OPINION
The Chariot Was Chosen Before the War: Positioning Comes First
The Chariot Was Chosen Before the War: Positioning Comes Fir...
When everyone makes the same claim, no one owns the claim.
Jul 08, 2026
WORLD
Death toll from China storms rises to 17, hundreds injured
Death toll from China storms rises to 17, hundreds injured
Dramatic video shared by state broadcaster CCTV showed a torrent of muddy water rushing past the crumbled concrete walls of a reservoir dam that had burst in the southern region of Guangxi, the worst-hit area.
Jul 08, 2026
BLOG
The Day We Forgot the Load-Shedding Schedule
The Day We Forgot the Load-Shedding Schedule
The day we forgot the load-shedding schedule, Nepal had already begun writing a new story.
Jul 08, 2026
SOCIETY
Bhutanese refugee scam: Former Deputy PM Rayamajhi, Ex-Home Minister Khand convicted
Bhutanese refugee scam: Former Deputy PM Rayamajhi, Ex-Home...
The government prosecutor had filed charges against 30 people. Of them, seven—including Sanjeev Rayamajhi, son of Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, and Prateek Thapa, son of former Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’—were acquitted. Others acquitted include Ram Sharan KC, Tanka Kuma...
Jul 08, 2026
ECONOMY
NRB targets robust private sector credit growth next FY despite repeated shortfalls
NRB targets robust private sector credit growth next FY desp...
According to the NRB, private sector credit growth has remained modest at around 6 percent against the 12 percent projected in the monetary policy for this FY.
Jul 08, 2026
SPORTS
Argentina produce epic World Cup fightback to beat Egypt, reach quarters
Argentina produce epic World Cup fightback to beat Egypt, re...
The holders looked down and out when goals from Yasser Ibrahim and Mostafa Ziko, either side of Messi having a penalty saved, put the Pharaohs in sight of a historic victory in Atlanta.
Jul 08, 2026
Editorial
Paddy Fields Need More Than Rain
Paddy Fields Need More Than Rain
Nepal's slow paddy plantation is a warning that food security depends not only on rainfall but also on sustained investment in irrigation, mechanization, fair markets, and support for farmers.
Jul 08, 2026
SOCIETY
Squatter who said he would enter Singha Durbar with khukuri released
Squatter who said he would enter Singha Durbar with khukuri...
Police took him into custody from a holding center established in Kirtipur to temporarily accommodate landless squatters and unmanaged settlers relocated from various areas.
Jul 07, 2026
ECONOMY
Bad loans of commercial banks jumps to 5.41 percent: NRB
Bad loans of commercial banks jumps to 5.41 percent: NRB
The ratio of bad loans of commercial banks has jumped to 5.41 percent, increasing risk in the country’s banking system.
Jul 07, 2026
SOCIETY
Meteorological Monitoring Station set up at 46 local levels of Karnali Province
Meteorological Monitoring Station set up at 46 local levels...
Chief of the Hydrology and Meteorology Office in Surkhet, Dr Indira Kandel, said, "There are 71 Meteorological Monitoring Centres in operation in Karnali. The province has also run 31 hydro measurement centres. However, there is a lack of workforce to monitor two of these facilities."
Jul 07, 2026