Nepal

Sudurpaschim CM Bhatt struggles to complete Cabinet amid NCP disputes

Newly appointed Sudurpaschim Chief Minister Khag Raj Bhatt is facing a difficult task completing his Cabinet, with competing claims within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) delaying the appointment of his party’s ministers.

Nepal

Govt moves to terminate Darchula Hospital contract, blacklist firm

The government has moved to terminate the contract for the under-construction Darchula District Hospital building after prolonged delays, with the contractor also facing possible blacklisting.

Education

UGC takes over foreign degree equivalence, clears first 30 cases

The University Grants Commission has begun determining the equivalence of foreign academic degrees, processing its first 30 cases after taking over the responsibility from Tribhuvan University.

Nepal

25 arrested in drug crackdown across 10 districts

Police have arrested 25 people across 10 districts in a series of drug-related operations, seizing suspected brown heroin, tapentadol, cannabis, tramadol, pregabalin and other drugs.

Nepal

Patient disappears from BPKIHS bed after treatment for head injury

A 40-year-old man admitted to the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan after suffering a serious head injury has gone missing from the hospital.

Nepal

A year after Ramechhap landslide, survivors still in tin shelters

A year after a devastating landslide killed 10 people in Ramechhap’s Lekharka, survivors are still living in temporary shelters and say even ordinary rainfall brings back the fear of another disaster.

Lifestyle

Shreejana Rana elected to Zonta International board

Shreejana Rana has been elected to the Zonta International Board of Directors for the 2026–28 biennium, becoming the first Nepali to serve on the global organisation’s governing board.

World

26 more bodies are recovered in Zimbabwe's ferry disaster, bringing death toll to 72

Eighteen children were among more than 70 people killed when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe this week, police said Saturday after rescuers recovered more bodies.

Nepal

Three killed, two missing in Jajarkot landslide

Three people have died and two others remain missing after a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall struck Risang in Bheri Municipality-2 of Jajarkot.

Opinion

Democracy's cruel paradox: The systematic triumph of takers over those who serve

Democracy is often discussed as a political ideal—a system of elections, representation, constitutional rights and popular sovereignty.

Business

Gold price rises Rs 3,600 per tola

The price of gold increased by Rs 3,600 per tola in the domestic market on Sunday.

Nepal

Brown sugar seizures more than triple in Koshi as narcotic drug market shifts

The narcotic drug market in Koshi Province appears to be changing, with police seizures of brown sugar rising more than threefold in three years while those of injectable and tablet-based narcotics have steadily declined.