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Nepal Demographic Health Survey faces funding crisis

Kathmandu, Dec. 21 -- The fate of the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey planned for 2026 is in jeopardy, as authorities have failed to secure funding for the study, which is instrumental in shaping ... Read More


AI slop and science

Nepal, Dec. 21 -- Over the past three years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has had a profound impact on society. AI's impact on human writing, in particular, has been enormous. The large lan... Read More


Tarai cold hits the poor the most. No relief in sight

Rautahat, Dec. 21 -- Approximately six kilometres south-east of the East-West Highway lies Chetanagar village, where a small thatched hut on the edge of the settlement tells a stark story of winter ha... Read More


RSP chief Lamichhane says 'no alternative to elections', rejects calls for House reinstatement

Kathmandu, Dec. 21 -- Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chair Rabi Lamichhane has said that the country must head to elections, insisting there is "no alternative" under the present circumstances. Addre... Read More


Deltin Nepal inaugurates Khushi Children's Park

Kathmandu, Dec. 21 -- Deltin Nepal Pvt Ltd (Maharaja The Royal Casino) inaugurated Khushi Children's Park in Narayan Chaur, Naxal, Kathmandu, on Saturday. The event was inaugurated by Gagan Kumar Thap... Read More


East Bengal FC win inaugural SAFF Women's Club Championship

Kathmandu, Dec. 21 -- The SAFF Championship was something "we wanted to conquer and make history-and we did it," a proud Anthony Samson Andrews, the head coach of East Bengal FC, said in the post-matc... Read More


Ram Ashish Yadav elected Speaker of Madhesh Province Assembly

Janakpur, Dec. 21 -- Ram Ashish Yadav of the Janata Samajbadi Party, Nepal (JSP-N) has been elected Speaker of the Madhesh Province Assembly. He secured a clear majority in Sunday's vote, winning 72 o... Read More


Nepal presents glowing human rights report in UN as rights defenders raise questions

Kathmandu, Dec. 21 -- While civil society organisations reckon Nepal has made dismal progress in implementing the recommendations from the previous Universal Periodic Review, the government in its rep... Read More


More Congress lawmakers to petition for restoration of dissolved lower house

Kathmandu, Dec. 21 -- More members of the dissolved House of Representatives from the Nepali Congress are preparing to submit a petition at the Supreme Court, following the CPN-UML's decision to seek ... Read More


Pradeep Adhikari's flight to power-and the turbulent fall

Kathmandu, Dec. 21 -- Does anyone voluntarily demote themselves? In a bureaucracy built on hierarchy, power, and survival, such an act is almost unheard of. Yet a few months ago, something extraordina... Read More