The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has entrusted a Chinese company to print 300 million copies of Nepali rupee 100-denomination banknotes featuring the revised political map that shows the controversial ...

On Oct. 9, 36-year-old He Jing became the first Chinese climber to summit all 14 peaks over 8,000 meters without supplementary oxygen, completing her journey at the 8,027-meter Mount Shishapangma.

Nepal is slowly but surely becoming one of the mountaineering capitals of the world. That is one of the goals that recent adventurers have had; putting the nati ...

By June this year, he had climbed his 13th mountain, Kanchenjunga, the world's third highest. "This is a proud moment for our ...

KATHMANDU — Five Russian mountaineers were killed while climbing in Nepal, a tourism official said on Tuesday, two days after the team lost contact while on Dhaulagiri, the world's seventh-highest ...

Nepal, home to nine of the world's ten highest peaks, had already anticipated above-average rainfall this year, with 1.8 million people expected to be affected. The National Disaster Risk ...

The tripartite agreement signed in Kathmandu now enables Nepal to sell electricity to a third country for the first time. Nepal has only been exporting electricity to India, its southern neighbour.

Nepal’s immediate neighbours India, China and other friendly countries have assured Nepali authorities of all possible cooperation and support in the wake of the recent floods and landslides that ...

Nepal's economic growth is projected to accelerate to 5.1 percent in the current fiscal year from 3.9 percent in the last fiscal year, driven by anticipated high tourist arrivals and increased ...

The government of Nepal issued a new alert for heavy rainfall on Wednesday, following days of relentless downpours that have triggered widespread floods and landslides, leaving more than 240 people ...

The World Bank on Wednesday projected a growth of 5.1 per cent for Nepal in the current 2024-25 fiscal year starting in mid-July, below the Nepali government's 6 per cent target. "Maintaining growth ...

Kathmandu: Nepal has confirmed 224 deaths due to recent floods and landslides, with damages estimated at over 17 billion Nepali Rupees (approximately USD 127 million). Chief Secretary Ek Narayan ...