December 19, 2025 · as published by Nepali news portals, newest first

Bhandari’s planned re-entry created rift in the UML, leading to Pokhrel’s candidacy. CPN-UML chief KP Sharma Oli defeated the party’s senior vice-chair Ishwar Pokhrel with a huge margin to get ele...

Butwal bench of the Tulsipur High Court has set bail at Rs27.48 million in Supreme Cooperative fraud case. The Butwal bench of the Tulsipur High Court on Thursday ordered the release of Rastriya S...

Lily Thapa says she has been assured of freedom of work without interference. A temporary truce at the National Human Rights Commission has halted the resignation of commissioner Lily Thapa follow...

French Embassy and Alliance française unveil Nepali edition of Maurice Herzog’s landmark mountaineering account. The French Embassy in Nepal and the Alliance Francaise Katmandou launched the Nepal...

Do we need parties that win elections or ones that keep democracy dynamic? When ordinary people break down from sorrow and pain and see no way forward, they look towards a light, search for a part...

Gen Z’s protest earned them the right to be seen and heard, not the right to rule or govern. When Gen Z leaders packed into the conference room with the prime minister and ministers to sign the 10...

UML convention delegates seemed oblivious of the sea-changes happening in front of their eyes. Incumbent chair of the CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli, secured a landslide re-election victory through the pa...

Lalitpur’s ‘Creative City of Music’ designation brings global visibility, but musicians warn that inclusion, education and long-term support will determine its real impact. Lalitpur, a city known ...

Stay informed and prepared: Plan your day with The Kathmandu Post’s weather updates. Weather across most parts of the country will remain mainly clear on Friday, according to the Meteorological Fo...

The deal marks a major step toward ending years of uncertainty over the app’s future in the United States, dating back to August 2020 when then President Donald Trump first sought to ban it. TikTo...

The airline, which controls over 60% of India’s domestic market, cancelled about 4,500 flights this month due to pilot roster failures, stranding tens of thousands of passengers. India’s competiti...

Around 60 Nepali student groups abroad have urged the government to uphold Nepalis’ fundamental right to vote by enabling secure digital i-voting for citizens overseas. Without such a system, migra...

Kathmandu, Dec 19: The government has established legal provisions to determine percentages based on population for the proportional election system. To this end, the Council of Ministers has appro...

In an effort to formalise the outcomes of the Gen Z revolution, a ten-point agreement was recently signed between the Government of Nepal and Gen Z representatives, which has also given momentum to...
KATHMANDU, Dec 19: The office bearers and central committee members elected at the CPN-UML’s 11th General Convention took their oath of office on Thursday, with newly re-elected party chair KP Shar...

Kathmandu, Dec 19: This year, 39 schools in the Kathmandu Metropolitan City have changed their names to better represent Nepali identity. The Metropolitan City Education Department has confirmed th...
KATHMANDU, Dec 19: The 11th General Convention of the CPN-UML, which concluded formally on Thursday, has passed a 24-point political proposal on contemporary issues.
KATHMANDU, Dec 19: The CPN (UML) has called the first meeting of the newly elected Central Committee.

Bhadrapur (Jhapa), Dec 19: Up to the end of Mangsir (Mid-December) in the current fiscal year 2082/83, 496 new small and cottage industries have been registered in the district. According to Janaki...

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Only one-fourth of the Nepali insurance companies have declared dividends to their shareholders from the profits of the last fiscal year.
LONDON, Dec 19: The Bank of England cut its key interest rate to 3.75 percent on Thursday after UK inflation eased faster than expected and as the economy weakens.
KATHMANDU, Dec 19: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has been receiving an increasing number of complaints against Prabhu Management Pvt Ltd (PMPL), a subsidiary of Prabhu Grou...

Kathmandu, Dec 19: The weather across the country is expected to be predominantly clear today. According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Weather Forecasting Division, during the da...
COLOMBO, Dec 19: Sri Lanka's government announced plans on Thursday for $1.6 billion in extra spending in 2026 to fund the country's recovery from Cyclone Ditwah, which killed more than 640 people.
While ANFA has been fined USD2,000, FAM and one of its players has been slapped with USD22,500 in total. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) penalised the All Nepal Football Association USD2,00...

Kathmandu, Dec 19: The government has accelerated the classification of individuals injured during the Gen-Z demonstrations that took place on September 8 and 9. The Home Ministry has indicated tha...

Morang, Dec 19: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens, Shraddha Shrestha, said that the government is acutely aware of the need to prevent human trafficking, recognizing it as a grave of...

BERLIN, Dec 19: Berlin launched a "Germany Fund" on Thursday that aims to gather up to 130 billion euros of investment in start-ups as Chancellor Friedrich Merz battles to pull Europe's top economy...
DHAKA, Dec 19: Violence broke out in Bangladesh's capital early Friday after a youth leader of the country's 2024 pro-democracy uprising who was injured in an assassination attempt died in a hospit...
19th December 2025, Kathmandu Machhapuchchhre Bank Limited provides a comprehensive suite of remittance services designed to facilitate the smooth flow of funds from across the globe into Nepal. A...
KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Bangladesh plunged into fresh unrest following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent leader of the July Uprising, who succumbed to gunshot injuries while undergoing treatme...

European Union leaders agreed on Friday to provide a massive interest-free loan to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years, but they failed to bridge differences with...

Dozens of people lined the streets of Hong Kong on Friday to bid a tearful farewell to a firefighter killed tackling the world's deadliest residential building blaze since 1980. Ho Wai-ho, 37, die...
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