Road accidents claim 1,233 lives in six months One thousand two hundred and thirty-three people have died in road accidents over the last six months of the current fiscal year. Nepal 18 Feb, 2025
KIIT recants stance after evicting Nepali students Nepali students at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, who were forced to leave their hostels, have expressed confusion and concern in the wake of a "suspicious death" of a Nepali student, even though the institute later retracted it's stance and encouraged students to return. Nepal 18 Feb, 2025
Suicidal death highest among poor, middle class and farmers According to a study conducted by Nepal Police, suicide incidents mostly affect the poor, middle class, and farmers. Nepal 25 Jul, 2024
Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills at least 13 and injures 46 others A smelting furnace exploded Sunday at a Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 workers and injuring dozens of others, police and a company official said. World 25 Dec, 2023
EDITORIAL: Whose gold is it? Even a week after a huge cache of gold being smuggled out of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) was seized, it remains an enigma as to who actually owns the yellow metal. Opinion 24 Jul, 2023
Psychosocial issues affect migrant workers, family members In the last eight months of the current financial year, as many as 540,000 Nepalis have migrated abroad for employment purposes. Business 12 Apr, 2023
Nepal's woeful healthcare system: Unheard stories of Nepali doctors The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was the first medical college in Nepal to train doctors in the country. Before the establishment of the IOM, the health care system was predominantly ruled by paramedics and limited number of doctors who were trained in foreign nations. Opinion 31 Mar, 2023
Amnesty report slams Nepal's track record on human rights The Amnesty International report 2022-23 said Nepal’s authorities were making arbitrary arrests to limit freedom of expression, and security forces continue to use excessive force to disperse protests. Nepal 29 Mar, 2023
78 microfinance victims killed themselves in two years A struggle committee has informed that as many as 44 victims of microfinance companies committed suicide in Kailali and Kanchanpur in the past two years. Nepal 15 Feb, 2023
Loan shark nabbed in Saptari An entrepreneur has been arrested on the charge of lending money at an exorbitant interest rate by keeping land and gold as collateral in Dakneswori Municipality, Saptari. Nepal 07 Jan, 2023
Woman kills self after failing to pay back loan A woman in Kailali ended her life over debt. Forty-year-old Reshma Chaudhary of Gauriganga Municipality committed suicide after she defaulted on a loan taken from a financial institution. Nepal 22 Aug, 2022
Locals demand youths' arrest for rape, abetment to suicide Locals demanded the arrest of two youths for raping a girl, who later committed suicide, at Malhaniya of Siraha’s Mirchaiya today. Locals want them to be booked for abetment to suicide as well. Nepal 06 Jul, 2022
