16+ hour, 44+ min ago   (384+ words) The Kathmandu Post Nepal fell in love with EVs. It forgot to regulate them Early Friday morning, in Bharatpur, a 55-year-old former school director lost his life inside a burning electric car while driving home. By the time firefighters reached…...

16+ hour, 34+ min ago   (258+ words) New Baneshwar, known for Kathmandu’s busiest traffic junctions, is no longer defined only by the sound of horns and rushing vehicles. It also carries the memory of a day when a movement altered the country’s political course. A year has…...

16+ hour, 39+ min ago   (1330+ words) Nepal has sought Chinese assistance to rebuild the road linking Syaphrubesi with the Rasuwagadhi border crossing, the key trade route in the north, which was severely damaged by the August 26 floods. China has responded positively to Nepal’s proposal and indicated…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1622+ words) With ten days to go before Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York, there is much curiosity around how the young leader will frame Nepal’s climate vulnerabilities. Amid mounting economic pressures and the…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1426+ words) Shanti Belbase, 53, was planning to make sel-roti for dar, a heavy meal eaten by women in preparation for fasting during the Haritalika Teej festival, for her three younger sisters, which began on Sunday. But when she visited the market last…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (793+ words) There was a long queue outside the Salt Trading Corporation’s office in Koteshwar on Friday as consumers waited to get cooking gas. Many had brought cylinders belonging to different LPG companies, hoping to exchange them for filled ones. But some…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (825+ words) ‘Bir Ganeshman’: A theatrical tribute to a freedom fighter The Kathmandu Post ‘Bir Ganeshman’: A theatrical tribute to a freedom fighter I was struck by an invitation from Ashesh Malla, the director, creator and pioneer of the Sarwanam theatre group,…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (895+ words) The government has stepped up efforts to reopen the Galchhi-Rasuwagadhi road, with the Department of Roads aiming to establish a temporary track to the Chinese border point before Dashain. Floodwaters from the Bhotekoshi have washed away large sections of the…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (296+ words) The search for people still missing after the Rasuwa floods is continuing, with rescuers from the Nepali Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police combing through mud, collapsed buildings, debris-strewn riverbanks and tunnels. But they are not relying on human…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (235+ words) India has provided Nepal with components for three Bailey bridges to help restore road connectivity in areas of Nuwakot and Rasuwa where bridges were washed away by the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli floods. The first consignment of components for a 70-metre Bailey bridge…...