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Tuesday, 23 June 2026

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

The gravitas of cricket diplomacy: Way to formal engagements between nations

In recent years, the concept of sports diplomacy has gained attention as a means to foster international relations and promote peace. Perhaps for the first time, Nepal has a prime minister who is interested in cricket and understands it well.

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Homelessness in Kathmandu: A policy gap we can no longer ignore

A child in Kathmandu is heard saying, “Keep on playing, but I will beg money for food in the evening.” Such moments are no longer hidden in the city—they appear on streets, under bridges, and in public spaces across the capital. Despite continued infrastructure expansion and visible development, homelessness remains an unresolved and persistent urban reality.

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Thame's lesson for Nepal's climate future

A firsthand visit to the site of the 2024 glacial lake outburst flood reveals why Nepal must rethink mountain risk assessment, strengthen climate governance, and prepare for a future of growing cryospheric hazards.

15 Jun, 2026

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Indefinite sit-in protest of Tribhuvan University professors: Day 57

Education is the strongest foundation of modern development, and teachers are the strongest foundation of education. Roads, buildings, technology, industries, and commerce may transform a nation's outward appearance, but education alone has the power to shape human consciousness, character, judgment, work ethic, and the future of a nation.

15 Jun, 2026

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Nepal's biggest export to India may be political creativity

Let us begin with a cockroach.

22 May, 2026

Balen's politics of silence and absence: Not a harbinger of good omen

20 May, 2026

Under the same sky: Why humanity would gain more from peace than rivalry

14 May, 2026

What nurses taught me that Nepal has forgotten

12 May, 2026

Remembering the USS Liberty-and why it still matters

12 May, 2026

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Balen's statement about Indo-Nepal border: An unwarranted outburst

The Parliament was virtually up in flames when Prime Minister Balen Shah said that it was not only India but also Nepal that has encroached neighbouring territory in response to a question by Aaren Rai, a parliamentarian representing the Shrama Sanskriti Party.

A farmer uses a tractor to plough his field, in Dhakaniya, Shuklaphanta Municipality-2, Kanchanpur, on Sunday. Photo: Rajendra Prasad Paneru/RSS

Commercialisation alone will not transform agriculture: The participation of smallholder families is important

Having grown up in a smallholder farming family in rural Nepal and spent my career studying smallholder agriculture across Asia and Africa, I read this year’s agricultural budget with mixed feelings.

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Redefining schooling and classroom learning in Nepal: Moving beyond memorisation towards independent thinking

As the school year here in Massachusetts comes to an end, parents have already begun preparing for the next one.

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Post Gen Z movement budget: Overambitious, little realistic

The much-awaited budget has finally come to the fore. Expectations were high among the people partly because it was the one being presented by the Gen Z supported government.

FILE - A man puts his child on a plastic vessel to play in flood waters of the Bagmati river following heavy monsoon rains in Kathmandu. Photo: AP

When the monsoon returns, so do preventable diseases: The fight begins before the outbreak

Every year, Nepal welcomes the monsoon with hope. Rain revives fields, replenishes springs and softens months of heat and dust. But the same season reopens an old public health wound.

Prime Minister Balendra Shah answers questions from parliamentarians during a House of Representatives session at the Federal Parliament in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, on Sunday. Photo: Pradeep Raj Onta/RSS

Diplomacy is not surrender: Balen's border remarks are strategic

Few issues evoke stronger emotions in Nepal than questions of sovereignty and territory.

File - People from the ethnic Tharu community dressed in traditional attire sang and danced to their traditional tunes to celebrate the Maghe Sankranti festival, illustrating different aspects of their culture in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Nepal: The inevitable shift

Indigenous Peoples in Nepal have long faced discrimination. Despite the constitutional provisions of Nepal’s rich cultural diversity, indigenous communities have faced socio-economic inequality, land tenure insecurity, and political exclusion for centuries.

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Rethinking Balen Shah's silence in Parliament: It is not a weakness but a political skill

In recent weeks, Nepal’s political discourse has been dominated by a single, polarising question: Why is Prime Minister Balen Shah so silent in Parliament?

File - A section of the Mid-Hill Pushpalal Highway at Bokhim, Bhojpur Nagarpalika-5, collapsed due to rainfall, halting traffic on the route. Photo: Niroj Koirala/RSS

Eastern Nepal's growing rainfall crisis: Foster quality infrastructure, timely warning

Rain has always been a part of life in Nepal’s eastern hills. For the farmers, it means planting, greenery, and hope. But in recent years, the same rain has increasingly become a source of fear.

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

The new government headed by Premier Balen Shah has been virtually carrying twin bags of appreciation and criticism at the same time. It has been criticised for engaging in an evacuation spree of encroached public land without making adequate preparation.

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No reform without a motivated civil service: Implementation depends on capacity, morale, and commitment

Following Nepal’s recent political transition, the current government has placed clean governance, corruption control, administrative reform, effective service delivery, and institutional efficiency at the centre of its reform agenda.

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Removing traditional exams up to Grade 5: It is counterproductive without changes in secondary level

With the formation of the new government after the Gen-Z revolution, Nepal has been experiencing rapid policy changes.

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She survived childbirth. The injury did not

Radhika was 11 years old when her labour began.

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Nepal's conservation successes: What are the costs for the local communities?

“Stepping outside in the evening is like gambling with your life,” says a local autorickshaw driver in the Khata Corridor of western Nepal. This observation sums up the everyday risk for people living in an area where farms and habitation lie in complex proximity with spaces used by tigers, rhinos, and elephants.

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File - Devotees are seen climbing the steep stone steps leading to the Kalinchowk Bhagawati Temple in Kalinchowk Rural Municipality, Dolakha, on Saturday.

Six injured as car plunges off road in Dolakha

Six people were injured after a car returning from the Kalinchok Temple crashed and plunged about 13 metres off the road in Bhimeshwor Municipality-6, Bhutpokhari, on Tuesday afternoon.

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14 injured as school auto carrying montessori students overturns in Kailali

Fourteen people, including schoolchildren, a teacher and the driver, were injured when a school auto-rickshaw carrying students of Malika Montessori Boarding School overturned along the East-West Highway in Lamkichuha Municipality-2, Motipur, on Tuesday morning.

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Eight killed, 105 injured in road accidents across Nepal in 24 hours

At least eight people were killed and 105 others injured in road accidents reported across Nepal within a 24-hour period, according to data released by Nepal Police on Sunday evening.

Tourists with an umbrella take a photo in Paris, as France is enduring a grueling heat wave with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), Monday, June 22, 2026. Photo: AP

Europe swelters under an early heat wave as France records 40 drowning deaths

Millions of people across Europe were exposed to extreme and exceptional high temperatures on Tuesday, with 40 fatalities from drowning recorded in France in the past week as residents seek relief from the searing heat.

Participants in the Regional Aviation Safety Programme (RASP), with the Chargé d’Affaires of the EU Delegation, pose for a group photo at the CAAN office in Kathmandu on 23 June. The three-day programme brings together 45 regulators, operators and industry representatives from across South Asia.

EU launches new aviation safety initiatives in Kathmandu

The European Union has launched two new regional aviation safety initiatives in Kathmandu under the EU-South Asia Aviation Partnership Project to strengthen aviation cooperation with Nepal and South Asia.

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WFP, LCIF partner to expand school meals programme in Nepal

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) and World Food Program USA have announced a strategic partnership to expand Nepal's home-grown school feeding programme aimed at improving child nutrition and supporting local agriculture.

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Kajaria Ramesh Tiles opens new showroom in Jorpati

Kajaria Ramesh Tiles Limited has expanded its retail network with the opening of an exclusive showroom in Jorpati, Kathmandu.

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Bosch opens first brand store in Nepal in partnership with Laxmi Group

German home appliance brand Bosch has opened its first dedicated brand store in Nepal in partnership with the Laxmi Group, marking a major expansion of its presence in the country's premium home appliance market.

Women from the local Tharu community fish using traditional traps (Tapi) at Arjunkhola in Lamahi Municipality-5, Dang. Photo: Kuldeep Neupane/RSS

Photo of the Day: Fishing with traditional traps

Women from the local Tharu community fish using traditional traps (Tapi) at Arjunkhola in Lamahi Municipality-5, Dang.

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NEPSE drops 26.16 points; Daily turnover at just Rs 4.36 billion

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index fell by 26.16 points, or 0.96 per cent, on Tuesday to close at 2,674.48 points.

Indian tourists fill hotels in Pokhara

A surge in Indian tourist arrivals has pushed hotel occupancy in Pokhara to around 90 percent, providing a major boost to the city's tourism industry during what is traditionally considered the off-season.

File - A worker fumigates a resident area to prevent the spread of the dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases in Kathmandu, Nepal September 06, 2019. Photo: Reuters

Dengue, scrub typhus and kala-azar cases persist as monsoon sets in

With the monsoon beginning to advance across Nepal, the latest weekly disease surveillance data shows dengue, scrub typhus and kala-azar continuing to be reported across multiple provinces, while influenza cases have remained steady in recent weeks, according to the Epidemiological Week 25 Surveillance Bulletin issued by the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division under the Department of Health Services.

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