The UN fund has provisionally set aside 21.6 million for Nepal after the Rasuwa disaster, marking a first while covering less than 0.5 percent of the country’s estimated $4.7 billion recovery and reconstruction needs.

The proposed routes would connect Badimalika in the west and Pathibhara in the east, with a six-month study to assess costs, environmental impacts and possible road alignments.

Police detained the head of a campaign opposing the appointment of the Buddhist nun as vice-chair of the Lumbini Development Trust after protesters burned a photograph of the tourism minister.

A 61-goal season for Bayern earns Kane his first Ballon d’Or, 25 years after Michael Owen became the last English winner, while Spain’s Alexia Putellas claims the women’s award for a third time.

Andre Russell and Angelo Mathews add star power to Biratnagar, while former champions Janakpur look to bounce back after a disappointing second season.

A 40 percent plunge in China’s STAR 50 index has wiped out $480 billion in market value, raising fresh questions about AI valuations and Beijing’s push to steer household savings into stocks.

Democrats hold an 11-point lead over Republicans in the congressional vote, while concerns over the cost of living weigh on Trump ahead of the November 3 midterms.

The government has announced rent assistance, temporary shelters and new land for resettlement. Survivors and local officials say little of it has reached them.

Melissa Arnot Reid, the first American woman to achieve the feat, launched her memoir in Kathmandu, reflecting on shame, self-worth and the people behind Himalayan expeditions.

Successive governments have changed the project’s development models. Latest plan to set up an authority has raised new questions over implementation.

UML and Nepali Communist Party leaders are exploring grassroots-level electoral cooperation to prevent further erosion of left-wing support.

A Nepali energy drink is now sponsoring national cricket team players, seven NPL franchises, and the country’s first franchise volleyball league. But nobody will say how much it is paying.

The three-day talks will focus on cross-border crime, human trafficking, drug smuggling, boundary management and intelligence sharing along the 1,751-kilometre open border.

Kathmandu has proposed a meeting in November or December to discuss Malaysia’s foreign worker recruitment system and renew a labour agreement signed in 2018.