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NEA announces PPAs for hydropower projects up to 10 MW, abolishes quota system

KATHMANDU, Feb. 27 -- Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has announced power purchase agreements (PPAs) for hydropower projects up to the capacity of 10 MW. The NEA has opened PPAs for run-of-river an... Read More


Five more districts lag behind in achieving full vaccination status

KATHMANDU, Feb. 27 -- Five districts in the country are yet to achieve full vaccination status. Nuwakot, Parsa, Rautahat, Mahottari and Dhanusha districts have not been declared fully vaccinated as of... Read More


Maoist Center leader Gagan Puri resigns as CIAA files case against him

BIRATNAGAR, Feb. 27 -- Gagan Puri, Treasurer of CPN (Maoist Center) of Koshi Province, has resigned from his position. Puri resigned from the party's position after the Commission for the Investigati... Read More


T20I Series: Namibia defeats Nepal by 20 runs

KATHMANDU, Feb. 27 -- Nepal has lost the opening match of the Tri-nations T20I series to Namibia by a margin of 20 runs. In the match held at the Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground in Kathmandu, Nam... Read More


WAFF Women's Championship: Nepal to clash with Lebanon

KATHMANDU, Feb. 27 -- Nepal is gearing up to face Lebanon in the semi-finals of the WAFF Women's Championship, taking place in Saudi Arabia. The match between the two nations is scheduled to kick off... Read More


Police arrest former CEO of Century Commercial Bank Tulsi Ram Gautam

KATHMANDU, Feb. 27 -- The then Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Century Commercial Bank, Tulsi Ram Gautam, has been arrested. He was arrested on the charge of embezzlement. Manoj Neupane was the CEO ... Read More


Body of one missing person recovered from Seti River, one still missing

KATHMANDU, Feb. 26 -- The body of a person who had gone missing while fishing in the Seti River in Pokhara Metropolitan City-17, Mahat Gauda, has been recovered. Another person is still missing. Amon... Read More


Youth killed in tanker-scooter collision

KATHMANDU, Feb. 26 -- One person has died after being hit by a tanker in Lalitpur. The deceased has been identified as Suhayang Rai, 17. According to SP Nareshraj Subedi of District Police Range Lali... Read More


Experts stress importance of open dialogue on cancer

KATHMANDU, Feb. 26 -- Experts emphasized the reluctance of even celebrities to openly discuss their battles with cancer during an interaction program 'MediaTalk series' with social science students of... Read More


Technical glitch in Yeti Airlines aircraft engine delays flight from Kathmandu to Biratnagar

KATHMANDU, Feb. 26 -- A problem was detected in the engine of the aircraft of Yeti Airlines, which was about to fly from the Tribhuvan International Airport to Biratnagar. After the detection of a te... Read More