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May 29, 2025 · as published by Nepali news portals, newest first
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Today’s weather: May 29, 2025
Stay informed and prepared: Plan your day with The Kathmandu Post’s weather updates. The weather is expected to remain partly to generally cloudy across the country today, according to the Meteoro...
Opposition to allow budget presentation, but not regular parliamentary business
Ruling and opposition blocs stick to their guns as deadlock persists over Lekhak’s fate. The opposition bloc has decided to allow the presentation of the national budget in Parliament on Thursday ...
Kathmandu braces for Republic Day showdown
CPN-UML and royalist groups have planned parallel rallies. Security agencies on high alert to prevent clashes. Security agencies have stepped up vigilance across the Kathmandu Valley since Tuesday...
Robot plays guzheng at Shenzhen cultural fair
At the just-concluded 21st China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industry Fair, a robot stood out by playing guzheng, a traditional Chinese zither, with precise fingering. Let’s take a closer loo...
Farewell to a lifelong guardian of gharials
Bed Bahadur Khadka, 61, succumbed to brain cancer on Monday. Bed Bahadur Khadka, a passionate conservationist who dedicated nearly two decades of his life to protecting the critically endangered g...
How does a Siberian tiger mark Dragon Boat Festival?
As the annual Dragon Boat Festival is around the corner, the Yunnan Wildlife Park based in central Yunnan’s Kunming city prepared a buffet of Zongzi for tigers and other animals on May 27.
Questions against republican system emanate from politicians’ conduct, observers say
The country looks prosperous only for politicians and their aides, a workshop owner says. ‘For common people, life is tough.’ As the country marks the 18th Republic Day on Thursday, experts say th...
Executive excess
Why have a constitutional rights watchdog if it can’t even carry out its most basic duties? Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli manages to address various gatherings, inaugurations and other activities a...
Turkey’s overreach in South Asia
It will be interesting to see if Turkey will do any balancing between India and Pakistan. The dastardly attack on tourists in Pahalgam in April led to a sharp rise in tensions between India and Pa...
The name game
Oli’s claim that Everest should be called Sagarmatha reveals inaccuracies about its name and history. It would come as news to everyone outside Nepal (and within as well) that the highest peak in ...
Nepal is not landlocked, we are land-linked
The author of ‘Unleashing Nepal’, Sujeev Shakya, reflects on the country’s evolving potential, young leadership, and why it’s time to stop thinking small. Sujeev Shakya is an author, thought leade...
Nepal lifts ban on select dairy imports from India
During the IGC meeting in Kathmandu in January, Indian officials had raised concerns over Nepal’s import restrictions on dairy products. Nepal has lifted a partial ban on the import of certain dai...
‘Marathon Minds: The Mountains We Climb’ set to spark dialogue
The discussion will explore the speakers’ personal journeys through themes of endurance, mental health, and the role of women in adventure. The British Council Nepal, in partnership with the Briti...
Elon Musk leaving Trump administration, capping turbulent tenure
Musk earlier on Wednesday took to his social media platform X to thank President Donald Trump as his time as a special government employee with the Department of Government Efficiency draws to an e...
In AI: Zheng He ushers in pandas returned from Malaysia
In this partly AI-generated video, Zheng He welcomed the pandas returned from Malaysia as if they had been his old friends.
US court blocks most Trump tariffs, says president exceeded his authority
The Court of International Trade ruled that Congress has exclusive authority over foreign commerce, which the president’s emergency powers cannot override. A US trade court blocked President Donal...
Two dead in separate incidents in Kanchanpur
Motorcyclist dies in road accident; five-year-old girl drowns in river. Two people died in separate incidents in Kanchanpur district on Wednesday, police said. According to the District Police Of...
RPP says security forces blocking supporters heading to Kathmandu
Spokesperson Mohan Shrestha claims police are harassing and blocking participants from entering the capital; calls for responsible conduct from authorities. Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) on Thu...
Monsoon expected to arrive early this year
Kathmandu, May 29 Nepal is likely to experience an early onset of the monsoon this year, according to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology’s Weather Forecast Division. Meteorologist David ...
Cabinet meeting to endorse executive’s budget this afternoon
Kathmandu, May 29 A meeting of the Council of Ministers is scheduled to take place this afternoon to endorse the estimated revenue and expenditure (budget) for the fiscal year 2082/83 BS. The exe...
Former State Minister Ganesh Bahadur Khadka passes away
Kathmandu, May 29 Former State Minister and Nepali Congress leader Ganesh Bahadur Khadka has passed away at the age of 82. He died at 6 AM this morning at his residence in Narayan Municipality-7 o...
Republic Day celebrated with grandeur at Tundikhel (Photos)
Nepal is celebrating Republic Day today, marking the historic declaration of the federal democratic republican system on Jestha 15, 2065 BS (May 28, 2008), which formally ended the autocratic monar...
How Nepal’s budget is made
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel is set to present the national budget for the fiscal year 2082/83 (2025/26) in a joint session of the Federal Parliament on Thursday,...
Why cities have urban poor: Rural-to-urban migration in Nepal
In Nepal, the sight of people living in tin-roofed slums tucked behind shiny new apartments is becoming all too common. Kathmandu, a city of promise for many, is also a city of broken dreams for th...
KIMFF opens its doors to audiences with the Nepal premiere of ‘Between the Mountain and the Sky’
Kathmandu, May 29 While Jeremy Power Regembal’s ‘Between the Mountain and the Sky’, documentary film featuring CNN Hero Maggie Doyne is seeing its theatrical release in the United States, Nepal go...
Kanti Lokpath obstructed after Bagmati bridge access road swept away
Fuel tanker and cargo truck swept away by flood. The Kanti Lokpath has been obstructed since Thursday morning after the access road to the Bagmati bridge on the Makawanpur side was swept away. A ...
Economic growth projected at 4.61 percent this fiscal year
Survey shows rise in exports, remittance and foreign reserves; public enterprises see drop in profits. The government has projected Nepal’s economy to grow by 4.61 percent in the current fiscal ye...
Finance Minister Paudel unveils new budget
Opposition bloc allows budget presentation but to continue House obstruction until Lekhak resigns. Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel has started presenting the budget for the upcoming fiscal year 202...
Everest Summiteers Summit concludes with call for collective Himalayan protection
Kathmandu May 29 Everest Summiteers Summit concludes with call for collective Himalayan protection The Everest Summiteers Summit concluded with a call for collective responsibility to protect the...
Government projects 89.4% of budget will be spent in current fiscal year
Kathmandu, May 29 The government has estimated that only 89.4 percent of the total allocation will be spent in the current fiscal year 2024/25. While presenting the budget for the upcoming fiscal...
355 km of new roads blacktopped in eight months
Economic Survey reports Nepal has over 19,000 km of paved roads to date The government has constructed 355 kilometres of new blacktopped roads across Nepal in the first eight months of the current...
Government to auction assets of cooperative fraudsters to compensate victims
Revolving fund to support victims. Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel on Thursday said the government will auction the properties of those involved in cooperative fund embezzlement and distribute the ...
Government to establish land banks in 100 municipalities
Policy aims to prevent cultivable land lying fallow and resolve landlessness issues. The government announced plans to establish land banks in 100 municipalities in the upcoming fiscal year Prese...
Finance minister vows commercialisation to boost agricultural productivity
Budget prioritises crop protection and alternative cultivation to mitigate wildlife damage. Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel, presenting the budget for fiscal year 2025-26 to the joint session of Pa...
Government allocates Rs730 million in subsidised loans for startups
Finance Minister announces low-interest loans to support innovation among young generation The government has allocated Rs 730 million in subsidised loans to support startups in the upcoming fisca...
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