Twelve years since the last summit, the bloc remains paralysed by deep-seated rivalry between India and Pakistan, and the requirement for unanimous consent among its eight members.

Runners-up in the first two editions, Sudurpaschim face a Pokhara side yet to reach the playoffs as the latter open their third Nepal Premier League campaign.

Heavy rain, snowfall and possible avalanches are forecast from October 28 to November 1, prompting officials to warn trekkers and mountaineers.

The approval includes 50 MBBS places, clearing the way for medical education to begin at the university in Sudurpashchim this academic year.

Malaysia suspended biomedical health screenings for new Nepali migrants on October 1, effectively halting calling visas after Nepal rejected Kuala Lumpur’s policy restricting recruitment to 25 primary manpower agencies.

Bharat Mahato’s earnings had sustained his household and financed a new home. Now his wife is left to raise four children and repay Rs1.1 million loan.

Victims decry the lackadaisical approach from Kathmandu to the resettlement of displaced people, only prolonging their plight.

The Kathmandu Road Division has invited bids for upgrading 1.5km of access roads at an estimated cost of Rs69.8 million, ahead of international cricket tournaments.

Ashika Tamang blurred a child’s face after criticism, but rights advocates say her videos raise wider questions about consent and the responsibilities of elected representatives.

As the tournament unfolds in Kathmandu, supporters in remote villages are travelling to nearby settlements and market centres to watch their teams.

The Department of Foreign Employment warns of banking and travel restrictions for those who fail to report, as it investigates Malaysia’s selection of 25 Nepali recruitment agencies.

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.

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

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.

Three others were injured when the vehicle travelling from Syangja to Gulmi crashed along the Kaligandaki Corridor road.

Two years after floods damaged the highway, unfinished roads, narrow bridges and a surge in festive traffic are making the journey back to Kathmandu miserable.

Seven divers and teams from Nepal’s Armed Police Force and Nepal Police have resumed the search for three people, including a seven-year-old boy, after a passenger boat suffered mechanical failure on Sunday.

A new white paper outlines plans to lower water levels in four high-risk glacial lakes and strengthen disaster preparedness as climate change intensifies risks in the Himalayas.