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Nepali Times resumes its Diaspora Diaries column, of which this is the 51st instalment. The twentieth edition of Jazzmandu brought western and eastern musicians together as jazz hit the Himalaya. Despite loss in the finals women’s football team held its own at the SAFF tournament. A new crop of non-resident actors, musicians and directors ...
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News | Nepali Times. The twentieth edition of Jazzmandu brought western and eastern musicians together as jazz hit the Himalaya. Sloppy refereeing could not stop a 10-woman Nepal football team from snatching victory from the jaws of defeat against India in Kathmandu... Nepal must push home appliances to increase domestic electricity consumption ...
112 dead, 65 missing in Nepal floods | Nepali Times
Sep 28, 2024 · Update: Latest report puts the figure for deaths at 112 across the country while 65 people are still missing. Forty-nine killed in Kathmandu Valley alone. More than 60 people have died in Central Nepal as three days of record-breaking rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks and triggered landslides. Another 64 are missing, according to the ...
Nepal government changes again - Nepali Times
Jul 2, 2024 · At the stroke of the midnight hour, and with the stroke of a pen, Nepal’s government has changed for the third time in a year. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal of the Maoist Centre is out of a job after his coalition partner the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) joined hands with the Nepali Congress (NC) to form a new government. The NC had ...
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Nepal's demographic window is closing | Nepali Times
Jul 11, 2024 · Nepal's demographic window is closing. The working-age group in Nepal makes up two-thirds of the total population, the highest it has ever been. However, most young people are abroad, reducing the country’s productivity and slowing its growth. While about 20% of the population is between 15-24 years old, there are now nearly 3 million Nepalis ...
Rivers be dammed - Nepali Times
Jul 20, 2024 · Nepal’s rivers frequently suffer these disasters, the latest in 2021 in Melamchi and eastern Nepal last year that damaged hydropower infrastructure. But an example of catastrophic destruction was the October 2023 flood on Sikkim’s Teesta that destroyed the $1.2 billion Chungthang dam and other projects.
Long way home this Dasain - Nepali Times
Oct 9, 2024 · An estimated 1.8 million people were expected to leave Kathmandu Valley for their home districts for the Dasain festival this year. But that estimate was made before the devastating floods last week that killed at least 244 people and knocked out roads effectively marooning Kathmandu.. There are still 15 roads and major sections of highways that are blocked, while the Department of Roads and ...
Nepal's corruption carousel - Nepali Times
Mar 21, 2024 · Mahara got wind of this, and was caught while trying to escape to India via the Kapilvastu border. He is currently being detained in a hospital in Kathmandu. Lamichhane is said to be targeting senior opposition Nepali Congress (NC) leaders next, and Mahara’s arrest was necessary to prove that he is not sparing party figures from his own ...