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Brewing change in Nepali coffee

Nepal, Feb. 14 -- Lately, "Nepali coffee" has garnered significant national and international interest. Its unique selling proposition lies in the organic coffee beans produced by smallholder farmers ... Read More


US-China tech war

Nepal, Feb. 14 -- OpenAI's top researcher-turned-whistleblower, Suchir Balaji, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on November 26 last year with a gunshot hole in the head. The previous mont... Read More


Nepal, India to expedite talks on stalled big projects

Kathmandu, Feb. 14 -- Nepal and India have agreed to resume and expedite discussions through various mechanisms related to multipurpose projects, flood management, and irrigation, among others. After ... Read More


KMC warns of bulldozing scrap businesses in residential areas

Kathmandu, Feb. 14 -- The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) on Friday said a ban on collecting and storing scrap materials in residential areas has been enforced owing to growing safety risks and moun... Read More


Detailed damage survey begins 15 months after Jajarkot earthquake

Surkhet, Feb. 14 -- A detailed damage survey process to assess the full extent of quake damage and destruction has finally started-nearly 15 months after the Jajarkot earthquake. A 6.4 magnitude eart... Read More


Could the ordinances backfire on coalition if Assembly rejects one?

Kathmandu, Feb. 14 -- The ruling alliance is in a spot of bother after the Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal (JSP-Nepal), on Tuesday, decided to vote against the ordinance to amend land related laws. Its ... Read More


Another victim succumbs to injuries from Kamalpokhari gas cylinder explosion

Kathmandu, Feb. 14 -- The death toll from the cooking gas cylinder explosion at a restaurant in Kamalpokhari, Kathmandu, has risen to three after another victim died from injuries. Pradeep Tamang, 22... Read More


Tender called for Ghorahi-Tulsipur road upgrade

Dang, Feb. 14 -- The government has called for tenders to upgrade the long-delayed Ghorahi-Tulsipur road in Dang. The project was initially awarded under a conditional loan from India's Exim Bank, bu... Read More


Four held with 20kg hashish from a hotel in Bhairahawa

Bhairahawa, Feb. 14 -- Police arrested four individuals with 20kg of hashish from a hotel in Bhairahawa on Friday morning. A joint team from the Narcotics Control Bureau's Bhairahawa branch and Ward ... Read More


Public resistance to elephantiasis medicine hinders eradication efforts in Banke

Banke, Feb. 14 -- Around 20 percent of the population in three municipalities and one ward in Banke district have refused to take anti-elephantiasis medicines, slowing Nepal's push to eliminate lympha... Read More