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Education minister resigns after rift with PM, finance minister

Kathmandu, April 22 -- Amid growing differences with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel, Education Minister Bidya Bhattarai resigned from her post on Monday-at a time thou... Read More


Petition throws governor appointment into limbo

Kathmandu, April 19 -- As the government is set to appoint a new governor of Nepal Rastra Bank, a supplementary writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on Friday to prevent Gunakar Bhatta's ... Read More


Ruling parties try to give a message of unity

Kathmandu, April 17 -- Amid growing public discontent with the government and a widening rift between the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML, top leaders of the two ruling parties on Wednesday tried to d... Read More


BBIN motor vehicle agreement protocol ready

Kathmandu, April 13 -- A decade after signing the Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) for the regulation of passenger, personal and cargo vehicular traffic between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN... Read More


Prasai faces sedition, other charges. Police given 12-day custody

Kathmandu, April 12 -- Durga Prasai, 54, a controversial medical college operator believed to be the mastermind of the March 28 pro-monarchy protest in Tinkune, has been remanded to police custody for... Read More


As Bhutan disowns, Nepal in a fix over 4 US-deported refugees

Kathmandu, April 11 -- The Nepal government is in a fix over how to handle four Bhutanese refugees who were recently deported by the United States to Thimphu but who later arrived in Jhapa district af... Read More


Oli, Modi break ice in Bangkok

Kathmandu, April 5 -- Prime Minister KP Oli and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi met for almost 45 minutes on Friday in Bangkok on the sidelines of the sixth Bimstec summit and thus cleared the lo... Read More


Sixth Bimstec summit kicks off in Bangkok today. Oli-Modi meeting set

Kathmandu, April 4 -- The sixth Bimstec summit will open on Friday as foreign ministers of all seven member states have readied the summit declaration and other instruments to be signed in Bangkok. O... Read More


Oli and Modi to meet in Bangkok on Friday

Kathmandu, April 2 -- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is set to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the sixth Bimstec summit in Bangkok on Friday. Leading the Nepali delegation ... Read More


Prime Minister Oli's Thailand and Bimstec visit begins today

Kathmandu, April 1 -- Prime Minister KP Oil is set to embark on the first official bilateral visit to Thailand. After completing his bilateral engagements in Thailand, he will lead the Nepali delegati... Read More