21+ hour, 38+ min ago   (419+ words) Nepal Airlines’ only operational widebody aircraft was grounded in Japan on Monday after an engine problem disrupted its return flight to Kathmandu, further straining the state-owned carrier’s international operations. The Airbus widebody had been due to leave Narita at 10:30am local…...

8+ hour, 45+ min ago   (394+ words) After nine days trapped in a hydropower tunnel and a week of hospital care following his dramatic rescue, Sanjay Sah, a rare survivor of last month’s devastating glacier collapse in Nepal, finally returned to his village and family on Sunday....

10+ hour, 15+ min ago   (726+ words) Sweden’s national election results showed a narrow lead early on Monday for the centre-left opposition over the right-wing government, which could halt the Nordic nation’s drift away from its liberal heritage. The left-leaning bloc, headed by the Social Democrats’ leader…...

10+ hour, 40+ min ago   (258+ words) New Baneshwar, known for Kathmandu’s busiest traffic junctions, is no longer defined only by the sound of horns and rushing vehicles. It also carries the memory of a day when a movement altered the country’s political course. A year has…...

10+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1330+ words) Nepal has sought Chinese assistance to rebuild the road linking Syaphrubesi with the Rasuwagadhi border crossing, the key trade route in the north, which was severely damaged by the August 26 floods. China has responded positively to Nepal’s proposal and indicated…...

10+ hour, 55+ min ago   (503+ words) That reality goes beyond Bhotekoshi, to the heart of how Nepal should understand climate change and disaster risk. My experience in public health and infectious diseases has taught me an important lesson: many health risks do not appear suddenly. Small…...

22+ hour, 40+ min ago   (237+ words) At least six people died and another 129 are still missing after an Indonesian passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea during bad weather early on Sunday, the search ​and rescue agency said. Crews managed to rescue 108 people from ​the stricken…...

19+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1622+ words) With ten days to go before Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York, there is much curiosity around how the young leader will frame Nepal’s climate vulnerabilities. Amid mounting economic pressures and the…...

21+ hour ago   (1426+ words) Shanti Belbase, 53, was planning to make sel-roti for dar, a heavy meal eaten by women in preparation for fasting during the Haritalika Teej festival, for her three younger sisters, which began on Sunday. But when she visited the market last…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (933+ words) When Sanjay Sah got trapped in a dark tunnel linked to a hydropower station after a devastating flood tore through the structure in Nepal, he was so scared of injuring his eyes on debris that he kept them closed for…...