The 70.97-kilometre national project, being constructed by the Nepali Army, is progressing slowly, leading to significant cost overruns.

The prime minister is scheduled to meet UN Secretary-General António Guterres and attend a reception hosted by Nepal’s mission.

Officials say there won’t be load-shedding this winter despite flood damage to hydropower infrastructure along Trishuli corridor.

Karateka Tenzing Sherpa, 23, overcomes a difficult start, a semifinal defeat and his short temper to dominate Laos’s Xayasan Vatthana and secure Nepal’s first medal of the 20th Asian Games.

Weather experts urge trekkers already in the mountains to return to safer, lower elevations and ask the public to take precautions.

Sharma, 86, played a key role in the development of technical and higher education in Nepal.

The daily Dubai-Pokhara service opens a new international air link for the tourism hub, with passengers also able to connect to more than 250 cities through Dubai.

Authorities will stop vehicles from using the highway from 5 pm to 5 am, while the weather office has urged people to postpone long-distance travel from September 25 to 27.

Altman plans to urge world leaders to adopt benchmarks for measuring AI capabilities and ​assessing the safeguards companies put in place as they develop the technology, an OpenAI executive told reporters on Tuesday.

Around a dozen settlements along the river are exposed to sudden flooding, while authorities assess the threat from landslides and glacial hazards.

From non-alignment and the concerns of small states to peace, development and climate justice, Nepal’s priorities at the UN General Assembly have evolved with the country’s politics and global challenges.

Divers managed to break the windows of the cabins on Tuesday but could not enter due to murky water and strong currents, making it impossible to retrieve bodies that had already been spotted.

The Asian Development Bank has raised its inflation forecast to 5.3 percent and expects the fiscal deficit to widen as reconstruction spending increases following the devastation.

The Air Service Operators Association has directed its member companies to remain ready for possible rescue operations as heavy rain is forecast across Nepal from Thursday.