Kathmandu

Kathmandu cycle-rickshaw driver’s furry companion goes viral, follows him on every ride: ‘He’s my family’

August 01, 2025 12:01 pm

Meet Shyam, an eight-year-old dog with orange and white fur, who’s become a bit of a celebrity in the area.

Visit visa scam: Nepal govt forms probe panel, 2 Opp parties say ‘cover-up’ act

June 25, 2025 12:01 am

CPN (Maoist Centre) chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda justified the party’s stand. “Truth in the visit visa scam should come out,” he said, adding that the other opposition parties would realise later that the stand taken by the patry was the most appropriate one.

Nepal observes 18th Republic Day as monarchists hold rally

May 30, 2025 4:58 am

The government mobilised around 6,000 security personnel to prevent possible clashes between the ruling CPN-UML and pro-monarchist groups led by Rastriya Prajatantra Party in the heart of the city.

After Deuba’s warning, Oli appoints Nepali Congress nominee as Central Bank Governor

May 21, 2025 12:56 am

The appointment was announced on Tuesday 24 hours after Nepali Congress chairman and former PM Sher Bahadur Deuba threatened to pull out of the government. 

Nepal pro-monarchy leader Prasai surrenders in Assam

April 11, 2025 1:39 am

Family sources said he earlier wanted to surrender in the presence of civil society, media and human rights leaders in Nepal as he saw a threat to his life from the K P Sharma Oli government. 

Nepal’s ruling allies demand ex-King’s arrest, govt slashes his security

March 31, 2025 8:11 am

The demand by the members of Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist and the Nepali Congress in the House of Representatives was confronted by the MPs of the pro-monarchy Rastriya Prajatantra Party, leading to the adjournment of the House.

Army out in Nepal after Gyanendra supporters clash with police, 2 dead

March 29, 2025 7:26 am

Demanding restoration of the monarchy which was abolished in 2008, Gyanendra’s supporters held demonstrations and clashed with police who used water cannons, tear gas shells and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds.

In Nepal, pro-monarchy protests turn violent; 2 dead, curfew imposed in Kathmandu

March 28, 2025 10:42 pm

The protesters, demanding the restoration of monarchy and Nepal’s status as a Hindu kingdom, pelted stones, set fire to vehicles, looted shops, and attacked the office of a political party and and a media house building, PTI reported.

Pro-monarchists give Nepal govt a week to agree to demands

March 28, 2025 5:01 am

Subedi urged the government to accept the 1991 constitution, which had a constitutional monarchy with a multi-party system of parliamentary democracy as well as a unitary Hindu Nepal as its fundamental features. 

Nepal PM Oli asks party workers to attack pro-monarchy events

March 27, 2025 12:32 am

Addressing a meeting of the Yuba Sangh volunteers, PM Oli said they should realize their strength and “attack anyone trying to snatch away the rights that we fought for.”

Nepal plane crash kills 18: Rescuers dig through wreckage at accident site

July 24, 2024 4:46 pm

Nepal earthquake: Angry citizens protest against slow rescue operations

April 29, 2015 2:21 pm

Nepalese people protest against the government for the slow pace of aid delivery for the earthquake affected in Kathmandu.

Wanted to marry her, says Snapdeal employee kidnapper

February 15, 2016 4:22 pm

Ghaziabad, Feb 15 (ANI): Devendra, the mastermind behind the abduction of Snapdeal employee, on Monday confessed to his crime and said he wanted to marry her and wanted to get settled in Kathmandu, Nepal. The accused said that he first saw her at New Delhi Rajiv Chowk metro station and fell in love with her. He added that he was inspired by Adolf Hitler and Shah Rukh Khan’s character in ‘Darr’ and had planned everything on similar lines.

Nepal's former PM Sushil Koirala passes away

February 09, 2016 5:59 am

Kathmandu (Nepal), Feb 09 (ANI): Former prime minister of Nepal Sushil Koirala passed away at the age of 79 after battling with a chronic respiratory problem. Koirala was also being treated for tongue cancer. He is credited with promulgating the new constitution of Nepal in September last year. His body will be taken to party's central office in Kathmandu and kept there for last tributes from party cadres and others.

Protest erupts in Birgunj after Rangeli police firing

January 23, 2016 12:42 pm

Nepal, Jan 23 (ANI): A day after three persons were killed in police firing in Rangeli Bazaar, enraged activists took to the streets, burning tyres and obstructing vehicular movement along the Biratnagar-Rangeli road. The incident took place on January 21 in Rangeli, 215 km southeast of Kathmandu, when police fired at ethnic Madhesi activists to stop them from disrupting a gathering. Eight others were also injured in the firing. Amid the deepening political crisis in Nepal, US has asked Nepal Prime Minister K. P. Oli to take concrete steps to resolve the political impasse. The United Madhesi Front, which is leading the protests, wants state boundaries to be redrawn to give their communities more power. So far, more than 50 people have died in the agitation and the talks between the protesting Madhesi groups and the government have not yielded any results.