Nepal launches Global Hunger Index 2024, highlights gender justice as key to climate resilience and zero hunger Nepal launched the 2024 Global Hunger Index (GHI) in Kathmandu on Friday, spotlighting gender justice as an essential pillar for achieving climate resilience and Zero Hunger. Nepal 05 Apr, 2025
Listening to children: To shape Nepal's SDG journey As world leaders gather in New York for the UN Summit for the Future to discuss progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), review major achievements and suggest course corrections, there is one perspective that must be considered if we are to truly achieve the SDGs and ensure that no one is left behind – listening to and engaging with children. Opinion 23 Sep, 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
Global Hunger Index 2022: Why does South Asia fare so poorly? The South Asian countries have reported the highest child stunting rate and by far the highest child wasting rate of any region globally, says the latest Global Hunger Index (GHI) report 2022. Opinion 19 Oct, 2022
PM highlights rising food prices in LDCs amid COVID Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Friday addressed the Food Systems Summit, convened by the UN Secretary-General on the margins of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Nepal 25 Sep, 2021
UN chief: World hunger worsened by climate change, conflict UN chief: World hunger worsened by climate change, conflict World 26 Jul, 2021
Govt teams up with businesses to fight against malnutrition Kathmandu, November 6 The Government of Nepal is teaming up with local businesses to curb malnutrition, which has been affecting 50 per cent of the country’s children. A Business-Nutrition Engagement Breakfast, jointly organised by the National... Horoscopes 07 Nov, 2019
3rd lead Nutrition programme launched KATHMANDU: Baliyo Nepal Nutrition Initiative, a project to improve nutritional status of Nepali children, has been launched amidst a programme organised here today. The nutrition programme launched with the support of Bill & Melinda Gates... Travel 01 Nov, 2019
EDITORIAL: Crime and punishment The legal actions taken by the police against politicians can help bring an end to criminalisation of politics The recent crackdown on crimes involving high-profile politicians and influential persons in society shows that the Nepal Police is fully... 18 Oct, 2019
Nepal to host conference on meeting nutrition standards Kathmandu, October 14 The government is set to hold a global conference here in the capital from November 4 to 7, inviting as many as 1,000 delegates of 80 countries in a bid to meet the nutrition standards. The government will co-host the... Horoscopes 15 Oct, 2019
Closing gender gaps: Key to ending hunger Organisations working for food security and hunger eradication, such as the FAO, World Economic Forum and the World Bank, have concluded that investing in women farmers is an effective strategy for reducing hunger and poverty in the world Throughout... 08 May, 2019
Strengthen, implement right to food law: AI to govt Kathmandu, April 3 Nepal must strengthen and implement its new law on right to food if it is to meet its commitments to rid the country of hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity, Amnesty International said today. Hunger was one of the root... Horoscopes 04 Apr, 2019
