May 20, 2024 · as published by Nepali news portals, newest first

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, May 20: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is going to seek the vote of confidence in the House of Representatives on Monday.

By Our Correspondent,Surkhet, May 20:The Election Commission (EC) has started collecting suggestions for the 4th Strategic Plan (2024/25-2028/29) by organising a province-level discussion in Surkhe...

By Our Correspondent,Jajarkot May 20: Farmers here have started to become self-reliant from beekeeping. After the farmers of Nalgad Municipality-1 Pali, Kalpat and Chiuri started beekeeping, their ...

Nepali Congress leaders at of its Parliamentary Party meeting/File Photo KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress, the main opposition party, is holding its parliamentary party meeting today. Chief Whip of the...

Doha, May 20:The stranglehold on aid reaching Gaza threatens an "apocalyptic" outcome, the UN's humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Sunday as he warned of famine in the besieged territory. ...

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, May 20: A hundred mountaineers made it to the top of Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest), the highest peak in the world, on Sunday.

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, May20: Journalist Aastha KC's book titled 'Janyuddhaka Chithi' has been released.
By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, May 20: Nepal’s World Cup squad is returning to the United States of America after ending almost a week-long training session in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in t...

Lawmakers of National Assembly/File Photo KATHMANDU: The meeting of the National Assembly (NA) is taking place today. Federal Parliament Secretariat’s Assistant Spokesperson Dashrath Dhamala said...

By Our Correspondent,Bhairahawa, May 20: With only two months left for the end of the current fiscal year, the Bhairahawa Customs Office has achieved only 51 per cent of its revenue collection targ...

KATHMANDU: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has fixed the exchange rate of foreign currency for May 20, 2024. According to NRB, the buying rate of one US dollar has reached Rs 133.04 paisa and the selling ...

In the long-run we will be in competition with the Congress but to safeguard democracy we should be together. The CPN (Unified Socialist), which was fashioned in 2018 by a splinter faction of the ...

People have been displaced by water-induced disasters since the early 1960s. Weather forecasts over the past several months have been failing—last winter was dry, and the expected rain in April/Ma...

The long march for Chure conservation is suggestive of Nepali state’s neglect of the grassroots. Federalism in Nepal is alive and kicking. Eight-and-a-half years after the new constitution institu...

Finally, political parties represented in the House of Representatives (HoR) Saturday agreed in principle to constitute a parliamentary committee to investigate the misappropriation of cooperatives...

Rabi Lamichhane accuses Gagan Thapa of funds misuse, foreign ties. Thapa dares him to probe his life since birth. The ruling and opposition parties seem to be drifting further apart over the issue...

Multiple readings of the legality of vote and the reasons the prime minister is opting for it. Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) Nepal President Upendra Yadav filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court...

When Bindra Devi Pariyar was ill, her Kuwaiti employers tortured her by pouring boiling water on her, and locked her in cage. Bindra Devi Pariyar, a 45-year-old woman from ward 1 of Birendranagar ...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Devraj Ghimire/File Photo KATHMANDU: Speaker Devraj Ghimire has called a meeting of the House of Representatives Business Advisory Committee this morning. ...

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, May 20: Thirty-five Nepali workers who were recently rescued from Kashmir, India, have arrived in their villages. Social activist Saroj Ray played a key role in rescu...

New York, May 20: Ocean temperatures that have gone "crazy haywire" hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history. It's so bad t...

Stay informed and prepared: plan your day with The Kathmandu Post’s weather updates. The weather today will remain generally cloudy with chances of light rainfall throughout the country. The Mete...

NHRC has accused the police of using excessive force even as people with disabilities were protesting for their rights. At Shanti Vatika, Ratnapark, underneath a tent barely keeping out the midday...

Raining in Kathmandu/File Photo KATHMANDU: Kathmandu has been witnessing rainfall since early morning on Monday. Meanwhile, at present, several areas in the country are witnessing partly to mostl...

One person dies in India’s Kerala. World Health Organisation cautions Nepal under International Health Regulations. As India reports an outbreak of West Nile virus, Nepal’s Ministry of Health and ...

Kathmandu, May 20: Vishal Poudel, an instrumentalist, vocalist, music composer and arranger, formed a musical band called Kalpavriksha four years ago.

The company said that on May 18, it sold 50 BYD EVs from its service centre at Guheshwari, Kathmandu. Cimex Inc Pvt Ltd, the authorised distributor of BYD Auto Industry Co Ltd in Nepal, achieved a...

Image for Representation TANAHU: A huge fire erupted in the shutters of the main chowk at Damauli, the headquarters of Tanahun, late last night. The blaze began around 1:00 am in the shutters loc...

Siddhartha Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, ‘Sawari Kathahru: Art On Wheels’, is an immersive ode to Nepali truck art. Who hasn’t created a quirky one-liner and wanted to put it on a T-shirt? And ...

Producer says traditionally, buttermilk, called mohi in Nepali, was favourite in villages but gradually fell out of favour to more popular foreign beverages. Global Dairy Private Limited has start...

The library is a community space that illuminates feminist issues through its thoughtfully curated collection of books. Bright blue bookshelves, a sunny courtyard, and a friendly librarian—Junkiri...

KATHMANDU: The weekly Economic Digest offers a concise yet comprehensive and analytical overview of significant business happenings in Nepal, presented in easily digestible summaries. Gold market ...

Kathmandu, May20: A mountainous country, Nepal, has been raising voices in international forums on the impact of climate change on the Himalayas for a long time.

State TV quoted an official as saying at least one passenger and one crew member had been in contact with rescuers. A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister c...
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