Santosh Ghimire

Nepali security guards who protected British in Afghanistan now face deportation

KATHMANDU: Nepali security guards who protected British embassy staff in Afghanistan, and who were airlifted to safety in the UK…

2 years ago

Nepal envisions 25-year energy deal with India during PM Prachanda’s planned visit to New Delhi

KATHMANDU: Nepal is willing to sign a long-term agreement with India on selling its surplus electricity to India during Prime…

2 years ago

Nepal, China  to resume two-way trade via key border points

KATHMANDU: Officials from Nepal and China agreed to resume two-way trade via a key land border point from April 1.…

2 years ago

Nepal’s PM to expand cabinet this week, Congress to get key ministerial portfolios including finance

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda is all set to reshuffle his cabinet by the end of…

2 years ago

Nepal’s PM secures vote of confidence for a second time in three months

KATHMANDU: Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda has won a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives,…

2 years ago

Nepal Prime Minister likely to visit India in second week of April

KATHMANDU: Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda is likely to pay an official visit to India next month,…

2 years ago

Nepali Congress to join government next week as Prachanda, Deuba seek to bolster eight-party alliance

KATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress, largest party in Nepal's parliament, is all set to join the Prachanda-led coalition government next week,…

2 years ago

Prime Minister Prachanda’s alleged involvement in mass murders in focus as hearing begins in Nepal’s top court

KATHMANDU: Nepal's Supreme Court started hearing a petition on Friday which seeks the immediate arrest of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal…

2 years ago

Ram Chandra Paudel becomes Nepal’s third president backed by 8-party alliance

KATHMANDU: Lawmakers of federal and provincial assemblies have elected Ram Chandra Paudel as Nepal’s third president on Thursday. Paudel, a…

2 years ago

Prachanda in trouble as Nepal’s top court examines role in mass murders

KATHMANDU: Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered the court administration to register two writ petitions against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal…

2 years ago

Ambassador Srivastava hands over India-aided college building in Nepal

KATHMANDU: India's Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava on Monday handed over the college building of Madan Bhandari Memorial College in…

2 years ago

Nepal’s ruling alliance breaks down as Oli’s CPN-UML quits government

KATHMANDU: Nepal's ruling alliance dominated by left-wing political outfits collapsed on Monday as the CPN (UML), led by former Prime…

2 years ago

China peddles fake news, says running freight train to Kathmandu

KATHMADU: Ji Rong, Counsellor at the Department of Asian Affairs of Chinese foreign ministry on Wednesday tweeted that the first…

2 years ago

Congress, UML file nominations for Nepal’s presidential elections amid dramatic political realignments

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress' senior leader Ramchandra Poudel and CPN (UML)'s Subash Chandra Nembang are the two contestants in Nepal's presidential…

2 years ago

Prachanda ditches Oli, agrees to elect Congress candidate as Nepal’s next president

KATHMANDU: Nepal's eight mainstream political parties including Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Center) have agreed to support the Nepali Congress…

2 years ago

China’s ambassador steps up political engagements ahead of crucial presidential elections in Nepal

KATHMANDU: Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Chen Song, has stepped up his high-level political engagements in Kathmandu as political parties in…

2 years ago

Late Gen. Bipin Rawat honoured in Nepal, bell in his name placed inside revered temple

In commemoration of India's late Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, a bell has been placed at Nepal's revered…

2 years ago

Nepal and India to build two cross-border transmission lines, stepping up energy partnership

Kathmandu: The government authorities from Nepal and India have agreed to build two new high capacity cross-border transmission lines, providing…

2 years ago

Watch: Thousands throng Nepal’s Pashupatinath temple during Mahashivaratri celebrations

KATHMANDU: Thousands of Hindu devotees including hundreds of sadhus from India have thronged the revered Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on…

2 years ago

Fate of Prachanda-led government hangs in balance as rift with Oli widens

KATHMANDU: The fate of the fragile seven-party coalition government is hanging in a balance due to growing rift between former…

2 years ago

Foreign Secretary Kwatra holds talks in Kathmandu to reboot India-Nepal ties

KATHMANDU: Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra began his two-day official visit to Nepal on Monday with a string of conversations…

2 years ago