripts outside a temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 26, 2022. (NIRANJAN SHRESTHA / AP) KATHMANDU – Nepal is putting a 21st-century spin on a tourism sector dominated by activities unchanged for generations as it looks to boost a vital part of an economy decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic and soaring […]
Nepalese policemen use shields to protect themselves as protesters opposing a proposed US half billion dollars grant for Nepal clash with them outside the parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal,Feb 27, 2022. (NIRANJAN SHRESTHA / AP) Despite fierce protests across the country, Nepal's House of Representatives passed the Nepal Compact of the United States Millennium Challenge Corporation […]
In a statement on Feb 9, the United States embassy in Nepal described the $700 million that was pledged to the country in an investment deal arranged under the auspices of the US aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation as "a gift from the American people and a partnership between the two nations that will bring […]
This photograph provided by India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) shows NDRF personnel rescuing civilians stranded following heavy rains at Chhara village near Nainital, Uttarakhand on Oct 20, 2021. At least 43 people have died and another 30 are missing after three days of heavy rainfall triggered landslides and flash floods in Nepal, police said on Wednesday. […]
This year, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Over the 100 years since its founding, the CPC has united and led the Chinese people in making monumental achievements, and created a great miracle rare in Chinese history, even in world history. To understand China's development, it is […]