2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (536+ words) The hospital recorded 1,708 deliveries in 2082/83 as specialist staffing expanded and more women turned to government maternity services. Bhadrapur Provincial Hospital has recorded a sharp rise in women choosing the government facility for childbirth, with deliveries more than doubling within a…...

2+ hour, 58+ min ago   (528+ words) Three weekly flights will restore a key air link for western Nepal and religious travellers arriving from India. Buddha Air is bringing the Nepalgunj-Pokhara air route back into regular operation after a gap of several months, restoring a direct link…...

22+ hour, 46+ min ago   (439+ words) Senior ENT specialist brings experience in medical education, hospital management, ethics and council examinations to the leadership role. Prof Dr Dhundiraj Paudel has taken charge as chairman of the Nepal Medical Council, bringing to the post experience that stretches from…...

22+ hour, 21+ min ago   (387+ words) Trump says more than 24,000 noncitizens voted in 2020, but the figure remains unverified by an independent official account. US President Donald Trump has again revived his long-running claims over the 2020 presidential election, this time alleging that more than 24,000 non-US citizens illegally…...

21+ hour, 59+ min ago   (649+ words) Poor ventilation and narrow escape routes are under scrutiny after smoke spread through a multi-hotel building on Mirza Ghalib Street. Nine people were killed after smoke filled a multi-hotel building in central Kolkata early Wednesday, turning what officials described as…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (561+ words) Businesses selling through websites, apps and social media must enter the government registration system or risk legal action. Nepal is moving to bring a much wider section of its online marketplace under formal regulation, with businesses selling goods or services…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (714+ words) One person is missing after a Bajura landslide, while lightning killed a man in Rolpa as further heavy rainfall threatens the west. Monsoon-triggered disasters have intensified across western Nepal, with a landslide in Bajura leaving one person missing and two…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (492+ words) The former Chinese premier helped steer China’s shift towards a market-oriented economy during a decisive period of reform. Zhu Rongji, one of the central figures behind China’s market-oriented economic transformation and a former premier, has died in Beijing at the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (376+ words) Ghising calls for domestic raw material production and private-sector participation to keep the revived industry sustainable. Kulman Ghising has welcomed the move to bring Hetauda Textile Industry back into operation after years of closure, but has cautioned that reopening the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (185+ words) Household belongings were destroyed after flames engulfed a two-storey wooden home in Dudhiawa on Monday morning. Household belongings worth an estimated Rs 1.8 million were destroyed after a fire broke out at a two-storey wooden house in Dudhiawa, Phatuwa Bijayapur Municipality…...