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CAN Federation recommends changes to National AI Policy

Kathmandu, Feb. 19 -- Nepal has drafted its first-ever National AI Policy, which was released for public consultation on February 4. The policy aims to regulate artificial intelligence technology, but... Read More


Nepal to focus on crucial health programmes, seeks donor support

Kathmandu, Feb. 19 -- Amid uncertainties over the resumption of healthcare funding from the USAID, the Ministry of Health and Population has said it would prioritise essential healthcare programmes wh... Read More


Government can enforce law to regulate free speech, top court rules

Kathmandu, Feb. 19 -- The Supreme Court has said that the imprisonment and hefty fines provisioned in the Electronic Transaction Act are not against the Constitution of Nepal. Passing a verdict on a ... Read More


KIIT student Prakriti Lamsal's death rocks parliaments of Nepal and Odisha

Kathmandu, Feb. 19 -- The presumed suicide of 20-year-old Prakriti Lamsal, a third-year BTech Nepali student at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Bhubaneswar, India, rocked the parl... Read More


Elephant found dead in Bardiya

Bardiya, Feb. 19 -- A male elephant, estimated to be around 30-35 years old, was found dead on Wednesday at the border of Jharsaluwa and Badka community forests in Thakurbaba Municipality-3, Bardiya. ... Read More


Prime Minister National Talent Award announced

Kathmandu, Feb. 19 -- The government has announced the Prime Minister National Talent Award to honour individuals for their contributions to peace, governance, innovation, scientific research, and dev... Read More


Worker murdered allegedly by colleagues in Kalimati

Kathmandu, Feb. 19 -- A worker found dead near his room in Kalimati vegetable market on Wednesday morning was murdered by his own colleagues, police said. According to police, 41-year-old Ram Krishna... Read More


'Mrs.' can't replicate 'The Great Indian Kitchen's' viscerality

Nepal, Feb. 18 -- Arati Kadav's Mrs. - an official remake of Jeo Baby's The Great Indian Kitchen (2021) - is a technically sound film. It opens with a montage of delicacies being cooked in an average ... Read More


23 Nepalis deported from US under Trump's crackdown

Kathmandu, Feb. 18 -- Since Donald Trump began his second term as US president, 23 Nepalis have been deported as part of a crackdown on undocumented immigrants. Among them, four were women and 19 were... Read More


Today's weather: February 18, 2025

Kathmandu, Feb. 18 -- The Meteorological Forecasting Division has said that the country is experiencing the partial influence of westerly winds and a western low-pressure system. Sudurpaschim and Karn... Read More