Ganesh Nepali sustained serious injuries after setting himself ablaze outside the Department of Passports in Kathmandu.

The Cabinet-endorsed document sets ambitious targets, including 7 percent annual economic growth, 1.5 million new jobs and wide-ranging reforms in governance, digitalisation and public service delivery.

Police say the highway accounts for nearly 56 percent of road accidents in the province as poor road conditions, ageing vehicles, difficult terrain and weak traffic discipline continue to fuel fatal crashes.

More than 13,000 public officials have filed asset declarations while around 1,500 complaints alleging concealed wealth and proxy ownership are under review.

Anti-graft agency had sought Rs330 million in damages over alleged irregularities in the company’s billing system upgrade.

Zoo has lost around Rs20 million since closing three weeks ago, as bird flu spreads to 84 poultry farms across the Valley and 22 in Kavrepalanchok.

Collina says questioning officials’ integrity has no place in football after Egypt’s complaints over VAR decisions.

The provincial government has excluded the programme from next year’s budget after suspending deposits for four years, triggering criticism from lawmakers and uncertainty over more than Rs420 million already held in beneficiaries’ accounts.

Police say the 25-year-old took the extreme step after city police locked his motorcycle parked outside the department’s gate.

Consumers, dealers and bottling companies say the emergency measure introduced during the West Asia conflict has outlived its purpose, adding transport costs and operational burdens while full gas supplies remain unavailable.

Hundreds of displaced families were left uncertain about their next meal after food distribution stopped for nearly two days, before authorities restored the service on Tuesday evening.

The latest round of attacks, which the US said was carried out in response to Tuesday’s assault on three cargo ships transiting the strait, came hours after President Donald Trump said he believed an interim ceasefire with Iran to be “over.”

CIB team detains three people for investigation into alleged misappropriation of property belonging to Bal Mandir in Naxal, Kathmandu.

Ethnomusicologist Anna Marie Stirr discusses how a chance encounter with Dohori sparked decades of research into Nepal’s musical heritage, oral traditions and cultural preservation.