Kathmandu, Feb. 23 -- A decade after India began blending ethanol with petrol, Nepal is preparing to cut its costly oil imports by mixing domestically produced ethanol into imported fuel. According t... Read More
Kathmandu, Feb. 21 -- flung village of Khijiphalate in Okhaldhunga district of Nepal's eastern hills, Dendi Sherpa is simply happy to see a political campaign unfolding in his locality. For him, it at... Read More
Kathmandu, Feb. 14 -- Nepal's National Assembly has passed the Integrated Tourism Bill, a wide-ranging piece of legislation that introduces stricter rules for mountaineering, tighter safety and insura... Read More
Kathmandu, Feb. 7 -- International passenger traffic at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) crossed the five-million mark for the first time in 2025, driven largely by a surge in outboun... Read More
Kathmandu/dhading, Feb. 5 -- It's election season, and once again the much-awaited Budhigandaki hydropower project is back on the national agenda, creating renewed buzz and political attention. The p... Read More
Kathmandu, Feb. 3 -- The central banks of Nepal and India are exploring the possibility of using the interbank market-one of the most important segments of the foreign exchange system-to allow the tra... Read More
Kathmandu, Jan. 31 -- Domestic air traffic movement recorded a modest growth in 2025, constrained by infrastructure bottlenecks at Kathmandu airport, sluggish growth in tourist arrivals and worsening ... Read More
Kathmandu, Jan. 29 -- Nepal's court has ruled that Bangladeshi carrier US-Bangla Airlines is subject to unlimited liability for passengers killed in the 2018 crash at Kathmandu airport, according to t... Read More
Kathmandu, Jan. 28 -- Nepal's court has ruled that Bangladeshi carrier US-Bangla Airlines is subject to unlimited liability for passengers killed in the 2018 crash at Kathmandu airport, according to t... Read More
Kathmandu, Jan. 27 -- In 2018, the government claimed it had eliminated all "intermediaries" involved in arranging emergency evacuation services for trekkers and mountaineers, and made tour operators ... Read More