World | Nepal: Not two decades have passed, but the people’s frustration with rampant corruption and economic gloom is fuelling pro-monarchy sentiments. People are waving the national flag and chanting, “Come back king, save the country!”

Nepal making a U-turn? Ex-Maoist guerrilla leads fight for return of monarchy, Hindu nation

India News: Police have detained five KIIT staff members on allegations of attacking Nepalese students who were exiting their hostel as per college instructions.

KIIT suicide: Five more arrested for allegedly assaulting Nepalese students

India News: The untimely demise of Prakriti Lamsal, a BTech student at KIIT, has sparked widespread discussions in Kathmandu and Odisha, highlighting cross-border concerns.

KIIT student's death sends shockwaves in India and Nepal, sparks calls for justice

Over 50,000 tourists visit the Everest region every year, mostly entering either in a plane or a helicopter. 

Nepal suspends helicopters in Everest region after protests

Search and rescue teams in Nepal's capital picked through wrecked homes on Monday after waters receded from monsoon floods that killed more than 200 people around the Himalayan republic.

Nepal floods: More than 200 dead in heaviest monsoon rains in more than two decades

The Nepalese army has removed eleven tonnes of rubbish from the peaks of the Himalayan mountains in the past few months, reports suggest. The army also removed four corpses, and one skeleton, from Mount Everest and two other Himalayan peaks this year.

Four dead bodies and 11 tonnes of rubbish removed from Himalayan peaks in major clean-up operation

Nepal government has recalled ambassadors from 11 countries, including those serving in India and the US and appointed under the Nepali Congress' quota, three months after Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' terminated his alliance with the party and joined hands with KP Sharma Oli.

Nepal govt recalls 11 ambassadors, including from India 

The economic advisor to Nepal’s president on Sunday (May 12) submitted his resignation, nearly a week after criticising the decision of the government to issue currency notes which depicted the new map of the country with areas in India.

Nepal president's advisor resigns after criticising inclusion of Indian areas in map on new currency

Anju Devi Shrestha, also known as Dipti, and Suprita Gurung, both 33, are the first lesbian couple in Nepal to legally register their marriage, writing their own chapter in history.

Nepal's first lesbian couple formally registers marriage

The Himalayan nation of Nepal is all set to destroy four million doses of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, procured from China in April 2021, according to a report in Epardafas.

Nepal set to destroy 4 million Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines, 2.5 years after buying them from China

Nepali TikTok creator Manjita Manandhar was caught off guard when the Himalayan nation banned the popular social media platform last week for disturbing "social harmony and goodwill".

Protests, court appeals as Nepal's TikTokers decry government ban on app

Various parts of Nepal are inundated as floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains plague the nation. Quoting officials, Reuters reported that at least one person was killed and a major highway was blocked this week.

Landslides and floods in Nepal kill 38 so far, 33 missing

Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is in the middle of a raging controversy after he claimed that an Indian businessman "once made efforts" to install him as the premier of the Himalayan country.

Nepalese PM in hot water for remarks about 'Indian businessman' helping him land top job

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with his visiting Nepalese counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Thursday, which focused on enhancing India-Nepal cooperation in various areas, which includes energy, connectivity and trade and signed transit agreements.

‘Making our partnership superhit', says PM Modi on talks with Nepalese counterpart Prachanda

A 37-year-old businessman in Nepal, who had set himself on fire in front of Parliament in the capital city of Kathmandu on Tuesday (January 24), succumbed to burns on Wednesday.

Nepal: Businessman, who set himself on fire in front of Parliament succumbs to burns

On 19th September, a man who worked as an agent of Pakistan's Intelligence wing Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was shot dead outside his home in Nepal's Kathmandu.

ISI agent shot dead in Nepal, was the biggest supplier of fake currency in India

Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari has refused to certify a key bill to amend the Nepal Citizenship Act within the stipulated deadline of 15 days. The bill was endorsed twice by both houses of Parliament.

Nepal President's 'unconstitutional move' on citizenship bill sparks protest

India has extended assistance of $3.8 billion to help Sri Lanka recover from the economic collapse which saw unprecedented turmoil. Not long after, the India has put Sri Lanka in the dock at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for lack of “measurable progress” in resolving the Tamil minority issue.

WION Spotlight | It’s India vs China in Nepal and Sri Lanka 

The increasing number of illegal activities by Chinese nationals has become a serious concern for Nepal. On July 26, Nepal Police raided a call centre operated by Chinese nationals.

Rise in illegal activities by Chinese a serious concern for Nepal

Nepal's historic Boudhanath Stupa swaps synthetic prayer flags with biodegradable ones

India has slipped to 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th and is behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.

India slips to 101st rank in Global Hunger Index 2021; behind Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal

In April at Mount Everest base camp, where climbers acclimatize to the extreme altitude before heading to the summit of the world’s highest peak, Jangbu Sherpa fell ill with a cough and fever.

Dozens came down with COVID-19 on Everest. Nepal says it never happened.

The State Department said on Friday, it is allowing non-essential diplomats and the families of all American staff at the US Embassy in Kathmandu to leave Nepal at government expense due a surge in coronavirus cases.

US allows diplomats, embassy families to leave Nepal 

Nepal's former King Gyanendra Shah and Queen Komal Shah, undergoing treatment for COVID-19, are 'normal and stable' though they are still positive for the disease, days after they returned from India, a senior hospital official said on Tuesday.

Nepal's former royal couple 'normal and stable' after contracting COVID-19: Hospital 

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