Nearly nine in ten Nepali workers are informal, yet the system built to protect them barely reaches them. Registration alone won’t fix that.

Seizing a device, searching it and demanding its password are three different acts. Nepal’s laws and police procedures should treat them that way.

Nepal has restarted its 40MW electricity supply through India’s transmission network, using Solu Khola and Kabeli B1 to replace the flood-damaged Trishuli and Chilime hydropower plants.

A municipal official uses ChatGPT to handle household and office tasks, a ride-hailing driver creates social media videos, and a bank employee cuts hours off data checks with AI tools.

Despite largely peaceful rallies against rising living costs and inequality, clashes erupted in Paris and other French cities, prompting a massive security deployment.

The Bhotekoshi flood and the Kaligandaki landslides exposed a grid that depends on a few valleys and on river flow. Winter evenings, when demand peaks and India’s imports stop, will show how much of Nepal’s power is dependable.

Photojournalist Bikas Rauniar captures the elaborate pandals and artistic displays that define the festival in Kolkata and Guwahati.

The province has spent Rs12.87 million on prevention programmes in five years, but has never assessed their impact.

Government portals, Nepal Rastra Bank’s website and some digital services have been suspended as a precaution after two critical vulnerabilities were discovered in PHP.

The third season begins in Kirtipur on Monday with ICC recognition, DRS technology and greater scope for international players.

Around 400,000 Nepalis work in Saudi Arabia. Recent attacks have raised fresh concerns about their safety as workers call for better protection and emergency arrangements.

The energy ministry has initiated the process of amending the Electricity Act, with a bill forwarded to the law ministry.

Artificial intelligence has proved both a help and a burden to the foundation.

Hidesuke Taneishi, 40, and Tetsu Hashimoto, 25, went missing at around 7,050 metres while climbing the 7,455-metre peak in Manang.

All 69 women elected to the central committee won reserved or inclusion-category seats, leaving party president Gagan Thapa to nominate at least 30 more to meet the requirement.

The weather system may affect Nepal from October 28 to November 1, prompting warnings for farmers to protect paddy crops and trekkers to exercise caution in the high Himalayas.

Vehicles carry people returning to Kathmandu after the Dashain break, while others travel to visit relatives after receiving tika and blessings.

Nepal’s former president Bidya Devi Bhandari urges Himalayan nations to cooperate on glacier monitoring and disaster preparedness, while calling for long-term international support for climate-vulnerable countries.

West Indies batter Sherfane Rutherford joins Sudurpaschim Royals after scoring 291 runs for Gujarat Titans in the 2025 IPL, while Bangladesh all-rounder Shamim Hossain signs for Lumbini Lions.

Authorities blame extremists for the shooting during a funeral at a church in Karak, which also left 40 people wounded.

Six buses are operating on the route, with fares set at Rs3,500 against the government rate of Rs4,066.

The number of crashes fell from 155 last year to 105 this year, while fatalities dropped from 10 to three, according to traffic police.

The offering surpasses the 2008 Reliance Power IPO, attracting more than 13.8 million applications and drawing strong demand from institutional and retail investors.

The South African left-hander, a key player in Gujarat Titans’ 2022 IPL title win, brings extensive international and franchise T20 experience to Karnali’s squad.

Scientists estimate that fossil fuel-driven climate change contributed to about two-thirds of heat-related deaths across 854 cities in 30 European countries.

Hoteliers say fears of renewed road closures have kept visitors away, although international tourists are gradually returning after flood-related cancellations.

People are beginning to return to the Valley ahead of Dashain’s formal conclusion at Purnima, bringing more vehicles and pedestrians back onto the roads.

The RSP chair says he is travelling to fulfil a vow he made in prison, with visits planned to temples in Uttarakhand and Assam.

Civilians injured or disabled during the conflict, despite having no affiliation with either side, say the state has excluded them from relief and compensation programmes.

Nepal’s finance minister questions whether smaller, flexible groupings can replace traditional multilateral institutions or need stronger institutional backing.

Speaking in New Delhi, Nepal’s finance minister Swarnim Wagle says the new government wants closer ties with India and signals that Prime Minister Balendra Shah could visit by year-end.

Nepal Rastra Bank has urged financial institutions, payment operators and remittance companies to strengthen their defences after serious vulnerabilities were found in PHP, a programming language widely used to run websites.

DRS, ICC sanction, international stars and upgraded stadium facilities mark the tournament’s return to Kirtipur on October 26.

Emergency patching is underway after two vulnerabilities exposed systems worldwide to attacks that could allow hackers to run code on servers without logging in.

Cloud providers report millions of hacking attempts as governments and companies rush to secure systems and temporarily suspend online services.

The quake struck a sparsely populated, high-altitude area of northern Tibet, injuring 32 people and prompting rescue teams to mobilise.

The funding is intended to help flood-hit communities in the Bhotekoshi–Trishuli region recover and rebuild.

Lumbini Lions sign the US all-rounder after his 13-wicket haul at the T20 World Cup, while Biratnagar Kings bolster their line-up with the former Sri Lankan captain.

Farmers report yield losses of 15 to 20 percent as the disease spreads through paddy fields, with symptoms appearing after the plants develop panicles.

The Foreign Ministry said Nepal reiterates its unequivocal condemnation of all attacks targeted at civilians and critical infrastructure.

The 30-year-old, who has represented Pakistan in ODIs and T20 internationals, brings franchise experience from the PSL and BPL to the Nepal Premier League.

Observed annually on the 11th day of Dashain, the ‘Kha: Pihanwaigu’ festival features a procession with traditional weapons and ceremonial armour, followed by a ritual believed to protect households from illness.

The activist spent Dashain at Maitighar Mandala, demanding action against caste-based discrimination and the exclusion of Dalits from rented accommodation.

The airport attack came hours after falling debris from a drone intercepted by Saudi air defences near a processing facility at Aramco’s Shaybah oil field killed a Nepali and a Filipino worker and injured two others.

Two critical flaws could let hackers take control of vulnerable servers, prompting warnings to patch systems or take websites offline.

The district has recorded 817 infections, with Darma Rural Municipality reporting the highest number of cases.

Eight teams will compete for four places in the 2027 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier, with Nepal, the UAE, Namibia and Canada among the participants.

The motorcycle crashed in Bhumikasthan Municipality-2 on Wednesday night, killing the father and son at the scene.

The recognition means performances in the October 26-November 21 tournament will count towards official T20 statistics.

The Kremlin says the next round of US-mediated talks could begin in November, but Moscow and Kyiv remain far apart on territorial concessions, security guarantees and the terms of a peace deal.