Nepal prepares softer penalties for consensual adolescent relationships
Under existing law, the marriage age is 20 and any sexual relationship involving a person under 18 is classified as rape, regardless of consent.
Under existing law, the marriage age is 20 and any sexual relationship involving a person under 18 is classified as rape, regardless of consent.
This road remains critical for ending the geopolitical isolation of Humla where residents still depend on expensive airlifted supplies.
Unregulated content creators outside Parliament are blurring the line between reporting and provocation.
The “Mountain Queen” reached the summit at 9:30am on Sunday, extending her record as the woman with the most successful ascents of the world’s highest peak.
Legal experts have questioned the investigation process of the Department of Money Laundering Investigation after Interpol refused to issue a Red Notice against the Deuba couple.
From Tehrathum to Salyan, farmers say relentless crop destruction by monkeys and other wild animals is forcing families to abandon farming, guard fields day and night, and leave villages in search of safer livelihoods.
In a remote Chitwan village, an 11-year-old girl is stuck repeating a class she cleared—not because she failed, but because the next school is two hours away.
Kalimati ward chair says residents still lack basic infrastructure despite repeated appeals to local and provincial authorities.
With only four provisions on land-related concerns in the government’s annual policy and programme, activists and informal settlers say key questions over land rights, housing security and evictions remain unanswered.
Chitwan National Park records show seven of the 204 rhinos that died between the fiscal years 2015-16 and 2022-23 were killed by electric current.
Rights activist alleges repeated detention and intimidation as police accuse her of using the case to influence legal proceedings.
Poor oversight by education and labour authorities enabled illegal overseas recruitment through consultancies.
After years of battling brittle bone disease and repeated fractures, Animesh Lamichhane scored a 3.37 GPA in SEE.
From Panchayat-era controversies to today’s disputes, Nepal’s Parliament still wrestles with what counts as ‘unparliamentary’.
Hundreds of Indian tourists are travelling to the hill station as soaring temperatures grip Bihar.
Two workers were injured after a stack of bricks caved in during extraction work at a brick factory in Haripur Municipality.
Experts warn that unsegregated rubble along Kathmandu’s river corridors could generate toxic leachate, reduce floodwater absorption capacity and increase flooding risks.
The auditor general’s report uncovers nearly Rs100 billion in irregularities during audits of accounts worth Rs9.48 trillion across 5,526 public offices in the fiscal year 2024–25.
Finance; Home; Foreign Affairs; Defense; and Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs will remain intact.
Recent reshuffle of senior health officials raises concerns over institutional continuity, policy disruption, and long-term planning, say experts.