Training will strengthen party: NC President Deuba Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the party's training of trainers programme would help strengthen the party organisation. Nepal 11 Mar, 2025
France provides USD 161,000 to WFP Nepal for Climate Risk Financing and Social Protection Project The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has allocated USD 161,000 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Nepal for a project titled "Linking Climate Risk Financing and Insurance (CDRFI) with Shock Responsive Social Protection (SRSP)." Nepal 24 Oct, 2024
Nutrition-friendly local governance: Empowering communities Modern living conditions have largely transformed our lifestyle, food choices and dietary patterns. Opinion 15 Aug, 2024
Heavy rains set off flash floods in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 47 people More heavy rains in Afghanistan have triggered flash floods, raising the death toll to 47 in the country's north following weeks of devastating torrents that had already left hundreds dead and missing, a Taliban spokesman said Sunday. World 19 May, 2024
JRAP receives £13M FCDO grant for earthquake relief in Western Nepal Following the launch of the Joint Recovery Action Plan (JRAP) for the Western Nepal Earthquake in February 2024 by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) and the Humanitarian Country Team, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) British Embassy in Kathmandu has provided GBP 13 Million for the recovery of the earthquake affected municipalities in Western Nepal. Kathmandu 16 May, 2024
Extreme drought in southern Africa leaves millions hungry Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her small share of precious golden cooking oil into a plastic bottle at a food aid distribution site deep in rural Zimbabwe. Environment 31 Mar, 2024
Humanitarian Staging Area to be constructed in Pokhara The Government of Nepal, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) attended a ceremony to mark the start of the construction of a new Humanitarian Staging Area inside the premises of the old Pokhara airport in the Gandaki Province. Nepal 21 Mar, 2024
Sudan's conflict risks creating the world's largest hunger crisis, the top UN food official warns Once in South Sudan, “one in five children in border transit centers suffers from malnutrition,” WFP said. World 06 Mar, 2024
15 percent of Nepal's population do not eat an adequate diet, says WFP Nepal chief Robert Kasca is the WFP Nepal Representative and Country Director. Robert has over 20 years of operational and leadership experience with WFP, the United Nations agency dedicated to fighting hunger and the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. Nepal 14 Jan, 2024
Blinken meets Jordanian and Qatari leaders on new Mideast push to keep Gaza war from spreading The mission — that will also take him to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the West Bank and Egypt before he returns to Washington — is Blinken’s fourth to the region since the war began. World 07 Jan, 2024
Israel presses on with its Gaza offensive after US veto derails Security Council efforts to halt war Israel's military pushed ahead with its punishing air and ground offensive in Gaza on Saturday, bolstered by a U.S. veto derailing U.N. Security Council efforts to end the war and word that an emergency sale of $106 million worth of tank ammunition had been approved by Washington. World 10 Dec, 2023
UN agencies launch Joint Emergency Response to earthquake in Western Nepal Days after 153 people were killed and several hundred injured, another strong earthquake with 5.6 magnitude struck Nepal on November 6, 2023. Nepal 06 Nov, 2023
