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The compound wall of the 900 MW Arun III Hydroelectric Power Plant's office in Tumlingtar area, nearly 500 km from Kathmandu, was damaged in the explosion, said Siva Raj Joshi, Chief District Officer of the Sankhuwasabha district. (Photo: PTI)

Blast at hydroelectricity project in Nepal weeks ahead of Modi’s inauguration

No one was injured in the blast and an investigation has been launched. However, no one has claimed responsibility of the blast.

29 Apr 2018 4:02 PM

Malindo Air, a Malaysian airline, has regular flights linking Kuala Lumpur and Kathmandu. (Photo: AP)

Nepal’s international airport shut down after plane skids off runway

All flights have been cancelled since the accident with thousands of passengers waiting outside the terminal.

20 Apr 2018 11:42 AM

Indian Embassy consulate office in Nepal's Biratnagar is a temporary office which had been set up during floods in Nepal and north Bihar and continues to function since then. (Representational Image)

Minor blast near Indian consulate office in Nepal, no injuries reported

The explosion happened at around 8:20 pm on Monday and caused a hole in the compound wall.

17 Apr 2018 9:33 AM

The 1.4 trillion rupees over the project will be expended for the construction of the structures and additional 11 billion rupees for the transmission lines.

SBI to invest Rs 80 billion in hydropower project of Nepal

The Nepal Investment Board will soon issue the license for the construction of the project.

09 Apr 2018 8:51 AM

Shortly after their rescue, the bears 19-year-old male Rangila and Sridevi, a 17-year-old female were transferred to a zoo near the capital Kathmandu where they were put in cages on display. (Photo: AFP)

One of Nepal's last dancing bears Sridevi, dies in zoo after rescue

The 2 sloth bears were rescued in southern Nepal in Dec 2017, from a pair of itinerant street performers who used animals for entertainment.

22 Mar 2018 6:37 PM

Nepalese rescuers stand near a passenger plane from Bangladesh that crashed at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday. (Photo: AP)

Nepal plane crash that killed 49 occurred after 'confusion' over landing orders

Flight BS211 from Dhaka to Kathmandu was carrying 67 passengers and four crew members.

13 Mar 2018 1:01 PM

Officials said there were 71 people on board the US-Bangla Airlines plane from Dhaka when it crashed into a football field near the airport. (Photo: Representational/ AFP)

Fly fast, not safe: 40 dead in Nepal’s worst plane crash ever

Rescuers had to cut apart the mangled and burned wreckage of the aircraft to pull people out.

12 Mar 2018 6:13 PM

Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli also said he would revive the China-backed USD 2.5 billion hydropower project which was scrapped by the previous government. (Photo: PTI)

Will deepen ties with China to get more leverage with India, says Nepal PM

Oli said he wants to 'update' relations with India 'in keeping with times' and favours review of all special provisions of Indo-Nepal ties.

20 Feb 2018 10:01 AM

Acting on a tip off, the police team raided the hotel and confiscated two pistols and three round of bullets from the Indian nationals, Nepal police said. (Representational Image)

Police arrest 2 Indian nationals for sneaking arms into Nepal

Prasad Kushwaha, 27 and Ajay Prasad Kushwaha, 21, were arrested from a hotel room during a raid by a special police team.

18 Feb 2018 6:34 PM

Mashkoor Ahmad Lari is the owner of Kathmandu's five-star Everest Hotel, which remained closed after its building developed major cracks in 2015 earthquakes. (Screengrab | theeveresthotel.com)

Wanted by Interpol, top Indian hotelier in Nepal held for drug trafficking

The police was searching the hotelier after narcotic drugs were found in a parcel dispatched by him from Kathmandu to the Netherlands.

09 Feb 2018 8:59 AM

Its victory returns many figures of the tumultuous transition period, including CPN-UML leader KP Sharma Oli, who is expected to be the new prime minister. (Photo: AP)

Nepal’s Left alliance headed to landslide win, K P Sharma Oli expected PM

With counting still going on, the leftist alliance has won 97 seats in the national parliament.

11 Dec 2017 1:43 PM

According to results released by the Election Commission, the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist has won 51 seats while its alliance partner CPN Maoist-Centre has bagged 21 seats. (Photo: AFP)

Nepal’s Left alliance heads toward majority leaving ruling party behind

The vote counting is in progress for remaining 76 seats.

10 Dec 2017 12:44 PM

The elections are being seen as the final step in Nepal's transition to a federal democracy following a decade-long civil war till 2006 that claimed more than 16,000 lives. (Photo: AFP)

Nepal Polls: Left Alliance Wins 26 Seats, Nepali Congress 3

The polls will elect 128 members of parliament and 256 members of provincial assemblies.

09 Dec 2017 1:11 PM

The house of representatives consists of 275 members, of which 165 would be elected directly under the first-past-the-post system while the remaining 110 will come through the proportional representation system. (Photo: AP)

Nepal’s left alliance wins 3 seats in first phase of elections

The opposition CPN-UML won two seats while the candidate of its ally CPN-Maoist Centre defeated its main rival Nepali Congress nominee.

08 Dec 2017 1:56 PM

A second phase of the election will take place on Dec. 7, and the election commission has said that the final results probably won't be known for several days because of the cumbersome counting procedures. (Photo: AP)

Monarchy, Maoist blasts, hopes for Federal Republic: Nepal votes after 18 years

More than 15 million eligible voters will pick a 275-member legislature, the first under a new constitution agreed after years of wrangling.

26 Nov 2017 12:56 PM

Pappu used to illegally bring narcotic drugs from India and supply in different parts of the country, including Kathmandu. (Photo: File/Representational)

Indian national arrested in Nepal for drug trafficking

The Nepal Police nabbed Pappu Shah, a resident of Arariya district in Bihar, following information provided by another drug peddler.

04 Nov 2017 3:14 PM

Security personnel, including those from the Nepal Army and Armed Police Force, rescued 16 injured passengers who had fallen into the river in the accident along the Prithvi Highway. (Representational Image | Photo: File)

Nepal: Bus veers off road, plunges into river; kills 19, injures 16

Mishaps are common in the Himalayan nation and occur mostly due to poor infrastructure and reckless driving.

28 Oct 2017 8:15 PM

Nath, who married 22-year-old Ramesh Nath Yogi in May, initially feared that her in-laws would not welcome her -- a transgender woman (Photo: AFP)

Transgender couple finds acceptance in rural Nepal

Many transgender people in the country still struggle to be open about their identity despite progressive laws in Nepal.

09 Oct 2017 12:32 PM

India and China had locked in a standoff in the Sikkim sector after Chinese troops began constructing a road near the Bhutan trijunction. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

As Indo-China dispute resolves, Nepal says no action of China will hurt its citizens

Upadhyay said he was happy that the standoff between Indian and Chinese troops at Doklam had been resolved.

13 Sep 2017 2:47 PM

Nepal PM Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba (Photo: AFP)

Nepal Parliament endorses laws barring criminals, corrupt from contesting polls

Nepal is set to hold two rounds of provincial and federal elections in November and December this year

05 Sep 2017 3:40 PM

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