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Lightning kills one in Jhapa

Nepal, June 23 -- A person died in a lightning strike at Gaurigunj in Jhapa this morning. Bal Bahadur Shrestha, 30, originally hailing from Amchowk-9 of Bhojpur, died after a thunder bolt hit him at ... Read More


Large quantity of illegal drugs seized during customs duty evasion check in Bara

Nepal, June 23 -- A large quantity of restricted drugs has been recovered from a truck that was initially detained on suspicion of customs duty evasion in Bara. According to authorities, the Parsa Po... Read More


Petroleum products account for 16% of Nepal's imports

Nepal, June 23 -- Nepal imported petroleum products worth Rs 296.44 billion in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year, accounting for 15.65 percent of the country's total imports valued at Rs ... Read More


Weak anti-money laundering reforms keeps Nepal on FATF grey list

Nepal, June 23 -- Nepal has failed to exit the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list this year due to inadequate progress in strengthening its legal and institutional framework to combat money ... Read More


Government makes u-turn on public vehicle registration

Nepal, June 23 -- The government has partially reopened the registration of public vehicles, reversing its earlier decision to halt the process indefinitely. The Department of Transport Management (D... Read More


Tourists visiting Mustang increase by 81 per cent

Nepal, June 23 -- Tourists visiting Mustang have increased significantly in the compared to the previous years. The District Police Office, Mustang, has stated that the number of foreign tourists vi... Read More


NEPSE falls to nearly four-month low as market declines by 26 points

Nepal, June 23 -- Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index has dropped to its lowest level in nearly four months as the stock market continued its downward trend on Tuesday. In today's trading session, the... Read More


RSP First General Convention: Closed session set to begin after brief delay

Nepal, June 23 -- The closed session of the first general convention of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is set to begin today, a day after it was postponed due to technical reasons linked to the ve... Read More


RSP closed session begins at 2 PM today; key reports and policy proposals on agenda

Nepal, June 23 -- The closed session of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is set to begin at 2 PM today as part of its First National General Convention, with a series of key reports and policy docum... Read More


UML Vice-chair Paudel brought to Kathmandu for questioning

Nepal, June 23 -- CPN-UML Vice-chair and former Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has been brought to Kathmandu for questioning. Paudel, who was arrested from Nepalgunj in Banke on Monday on the ... Read More