World Bank cuts Nepal’s growth rate to 2.1% for 2025/26 from 5.2%

KATHMANDU:- Nepal’s economy is projected to grow at a sluggish rate of 2.1 per cent in the current fiscal year 2025/26, significantly lower from the previous year's 4.6 per cent, according to the..

Young leaders seek reorganisation of their parties

KATHMANDU:- Young leaders of various political parties have urged the second and third-tier leaders in their parties to take immediate initiative to reorganise their parties and replace the senior..

4 dead, including a child, after migrant boat sinks off Greek island

ATHENS, Greece (AP):- Four people, including a child, died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of an eastern Aegean island on Tuesday, Greece’s coast guard said. A coast guard..

Governor Newsom signs bills further cracking down on hate and antisemitism in California schools

SACRAMENTO:- Governor Gavin Newsom today signed two landmark bills — AB 715 (Zbur and Addis) and SB 48 (Senators Gonzalez and Weber Pierson and Assembly Members Fong and Ward) — to strengthen..

Condemned over Secretary Hegseth’s comments declaring the era of beard-cutting profiles

WASHINGTON:- Today, Rep. Grace Meng, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Representatives Jerrold Nadler and Brad Schneider, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Jewish Caucus..

A judge halted a Florida immigration law months ago. Some officers are still enforcing it

By MIKE SCHNEIDER, ORLANDO, Fla. (AP):- Two men last weekend were wrongly charged under a far-reaching Florida immigration law that’s currently suspended by a judicial order, according to a..

Thousands in Gaza are missing 2 years into the war. Tormented families search for clues

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SARAH EL DEEB, DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza City (AP):- When Israeli bombs began falling, Mohammad al-Najjar, his wife and six children fled their house in southern Gaza in the dead of..

Nepal wins fourth match under Women’s T20I Series

KATHMANDU:- Nepal has won the fourth match of the Women's Twenty20 International Series. Nepal defeated Malaysia by six wickets in today's match held in Malaysia. Nepal's victory today has..

Government announces immediate relief for flood and landslide victims

KATHMANDU:- The government has decided to provide immediate relief and restore essential services disrupted by recent floods and landslides. At a press conference held to announce the decisions of..

20 injured in Sindhupalchowk bus accident

SINDHUPALCHOWK:- At least 20 people have been injured when a bus collided against the road wall at Pachkilo in Sunkoshi Rural Municipality-7 along Jiri-Khadichaur road section today. The bus with..

PM Karki discusses election preparation with EC officials

KATHMANDU:- Prime Minister Sushila Karki held a meeting with the Election Commission (EC) officials Tuesday, focusing on the election to the House of Representatives announced for May 5,..

Commission’s report not needed to register criminal cases

KATHMANDU:- The Commission of Inquiry into the Incidents of September 8 and 9, 2025 has stated that there is no need to wait for a report from any other mechanisms of the Government to investigate..

Trump considers cutting US refugee intake to 7,500, focusing on white South Africans, officials say

By MATTHEW LEE, LISA MASCARO and CHRIS MEGERIAN, WASHINGTON (AP):- President Donald Trump is considering admitting far fewer refugees into the U.S. this year — as few as 7,500, and mostly..

Today’s weather forecast: monsoon winds diminishing

KATHMANDU:- The effect of monsoon winds is slowly decreasing. However, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Meteorological Forecasting Division, has reported that western winds continue to..

Floods damage 32 hydel projects

KATHMANDU:- Due to floods caused by heavy rains that occurred on October 3 and 4, 32 hydropower projects have been affected in 10 districts of three provinces. According to preliminary data..

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