The boat was carrying 15 passengers and its operator from Bhojpur to Chatara when it crashed in Dhankuta district on Sunday afternoon, reportedly after its brakes failed.

The lawmaker has alleged a conspiracy against him, prompting the party’s disciplinary committee to seek further evidence and consider technical analysis of the recording attributed to him.

A total of 116 tourists entered the Manaslu Conservation Area in a week after flood damage disrupted trekking routes, but access to the Tsum Valley remains blocked.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

A Filipino national was also killed, while a Pakistani and an Indian worker were injured, Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry says.

In Dadeldhura’s Kafali, families have dwindled from 17 to six as people leave in search of better services and livelihoods, leaving behind empty homes and fading festival traditions.