Kathmandu, Sept. 12 -- Chief of Army Staff General Ashokraj Sigdel is embarking on a week-long visit to China on Sunday. However, neither side has made a formal announcement of the visit. General Sigd... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 12 -- Chief of Army Staff General Ashok Raj Sigdel is embarking on a week-long visit to China on Sunday. Neither Nepal nor China has formally announced the visit. Sigdel is scheduled ... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 9 -- Nepal is set to receive US$20 million in climate finance under a mechanism established to support countries vulnerable to climate change. The funding has been approved under the... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 8 -- The government is weighing whether to seek grants or loans to finance the reconstruction of infrastructure and property destroyed by the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods. The work is ... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 7 -- Australian tunnel expert Professor Arnold Dix, who is in Nepal to assist search and rescue efforts at the Chilime Hydropower Project, says the teams working there are confronting... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 7 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Rabi Lamichhane, president of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, on Monday to express condolences over the loss of life in the Bhotekoshi floo... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 5 -- The government has formed a committee led by Gunakhar Bhatta, vice-president of the National Planning Commission, to prepare a Post Disaster Needs Assessment that will officially... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 5 -- The devastating Bhotekoshi floods of August 26, which caused an immense loss of life and property, have brought a longstanding question into sharper focus: How should Nepal seek ... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 3 -- Reversing an earlier decision to send Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal, the government has decided that Prime Minister Balendra Shah will lead Nepal's delegation to the UN General ... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 2 -- Prime Minister Balendra Shah has urged the international community to recognise the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood as a warning of the growing climate risks confronting the Himalayan... Read More