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NHRC recommends action against KP Oli, two former ministers, senior security officials over Gen Z protest violence

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has held former prime minister KP Sharma Oli primarily responsible for the September 2025 Gen Z protest violence that left 76 people dead, recommending legal action against him along with two former ministers and several senior security officials for human rights violations.
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Japan, UNDP hand over public service facility in quake-hit Jajarkot

The Embassy of Japan and the United Nations Development Programme on Tuesday handed over a newly constructed prefabricated building to Nalgad Municipality as part of post-earthquake recovery efforts in western Nepal.
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Nepali Army conducting free health camp at the religious and tourist destination of Khaptad National Park during the Gangadashahara fair. Photo: Prakash Singh

Nepali Army conducts free health camp at Khaptad festival

The Nepali Army conducted a free health camp at the religious and tourist destination of Khaptad National Park during the Gangadashahara fair.
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DDC pays Rs 120 million to dairy farmers

The state-owned Dairy Development Corporation has paid Rs 120 million to dairy farmers as part of efforts to clear long-pending dues.
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Red panda health study begins in Myagdi

A health study of endangered red pandas has begun in the Jaljala and Dhorpatan areas of Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality in Myagdi district.
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Ten Everests, 15 Vinsons: IFMGA guide Jyamchang Bhote adds another summit to remarkable career

Veteran Nepali mountaineer and IFMGA-certified guide Jyamchang Bhote, 45, has summited Mount Everest for the tenth time, reaching the top on May 23 while leading a team of British special ranger force personnel, his second consecutive season guiding British military climbers on the world's highest peak.
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Nepal, South Korea discuss regional cooperation in South Asia

The Embassy of the South Korea in Nepal and Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs jointly organised a seminar on enhancing regional integration and cooperation in South Asia in Kathmandu on Tuesday.
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Third Tenzing Norgay Sherpa Open Lead Climbing Competition set for May 28-29 in Thamel

The third edition of the Tenzing Norgay Sherpa Open Lead Climbing Competition is set to take place at Astrek Climbing Wall in Thamel on May 28 and 29,

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President Ramchandra Paudel speaks at a breakfast event in Kathmandu on Wednesday, held to honour Mount Everest climbers from different countries. Photo Courtesy: President's Secretariat/RSS

Conservation of Himalayan environment essential: President Paudel

President Ramchandra Paudel has stressed the need for sustainable mountain tourism, responsible mountaineering and conservation of the Himalayan environment.
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'MOFA Mitra' mobile app launched for online consular services

Minister for Foreign Affairs Shisir Khanal on Tuesday launched the ‘MOFA Mitra’ mobile application aimed at providing online consular services to Nepalis living abroad.
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Nepal, South Korea discuss regional cooperation in South Asia

The Embassy of the South Korea in Nepal and Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs jointly organised a seminar on enhancing regional integration and cooperation in South Asia in Kathmandu on Tuesday.
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Third Tenzing Norgay Sherpa Open Lead Climbing Competition set for May 28-29 in Thamel

The third edition of the Tenzing Norgay Sherpa Open Lead Climbing Competition is set to take place at Astrek Climbing Wall in Thamel on May 28 and 29,
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PM Shah reiterates commitment to governance, economic reforms

Prime Minister Balendra Shah has said the government is committed to improving the daily living standards of Nepali citizens through visible and practical reforms.
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PM Shah posing for a photo with EU ambassador Véronique Lorenzo (left) following a meeting at Singha Durbar in Kathmandu on Tuesday.

EU thinks 'it's time for Nepal' after meeting PM

The 22 European Union (EU) ambassadors met Prime Minister Balendra (Balen) Shah today at Singha Durbar. Following their meeting with PM Shah, ambassadors appeared and expressed confidence in their continued and future engagement with Nepal.
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Ten Everests, 15 Vinsons: IFMGA guide Jyamchang Bhote adds another summit to remarkable career

Veteran Nepali mountaineer and IFMGA-certified guide Jyamchang Bhote, 45, has summited Mount Everest for the tenth time, reaching the top on May 23 while leading a team of British special ranger force personnel, his second consecutive season guiding British military climbers on the world's highest peak.
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UHGHF hands over 260 wheelchairs to Nepal Disabled Fund

Wheelchair Foundation, USA, Tiny Share of Field Activities (TSOFA), USA, and Um Hong Gil Human Foundation (UHGHF) handed over 260 wheelchairs to Nepal Disabled Fund (NDF) in a ceremony held today at Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu, in the presence of 250 people, including beneficiaries and distinguished guests from Korea and Nepal.
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Nepal, Japan launch Sindhuli Road rehabilitation project

The Government of Nepal and the Government of Japan on Sunday jointly launched the emergency rehabilitation project for the flood-affected Sindhuli Road, a key highway linking Kathmandu with the mid and eastern Tarai.
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Mukesh Dangol appointed CAAN Director General

The government on Monday appointed Mukesh Dangol as the Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN).
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Nepali Army conducting free health camp at the religious and tourist destination of Khaptad National Park during the Gangadashahara fair. Photo: Prakash Singh

Nepali Army conducts free health camp at Khaptad festival

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Red panda health study begins in Myagdi

Pokhara Metropolitan City viewed from Pumdikot, Kaski, on Tuesday. Photo: Pradeep Raj Onta/RSS

Rain likely in several provinces, heat wave to persist in western Terai

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This photograph made with a slow shutter speed shows Muslim pilgrims circumambulating the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site at the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, May 24, 2026. Photo: AP

Muslims begin the annual Hajj in sweltering heat against a backdrop of war concerns

The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, officially began Monday.
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A volunteer, top, helps an injured victim after recovering from an overturned train coach on a railway track at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. Photo: AP

A powerful bomb has exploded near railway track in southwest Pakistan, wounding more than two dozen

A powerful bomb exploded near a railway track as a train carrying passengers passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday, wounding more than two dozen people, officials said.
24 May, 2026
This selfie photo provided by Naoko Watanabe, who has become the first Japanese woman to scale all 14 of the world's mountains that reach 8,000m above sea level, shows herself, right, with her Sherpa when they reached the summit of Dhaulagiri in Nepal, Oct. 1, 2021. Photo: Naoko Watanabe via AP

Japanese woman who scaled the world's 14 top peaks says she wants to share joy

The first woman to conquer the world's second-highest peak, K2, three times has also summited all 14 of the world's tallest mountains.
23 May, 2026
This still image taken from video shows a plume of smoke rising above a plain near Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, where two Navy jets collided at an air show on Sunday, May 17, 2026. Photo: Lisa Van Horne via AP

4 crew members eject safely after two Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho

All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho, officials said.
18 May, 2026
Rescue workers clear the rubble of a house heavily damaged after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. Photo: AP

Death toll in attack on Kyiv apartment building now stands at 24

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children.
15 May, 2026

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Himalayan Literature Festival 2026

Himalayan Literature Festival 2026 to bring global literary voices to Kathmandu

PM Shah posing for a photo with EU ambassador Véronique Lorenzo (left) following a meeting at Singha Durbar in Kathmandu on Tuesday.

EU thinks 'it's time for Nepal' after meeting PM

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New Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation: A step in the right direction

Pokhara Metropolitan City viewed from Pumdikot, Kaski, on Tuesday. Photo: Pradeep Raj Onta/RSS

Rain likely in several provinces, heat wave to persist in western Terai

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Ather opens new electric scooter experience centre in Birtamod

​​​​​​​Ather Nepal has expanded its presence in eastern Nepal with the opening of a new Ather Experience Center in Birtamod.
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Nepal Stock Exchange

NEPSE gains 27 points on first trading day of week

The Nepal Stock Exchange index rose by 27.85 points or one percent on Monday, the first trading day of the week, to close at 2,786.35 points.
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File - A herd of wild water buffalo is seen at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve in eastern Nepal. Photo: RSS

Over 11,000 tourists visit Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve

Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve has recorded 11,603 visitors so far in the current fiscal year 2081/82 BS.
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Muktinath Utkrishta Scholarship

Muktinath Bikas Bank provides scholarships to 42 students

​​​​​​​Muktinath Bikas Bank Ltd. has provided scholarships to 42 Grade 11 students from across the country under its “Muktinath Utkristha Scholarship†programme.
23 May, 2026
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Himalayan Hideaway Resort appoints veteran Thai chef as Executive Chef

​​​​​​​Himalayan Hideaway Resort Pokhara has appointed acclaimed Thai culinary expert Chef Thaksorn Than Sertsirikai as its new Executive Chef.
23 May, 2026

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Bohara wins ADSoN Charity Golf Tournament title

Govinda Bohara won the title at the 10th ADSoN Charity Golf Tournament here at the Gokarna Forest Resort Golf Club today.
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Pictures from the match between Nepal and Malaysia during the Malaysia Women's vs Nepal Women's T20i Bilateral Series 2026 at Bayuemas Oval on May 22, 2026 in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. Photo by Peter Lim/PhotoDesk.com.my for Malaysian Cricket Association via CAN

Nepal women defeat Malaysia in T20 practice match

Nepal defeated Malaysia by seven wickets in a practice match ahead of the second international Women’s T20 tournament in Malaysia on Thursday.
22 May, 2026
KLANG, MALAYSIA - MAY 20: Pictures from the match between Malaysia and Nepal during the Malaysia Women's vs Nepal Women's T20i Bilateral Series 2026 at Bayuemas Oval on May 20, 2026 in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. Photo by Peter Lim/PhotoDesk.com.my) for Malaysian Cricket Association Via CAN/facebook

Nepal beat Malaysia by two wickets in T20 practice match

Nepal women’s national cricket team defeated hosts Malaysia by two wickets in the first T20 International practice match at the Bayuemas Oval Cricket Ground in Malaysia on Tuesday.
20 May, 2026
Arsenal supporters gather to celebrate at the Arsenal stadium after Arsenal's soccer team won the Premier League title in London, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. Photo: AP

Arsenal wins its first Premier League title in 22 years after Man City draws with Bournemouth

Arsenal wins its first Premier League title in 22 years after Man City draws with Bournemouth
20 May, 2026
Guman Gharti Magar celebrates after winning the ABc Muay thai national championship title at the efS fight night 8, at club nova in Kathmandu.

Gharti Magar wins ABC Muay Thai National Championship title

Guman Gharti Magar won the ABC Muay Thai National Championship title at EFS Fight Night 8, a national Muay Thai event organised by WBC Muay Thai Nepal at Club Nova on Saturday.
19 May, 2026
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Scotland set 195-run target for Nepal; Lamichhane scripts ODI record

Scotland have set a target of 195 runs for Nepal in the ICC World Cup League 2 match played at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur.
18 May, 2026
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Elephants in the Fog. Photo: AFP

Elephants in the Fog writes history by winning Cannes Un Certain Regard jury prize

It was a moment of immense pride for the director and the cast and crew of the film Elephants in the Fog on the night of May 22 when their film won the Cannes’ International Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard Jury Prize.
24 May, 2026
Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF)

KIMFF 2026 to screen over 50 films from 29 countries in 23rd edition

KATHMANDU, MAY 19The 23rd edition of the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) will be held from May 27 to 31, 2026 at QFX Chhaya Centre in Thamel, Kathmandu, featuring more than 50...
19 May, 2026
Peruvian actor Octavio Bernaza appears during a performance of "Teatro La Plaza’s Hamlet" at the Theatre for a New Audience at Polonsky Shakespeare Center in New York. Photo: Julieta Cervantes via AP

From Taylor Swift to the Oscars, 400-year-old 'Hamlet' flourishes in the age of TikTok

NEW YORK, MAY 10He's on screen, onstage, on tour, online and in song. "Hamlet" - William Shakespeare's masterpiece about a moody Danish prince - seems to be having a moment.A National...
10 May, 2026
Singer-songwriter, David Burke aka D4vd sits in artist space at Coachella music festival on April 18, 2025 in Indio, Calif. (AP Photo)

What to know about singer D4vd and the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez

LOS ANGELES, APRIL 29Singer and songwriter D4vd has been charged with murder, sexual abuse and dismemberment in the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.His lawyers said he is not guilty and...
29 Apr, 2026
Singer Pawan Gole alongside Musician Ramesh Gurung performing at Paleti. Photo: Nepalaya

Singer Pawan resonates at Paleti with melodious tunes

KATHMANDU, APRIL 26A musical Paleti programme featuring renowned Darjeeling-based singer and composer Pawan Gole and musician Ramesh Gurung was held on Friday and Saturday evenings at Nepalaya's...
26 Apr, 2026
Nepathya members bid farewell to the audience in London, Ontario. Photo: Nepalaya

In Pictures: Nepathya's Final Canada Concert in London, Ontario

KATHMANDU, APRIL 22Nepal's premier folk-rock band Nepathya concluded its series of performances in Canada with a grand musical show attended by a large audience in London, Ontario, despite it...
22 Apr, 2026

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Sarod maestro Rajopadhyay honoured with 'Kalakshetram' title in India

Renowned Nepali sarod maestro Sudarshan Rajopadhyay has been honoured with the prestigious Kalakshetram title in Pune, India, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to music and cultural promotion.
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Kajaria partners with Miss Nepal 2026 as title sponsor

Kajaria has been announced as the title sponsor of The Hidden Treasure Miss Nepal 2026.
23 May, 2026
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Ujan Shakya wo: Emerge to headline THT International Food Fest 2026

The Himalayan Times is all set to bring back one of Kathmandu's most anticipated lifestyle events with the 15th edition of the International Food Fest 2026. Popular artist and band Ujan Shakya wo: Emerge will headline this year's event alongside Kehar Limbu.
23 May, 2026
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The Himalayan Times International Food Fest 2026 happening tomorrow with three bands, djs, and 20 restaurants

The Himalayan Times International Food Fest 2026 is happening tomorrow, May 23, at The Everest Hotel, Kathmandu. Mark your calendars for what promises to be one of the biggest food and lifestyle celebrations of the year, featuring food, music, games, and endless entertainment for the entire family.
22 May, 2026
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Walking through time: Bhaktapur's evening heritage walk brings history to life

As the golden hour draped its warm hues over the terracotta rooftops of Bhaktapur on the evening of 16th May 2026, a group of enthusiastic walkers set off from the iconic Bhaktapur Durbar Square — not merely as tourists, but as witnesses to a civilization that has endured for centuries.
21 May, 2026

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The Shenzhou-23 manned mission launches from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwestern China on Sunday, May 24, 2026. Photo: AP

China launches Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 1 of 3 astronauts set for yearlong stay

China launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft Sunday night with three astronauts heading to its space station, including one set to stay in space for a year.
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New IT curriculum being developed to produce industry-ready professionals

The Nepal Association for Software and IT Services Companies (NAS-IT), the apex body representing Nepal’s IT and software companies, is developing a new bachelor-level IT curriculum aimed at producing industry-ready professionals aligned with market demands.
19 May, 2026
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Nepal Startup Innovation Hackathon 2026 concludes, Team Nova wins top prize

​​​​​​​The Nepal Startup Innovation Hackathon 2026 concluded on May 12, with “Team Nova†winning the top prize of Rs 50,000 for its project “Leapnodeâ€.
14 May, 2026
David Park, a food and beverages manager at Lotte Hotel Seoul, demonstrates during an interview with The Associated Press in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Photo: AP

A South Korean startup captures workers' techniques to develop AI brains for robots

His head, chest and hands strapped with body cameras, David Park deftly folded a banquet napkin the way he has thousands of times during his nine years at the five-star Lotte Hotel Seoul. Each of his motions is fed into a database that will one day teach a robot to do the same.
12 May, 2026
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Nepal to get first Tier IV hyperscale data center

Nepal is set to develop its first Tier IV hyperscale data center, a move aimed at strengthening the country’s digital infrastructure, data security and technological self-reliance.
10 May, 2026

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Khumbu Icefall

All eyes on Khumbu Icefall as joint team moves to clear Everest route

The Expedition Operators Association of Nepal (EOAN) and the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) are set to deploy a joint team of around 20 people, including icefall doctors and Sherpa climbers from various expeditions, to the Khumbu Icefall on Sunday morning to assess ground conditions and attempt to open or identify alternate routes through the section that has been blocking progress toward Camp I on Everest.
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