June 26, 2025 · as published by Nepali news portals, newest first
KATHMANDU, June 25: The base interest rate of commercial banks has come down to as low as 4.9 percent for the month of mid-June and mid July, due to the banks’ failure to invest their excess loanab...
The visit visa scandal made headlines after the country’s anti-graft body raided the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) immigration and arrested several officials, including the chief, for issui...
Experts slam sub-par preparedness
The Rs49 billion project which is expected to transform agriculture in five districts through year-round irrigation and generate electricity, is in limbo. Despite high priority status of the Sunko...
Pregnant women, new mums, and girls aged 10-19 years have been deprived of the vital supplements since February. No relief before December. Iron and folic acid supply to state-run health facilitie...
Public dissatisfaction demands effective leadership, not an overhaul of the system. Growing political dissatisfaction around the world has changed the global outlook towards democracy. We have wit...
Amid ongoing protests by opposition parties, particularly the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), the government has decided to form a High-Level Committee for Study and Investigation on Immigration an...
The politician-bureaucrat chumminess is something to worry about. Those keeping up with the various twists and turns of the saga would agree there has been a ‘will-it-won’t-it’ edge to parliament’...
The new panel to probe the ‘visit visa’ scam fails to inspire trust. Yet there are ways to build confidence. As stipulated in the two-point agreement reached between the ruling parties and the mai...
RSP entered politics to change the system, but it now seems to have become part of the system it vowed to reform, observers say. Three years ago, the Rastriya Swatantra Party entered Nepali politi...
Secretariat lifts the suspension of Binda Pandey and Central Committee member Ushakiran Timalsina. The ruling CPN-UML has begun preparations for its second National Statute Convention with the par...
The draft proposes modest reforms, increased foreign investment caps, and greater emphasis on regional connectivity. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has proposed allowing up to...
The exhibition showcases 108 Lokeshwaras sketches by the late Siddhi Muni Shakya. Gallery 108, located in Durbar Marg, is hosting ‘Kalāko Vansha: Exhibit 2’, a spiritual showcase featuring the 108...
Madan Puraskar laureate and essayist Yubaraj Nayaghare discusses his travels and contemporary Nepali literature. Yubaraj Nayaghare is a Nepali writer and essayist known for his travelogues and sub...
The government's recent 'Economic Reform Implementation Action Plan-2082, based on recommendations from the High-Level Economic Reform Recommendation Commission, has stirred debate within Nepal's h...
Last fiscal year alone, rights commission recommended compensation in 17 torture cases. None prosecuted. Even as the incidents of torture continue to increase, not a single conviction has been mad...
THE HAGUE, June 26: He's already the world's most powerful man, but US President Donald Trump got a new nickname on Wednesday from NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte -- the "Daddy".
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 on Thursday, with rain and thun...
Trump says bunker-buster attack had devastated Iran’s nuclear programme, calling it “a victory for everybody.” US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would likely seek a commitment from Ir...
Kathmandu, June 26 Former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has been released on a bail guarantee of Rs 3.5 million in connection with the Patanjali land deal case. He exited the Special Court pre...
Directive applies to F, M and J non-immigrant visa categories and takes immediate effect. The US Embassy in Kathmandu has requested all applicants for F, M, and J category non-immigrant visas to s...
Authorities say the 52-year-old was collecting grass in a buffer zone forest when the animal attacked. A 52-year-old man was killed by a rhinoceros on Thursday morning while cutting grass in a buf...
In a warm and symbolically rich visit, South Africa’s High Commissioner Professor Anil Sooklal reaffirmed the deep-rooted friendship and emerging opportunities between South Africa and Nepal, empha...
Indian government facilitates evacuation. Seven more Nepalis were evacuated from Mashhad, Iran, to New Delhi on Wednesday with the support of the Indian government. The previous day, they were den...
Named after the world’s tallest mountain Sagarmatha (Mt Everest), Sagarmatha Sambaad continue to echo in the national and international arena concerning the forums impact. The answer is affirmative...
Intensified arrests, executions and military presence reported as Tehran shifts focus to internal dissent following ceasefire with Israel. Iranian authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Is...
Kathmandu, June 26 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is leaving for Spain on coming Saturday for an official visit, leading a Nepali delegation. In course of the official visit, he is scheduled to part...
Patan (Lalitpur), June 26 A flash flood occurred in a small stream at Mahankal Rural Municipality-6 Thuladurlung of Lalitpur took the life of sub-engineer Sabin Dahal. The flood emerged in the st...
KATHMANDU, June 26: The Euro and Pound Sterling strengthened against the Nepali rupee on Thursday, as per the exchange rates published by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).
Will also participate in investment promotion events in Italy and Germany. Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba will leave for Rome on Friday to attend the 44th session of the FAO Conference, which is...
Kathmandu, June 26 Recently, Body and Data, an organisation that advocates and campaigns for safe digital space, launched the South Asians for Digital Rights (SADR) Coalition, a first-of-its-kind ...
KATHMANDU, June 26: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Dr Minendra Rijal stated that labeling pro-monarchy activities as unconstitutional is inappropriate.
Trafficked on promises of well-paid jobs, survivors say they were confined, starved and forced to lure others. Man Bahadur BK, 13, left his home in Kailali, hoping to ease his family’s hardship. W...
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