Lifestyle

'I Listen for the Sound of Ashes' wins Best Debut Film at SLFF 2026

Emerging filmmaker Mihir Pyakurel's 'I Listen for the Sound of Ashes' won the Best Debut Film Award, while Nishit Thapa's 'The Bus to Bagbazar' secured the Audience Choice Award as the 2026 edition of the Something Like a Film Festival (SLFF) concluded in Kathmandu on Monday.

Environment

Three days of heavy rain ahead as monsoon strengthens nationwide

Umbrellas, raincoats and caution, residents across five provinces are being urged to prepare for heavy downpours over the next three days.

Kathmandu

Special Court grants bail to top accused officials

The Special Court on Monday ordered the release of former Director General of the Department of Passports (DoP), Tirtha Raj Aryal, on bail of Rs 500,000 in the high-profile e-passport case.

Health

Kavre culls over 40,000 poultry as bird flu spreads; authorities tighten surveillance

Bird flu continues to spread in and around the Kathmandu Valley, with more than 40,000 ducks and layer chickens culled in Kavrepalanchok as authorities intensify containment efforts against the highly contagious disease.

Sports

Saibari's shootout winner sends Morocco past the Netherlands, earliest World Cup exit for the Dutch

Ismael Saibari scored the decisive goal in a penalty shootout, and Morocco sent the Netherlands to its earliest World Cup exit, eliminating the Dutch 3-2 after a 1-1 draw on Monday night.

Sports

Paraguay stuns Germany in a penalty shootout for the biggest upset of the 2026 World Cup

​​​​​​​José Canale wasn’t in the starting lineup in either of his previous two appearances for Paraguay in this World Cup.

Sports

Gabriel Martinelli scores late in injury time to help Brazil beat Japan 2-1 at World Cup

With Brazil trailing for much of the game and with extra time looming, Gabriel Martinelli came through in a big, big way at the World Cup.

Kathmandu

Special Court extends UML Vice-chair Bishnu Paudel's remand by three days

The Special Court on Monday extended the remand of former finance minister and CPN-UML Vice-chair Bishnu Prasad Paudel by three days, allowing investigators to continue probing a money laundering case against him.

Nepal

Elephants at the door: Wild herds terrorise villages in Udayapur and Jhapa as human-wildlife conflict deepens

In Udayapur, six families woke up to find their homes destroyed. In Jhapa, farmers have abandoned their rice fields to spend their days chasing elephants away from their villages.

World

France records around 1,000 additional deaths as extreme heat breaks European records

France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country's public health agency said Sunday, as the head of the World Health Organization warned that Europe is now the fastest-warming continent and needs to do more to protect its citizens.

Science and Tech

South Korean tech giants to build a $518 billion chipmaking hub to serve soaring AI demand

South Korean tech giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix said Monday they will invest a combined 800 trillion won ($518 billion) in building a new computer chipmaking hub in the country’s southwest region, capitalizing on surging artificial intelligence -driven demand.

World

Pakistani airstrikes kill 36 civilians in Afghanistan and wound 160, officials say

Overnight ground operations and strikes by Pakistani forces have killed at least 36 civilians and injured more than 160 others, Afghan officials said Monday, as tensions between the neighbors further escalated. One Afghan official said the attacks would be met with retaliation.