Government launching women-only ‘Blue Bus’ service amid sustainability concerns
As authorities work out routes and funding, transport operators and activists question the service’s practicality.
As authorities work out routes and funding, transport operators and activists question the service’s practicality.
Multiple changes to tax provisions and rates after budget presentation prompt criticism from former finance ministers, who question whether due procedure was followed and warn of possible policy uncertainty.
Khanal will hold meetings with External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, Commerce Minister Piyush Goel and possibly with Prime Minister Modi.
A nationwide shortage of platinum-based chemotherapy drugs is forcing patients’ families to source medicines from the black market amid disrupted supply and government price controls.
Meeting focuses on expanding cooperation in development, connectivity and investment.
Its three most visible ambitions—foreign investment, tech leadership and fiscal transformation—all face the same fundamental obstacle: weak institutional and bureaucratic capacity.
Women either give up travelling or limit their travel time when they are harassed on public transport.
The opinionator with a ‘kalam’ in hand and column in the newspaper no longer commands the loyalty of the audience. But this doesn’t mean that column-writing has lost its civic value.
One wonders whether this is a budget that hands the poor a ten-rupee rebate, takes a hundred from their pocket, and returns thirty in concessions to the rich.
Khanal will hold meetings with External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, Commerce Minister Piyush Goel and possibly with Prime Minister Modi.
As authorities work out routes and funding, transport operators and activists question the service’s practicality.
A nationwide shortage of platinum-based chemotherapy drugs is forcing patients’ families to source medicines from the black market amid disrupted supply and government price controls.
Meeting focuses on expanding cooperation in development, connectivity and investment.
Gita Rana’s first-half strike gives Nepal the lead, but Ritu Porna Chakma scores in stoppage time to leave the match level at the break.
Belgium have a second warm-up international against Tunisia in Brussels on Saturday before heading to the United States where they meet Egypt in their opening Group G match in Seattle on June 15.
RSP chair discusses bilateral ties with Indian prime minister after meetings with top BJP leaders, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar and Home Minister Shah.
Television visuals showed a building on fire, smoke billowing out and charred exteriors as residents watched from a narrow lane nearby.
Fraudsters are exploiting Dhaka's new automated traffic monitoring system to steal banking and mobile wallet credentials.
Bindhu Rawal’s 33 and an unbeaten 28 from Puja Mahato guide Nepal to an easy chase as Qatar collapse for 76 runs in the ACC Women’s Premier Cup match.
Multiple changes to tax provisions and rates after budget presentation prompt criticism from former finance ministers, who question whether due procedure was followed and warn of possible policy uncertainty.
Four ministers resign on party’s order as UML moves to induct new faces amid power-sharing tussle with Congress.
Eight years after the first phase was completed, work on the Chinese-funded Kalanki-Basundhara section has yet to begin, leaving key stretches of Kathmandu’s vital orbital road mired in delays.
Missile exchanges in the Gulf and continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon underscore the fragility of a tentative US-Iran ceasefire, while stalled negotiations and disruptions to shipping keep regional tensions high.

‘Shape of Momo’ offers a thoughtful portrait of a woman navigating the tensions between individuality and social conformity.
The Kathmandu edition of the Kalinga Literary Festival will bring together writers, artist...
Words like ‘trauma’, ‘OCD’, and ‘gaslighting’ have become part of everyday voc...
Cultural practitioners see potential in the new allocations, yet doubts persist over fundi...
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Embassy in Bangkok urges undocumented Nepalis in Cambodia to return home immediately.
Bimala Hamal Shrestha’s restaurant has become a source of pride for Nepalis in New York,...
Study by London-based rights group finds workers toiling up to 14 hours in over 50 degrees...
Workers say a Qatari company has withheld salaries and benefits for eight months, leaving ...
Embassy moves to repatriate 277 individuals as victims recount coercion, abuse and traffi...