KATHMANDU – Nepal may lose 132,000 existing jobs—about half of them held by women—and incur nearly $1 billion in economic losses over five years following its graduation from the Least Developed ...
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Urban wildlife comes in many guises – and sizes. But could an animal as huge as a rhinoceros stroll the streets? Well, yes, and that animal is the Indian rhino. The second-largest of five extant ...
UNCOMMON SENSE: Bibeksheel Nepali founder Ujwal Thapa with Ranju Darshana (now Neupane and elected from Kathmandu-1) at a public event in 2018 (left) and with Biraj Bhakta Shrestha, who was electied ...
Before he dismantled Nepal’s political elite, Balendra Shah was destroying his opponents in underground rap battles. More than a decade ago, armed with a microphone and his signature sunglasses, he ...
The Nagdhunga–Naubise–Mugling (NNM) road is one of Nepal’s most vital transport corridors, connecting the Kathmandu Valley to the Terai and onward to India. As part of Asian Highway AH42, it carries ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A four-year-old political party led by former rapper Balendra Shah won Nepal’s parliamentary election in a ...
Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Balendra Shah, foreground, former mayor of ...
A 35-year-old rapper turned mayor, Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, looks set to become Nepal’s youngest-ever prime minister. His party, Rastriya Swatantra, or RSP, secured a landslide victory ...
Nepal’s latest election has produced something the country has not seen in decades: a genuine generational rupture with its political past. But the significance extends well beyond Kathmandu. As a ...
WASHINGTON, March 11, 2026 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $52 million credit for the Nepal Clean Air and Prosperity Project to reduce air pollution and strengthen air ...