Nepal

Salary row halts Birgunj Metro payments on fiscal year-end

A salary dispute brought financial operations at Birgunj Metropolitan City to a standstill on the final day of the fiscal year after employees padlocked the Accounts Section, disrupting salary payments and other financial transactions.

Nepal

Woman's body recovered from Gandak Canal in Rautahat

Police have recovered the body of a 24-year-old woman from a water-filled section of the Gandak Canal near the Rajpur–Fatuwa road in Rajpur Municipality-3, Rautahat.

Nepal

Monkey menace leaves farmlands barren, deepens food security fears in Dhankuta

Growing attacks by monkeys and other wild animals are forcing farmers in Dhankuta to abandon cultivation, raising concerns over food shortages as increasing areas of farmland remain uncultivated.

Business

Nepal SBI Bank marks 33rd anniversary with nationwide CSR drive

Nepal SBI Bank Ltd (NSBL) marked its 33rd anniversary with a nationwide employee oath-taking ceremony and a series of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, reaffirming its commitment to ethical banking, community welfare and education.

Education

Govt tightens oversight of educational consultancies

The government has implemented stricter regulations for educational consultancies operating in the country.

Lifestyle

One river. Two banks. One destination: Toastmasters District 41 unites Nepal and Bangladesh at historic leadership training

The start of a new Toastmasters year is always exciting, but this year felt particularly different yet special for Toastmasters International District 41.

Kathmandu

CIAA files corruption case against eight Civil Service Hospital pharmacy staff over Rs 2.91 crore irregularities

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a corruption case at the Special Court in Kathmandu against eight pharmacy staff of the Civil Service Hospital in New Baneswor, alleging serious irregularities in medicine procurement and management that caused a public loss of Rs 2,91,34,547.37 — over Rs 2.91 crore.

Opinion

Rage of the age: The allure of self-help books

This is the age of instant nirvana for the ubiquitous, all-pervading self-help, or New-Age, books. The self-help assemblage covers a broad spectrum of publishing, or a dizzying plethora of topics, that gets marooned under its own weight — business, management, self-improvement, psychology, health and fitness, including fiction.

World Cup 2026

Gold extends losing streak, drops Rs 2,400 per tola

The price of gold fell by Rs 2,400 per tola in the domestic market on Thursday, extending losses for another trading day.

Kathmandu

Opposition renews protest, demands PM clarify border remarks

Proceedings of the House of Representatives were again disrupted on Thursday as opposition parties pressed the government for a clear response over Prime Minister Balendra Shah's remarks concerning the Nepal-India border dispute.

Kathmandu

CIB arrests three in Bal Mandir land lease case

The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has arrested three individuals in connection with the alleged Bal Mandir land lease irregularities in Naxal.

Nepal

Gurung heritage powers Lamjung's rural tourism economy

Once known for the lively Rodhi houses where young Gurungs gathered to sing, dance and pass cultural traditions from one generation to the next, Lamjung is now turning that heritage into a sustainable tourism economy.