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Oli set for India visit on September 16

Kathmandu, July 21 -- Fourteen months after leading the government, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is all set to embark on an official visit to India on September 16 at the invitation of his Indian coun... Read More


Nepalis stranded in Kerung set to return home via Tatopani

Kathmandu, July 18 -- The government is working to bring back Nepali citizens stranded in the Tibetan town of Kerung near the Nepal-China border following the July 8 flood and landslides that severed ... Read More


Minister Gupta quits. Bribery scandal refuses to die down

Kathmandu, July 16 -- Raj Kumar Gupta tendered his resignation from the post of Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration on Tuesday. This followed intense pressure on Gupta over two rec... Read More


Calls grow to sack Minister Gupta, but PM Oli silent

Kathmandu, July 15 -- Amid growing calls for his resignation over a bribery scandal, Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration Rajkumar Gupta, a CPN-UML leader, attended the Cabinet meet... Read More


Goal of disciplinary action seems to be to eliminate one Congress faction

Nepal, July 14 -- ranging interview, senior Nepali Congress leader Shekhar Koirala speaks to the Post's Anil Giri and Purushottam Poudel on one year of the current government, rifts in the party, and ... Read More


Boundary Working Group meeting this month after a six-year gap

Kathmandu, July 12 -- In a major step towards resuming boundary talks, India has proposed dates for the next meeting of the Boundary Working Group (BWG)-the highest-level bilateral mechanism tasked wi... Read More


Nepal-India Boundary Working Group meeting this month after six-year gap

Kathmandu, July 12 -- In a major step towards resuming boundary talks, India has proposed dates for the next meeting of the Boundary Working Group (BWG)-the highest-level bilateral mechanism tasked wi... Read More


Lawmakers demand probe into civil service bill tampering

Kathmandu, July 2 -- Lawmakers across party lines on Tuesday demanded an investigation into the unauthorised and cunning tampering of the Federal Civil Service Bill, done without Parliament's knowledg... Read More


Unexplained, sneaky changes in civil service bill spark concerns

Kathmandu, July 1 -- One of the highlights of the new Civil Service Bill was a provision barring top bureaucrats from taking up political appointments for two years after retirement. The widely-debate... Read More


India to rescue 10 Nepalis from Iran

Kathmandu, June 22 -- At the request of the Nepal government, 10 Nepali nationals living in Iran will be evacuated by Indian chartered flights between Saturday evening and Sunday morning, along with I... Read More