Life saving
The British Embassy installs an oxygen plant with the capacity to generate 160 large cylinders per day at the Police Hospital in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
May 6, 2021
Frenemies
Prime Minister K P Oli on Wednesday met Nepali Congress leaders at the residence of Sher Bahadur Deuba to lobby for his confidence vote in Parliament on 10 May.
May 5, 2021
Nepal Army arrange pyres for those who succumbed to Covid-19 on the banks of the Bagmati. Kathmandu's only electric crematorium at Pashupati has not been able to handle bodies even while running round the clock, while one of the two incinerators at the crematory has broken down.
May 4, 2021
Politik
Narayan Kaji Shrestha of the Maoist Centre speaks with the media following the party's withdrawal of support for the UML in Kathmandu on Tuesday.
May 4, 2021
Tri-Nations T-20
Spectators crowded outside the Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground in Kirtipur to watch Nepal play against the Netherlands during the final match of the Tri-Nations T-20 series on Saturday. Home team defeated the visitors by 142 runs.
April 25, 2021
Fire and ice
Fresh snow blown off the tops of Kang Nachugo and Tsubugo in Rolwaling Himal is back-lit by the rising sun in Kathmandu.
April 23, 2021
Peace pipe
Prime Minister K P Oli and UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal met at Hotel Marriott on Wednesday to find a resolution to their dispute within the UML.
April 22, 2021
Helping hand
French ambassador François-Xavier Léger distributes personal protective equipment to informal waste workers in Sisdole landfill site.
April 21, 2021
Back to school
rime Minister K P Oli on Tuesday inaugurated Patan School reconstructed after the earthquake with technical and financial support from Japan.
April 20, 2021
A paraglider flies from Sarangkot to land on the banks of Phewa Lake amid air pollution that has shrouded Pokhara in smog. The Air Quality Index of the city measured at Pokhara University was 157 on Monday.
April 13, 2021
Ghode Jatra
A Nepal Army equestrian with a trained horse performs obstacles in an event to mark Ghode Jatra festival in Kathmandu on Sunday.
April 12, 2021
Nagarkot forest fire
Firemen and locals try to douse the fire in Nagarkot's Datadol forest on Saturday night. This is the latest in a series of fire incidents that continue to be reported from across the country.
April 11, 2021
Biska begins
Biska celebrations begin in Bhaktapur on Saturday following the Supreme Court’s order allowing the festival to be observed despite the first signs of the second Covid wave in Nepal.
April 10, 2021
Biska cancelled
Locals in Bhaktapur took to the street on Monday following the District Administration Office's decision to cancel this year's Biska Jatra.
April 6, 2021
Education for all
British ambassador Nicola Pollitt during a sharing session on providing quality education to marginalised girls in Nepal.
March 31, 2021
Chinese vaccine in Nepal
Chinese Ambassador Hou Yanqi hands over 800,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Health Minister Hridayesh Tripathi at Kathmandu airport on Monday. A Nepal Airlines plane flew to Beijing to bring the jabs gifted by China.
March 29, 2021
Earth Hour in Nepal
WWF Nepal marked Earth Hour in Kathmandu digitally second year in a row on Saturday. During the occasion, Nepal's singing nun Ani Choying Drolma was announced as WWF Nepal’s Goodwill Ambassador.
March 28, 2021
Deal sealed
German ambassador Roland Schaefer signs grant assistance worth €10 million on Wednesday to expand grid-connected solar infrastructure for homes, farms and industry in Nepal.
March 25, 2021
Breathing is hazardous
Haze shrouds Bhaktapur on Monday afternoon as smoke from fires in Chitwan engulfed Kathmandu Valley and Central Nepal.
March 22, 2021
Phagu starts
Devotees in Hanumandhoka, Basantapur mark the start of eight days long Phagu Purnima festival by installing Chir, a bamboo pole decorated with colourful cloths signifying spring.
March 21, 2021
Jhalnath Khanal
Communist leader Jhalnath Khanal addresses the national meeting of CPN-UML Madhav Nepal group in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
March 17, 2021
President calls on UML
President Bidya Devi Bhandari called an all-party meeting on Tuesday to find a solution to the current political impasse in the country. Some senior party leaders from Prime Minister Oli's own UML party boycotted it.
March 17, 2021
Medical equipment on aid
The Embassy of Israel donated medical equipment including anesthesia ventilators, patient monitor and electrocardiograph to Patan Hospital in Lagankhel on Monday.
March 15, 2021
Up in the air
A sky-diving event with the backdrop of Dharara on Nepal Army Day, coinciding with Shivratri. The show was witnessed by top government officials.
March 11, 2021