In his first public appearance since the violent Gen-Z protests that rocked the nation and led to regime change, deposed Nepali leader and chairman of the CPN-UML KP Sharma Oli blamed “infiltrators” for the escalation of the situation, denying any wrongdoing. “On September 8, after noon, when you (Gen-Z protestors) reached the Everest Hotel and … Read more
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli issued calls for an urgent all-party meeting as the country’s political turmoil took a turn for the worse on September 9, with student-led protests sweeping across regions in defiance of curfews and escalating security crackdowns. Oli announced the meeting for Tuesday evening, though the location was not disclosed. In … Read more
The US has terminated the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) provided to Nepal in the wake of the 2015 earthquake, a media report said. A US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) notice on Saturday said TPS would not be extended for Nepal after its expiration on June 24 this year. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said the … Read more
Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials said on Wednesday. Income from permit fees and other spending by foreign climbers is a key source of revenue and employment for the … Read more
KATHMANDU: When Nepal’s new international airport opened last year in one of the country’s biggest cities, it was the type of landmark project expected to elevate the fortunes of one of Asia’s poorest countries while deepening its ties with China, which built and financed the project. But the Pokhara airport has become a symbol of … Read more
Nepal Plane Crash: At least 18 people were killed when an airline carrying 19 skidded off the runway and crashed at Nepal’s Kathmandu airport, in the latest plane crash incident in the country where such occurrences have become alarmingly common.The aircraft belonging to a private airline company crashed during takeoff at Tribhuvan International Airport in … Read more
KATHMANDU: Rescuers in Nepal ruled out chances of finding survivors in last week’s landslide that swept two passenger buses carrying 65 people into a river swollen by heavy rain, authorities said on Monday. Hundreds of security personnel resumed search operations early on Monday to locate the buses and 55 passengers who remained missing, over 72 … Read more
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Nepal remains a non-starter despite recent assertion by the Himalayan state’s deputy prime minister that the two countries will “very soon” sign a plan to implement the ambitious infrastructure programme. Nepal and China signed a memorandum of understanding on BRI in 2017. Nearly seven years since, not a … Read more
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ appointed Narayan Prakash Saud, a Nepali Congress leader, as Foreign Minister on Sunday, after holding the portfolio for seven weeks himself. Domestic politics is so fractured that he was struggling to keep a stable Cabinet — Sunday’s was the eighth expansion since his appointment as the Prime Minister … Read more
Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari with the newly-appointed Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. Photo: Twitter/@cmprachanda President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Sunday appointed Pushpa Kamal Dahal, leader of the parliamentary party of the Communist Party of Nepal – (Maoist Centre), as the next Prime Minister of Nepal. According to a communication from the President’s Office … Read more