OPINION
Nepal’s Restive Streets: Youth, Protests, and the Shadow of Gerontocracy
Nepal’s Restive Streets: Youth, Protests, and the Shadow of...
Nepal’s streets, once vibrant with the promise of democracy, have become battlegrounds of discontent. A wave of protests—diverse in their causes but unified in their frustration—has rendered the nation’s roads restless and unsafe.
May 02, 2025
WORLD
Indian cabinet approves caste census
Indian cabinet approves caste census
Caste Census India 2025: The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) has approved caste enumeration in the forthcoming population census, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday (April 30), as reported by The Indian Express.
May 02, 2025
ECONOMY
India consents to increase electricity supply and duration to export to Nepal
India consents to increase electricity supply and duration t...
The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) gets respite to manage electricity supply with the Indian government’s consent to increase electricity supply to Nepal up to 600 MW for 15 hours.
May 02, 2025
WORLD
Nepali student found dead in Bhubaneswar university hostel, 2nd case in 3 months
Nepali student found dead in Bhubaneswar university hostel,...
BHUBANESHWAR, May 2: A female student from Nepal was found dead in her hostel room at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) on Thursday evening, marking the second such incident involving a Nepali student on the campus within three months, according to a report by India Today.
May 02, 2025
ECONOMY
Labour wage rate increases around three percent last year
Labour wage rate increases around three percent last year
The wage rate of workers employed in different sectors of the country increased by an average of 2.85 percent last year.
May 02, 2025
SOCIETY
29% of firms in Nepal violate minimum wage rule of Rs 17,300 a month: GEFONT
29% of firms in Nepal violate minimum wage rule of Rs 17,300...
Twenty-nine percent of the Nepai business firms were found not providing the government fixed minimum wage rate to their employees in 2024.
May 02, 2025
SOCIETY
Another Nepali student found dead at KIIT in Odisha
Another Nepali student found dead at KIIT in Odisha
A Nepali student from Simraungadh, Bara, was found dead in her hostel room at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, on Thursday evening.
May 02, 2025
SOCIETY
Grade XII exams will be held as scheduled, don't fall for false rumors: NEB
Grade XII exams will be held as scheduled, don't fall for fa...
The National Examination Board (NEB) has confirmed it will conduct the Grade XII examination from May 4 to May 16 as scheduled earlier.
May 02, 2025
WORLD
US calls on India and Pakistan to 'de-escalate'
US calls on India and Pakistan to 'de-escalate'
The United States has appealed to India and Pakistan to de-escalate after a deadly attack in Kashmir, as New Delhi on Thursday said that both sides again traded border gunfire overnight.
May 01, 2025
ECONOMY
NRB imposes Rs 140 million fine on Standard Chartered Bank, takes action against four othe...
NRB imposes Rs 140 million fine on Standard Chartered Bank,...
According to NRB, the bank did not meet the mandated loan disbursement percentage for the designated sectors during the second quarter of fiscal year 2024/25 (up to mid-January 2025). As a result, the central bank has imposed a fine of Rs 148.5 million.
May 01, 2025