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Nepal has not recorded any case of Nipah virus infection so far, but the government has placed the country on high public health alert following confirmed cases in neighbouring India and heightened regional surveillance,...

In a major crackdown on organized tourism fraud, the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has arrested six high-profile operators of travel and mountain rescue agencies on the charges of orchestrating a lar...

It was the first rally by supporters of ousted King Gyanendra since a wave of violent demonstrations by disgruntled youth in September installed an interim government that set fresh parliamentary elections in March.

8The Nepali Army (NA) has intensified preparations to mobilize 80,000 personnel ahead of the House of Representatives (HoR) elections scheduled for March 5.

A curfew was imposed on a key border city in southern Nepal after Hindu and Muslim groups began protesting against each other following the vandalism of a mosque over the weekend, officials said Tuesday.

As tourist numbers climb back towards record highs, Nepal is rolling out a new digital registration system to track every foreign visitor, in a move officials say will boost safety and curb visa misuse.

Nepalese officials on Wednesday inked a landmark agreement with representatives of the Gen Z movement, whose September uprising toppled the Himalayan nation's government.

Police on Tuesday dispersed a group of Gen Z activists, who attempted to enter Singha Durbar to meet Prime Minister Sushila Karki.

Nepal's police have arrested 423 people accused of crimes ranging from murder to vandalism during a deadly mass uprising in September that toppled the government, according to police data released on Monday (Nov 10)....

At least seven climbers, including five foreigners and two Nepalis, have died after being hit by an avalanche on a Himalayan peak in north-eastern Nepal, expedition agency Seven Summit Treks said.

A Nepali Army rescue team from the New Bhairabidal Battalion in Manang rescued over 1,500 people, including 200 foreigners, stranded due to heavy snowfall.

Cases of scrub typhus have surged in central Nepal, with 246 infections confirmed in Chitwan and 44 in Nawalpur, according to health authorities.

Early-season snowfalls have stranded hikers in two mountainous areas in western China, including several hundred at the base of Mount Everest, and forced the closing of trails in a third.

Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods blocking roads, washing away bridges and killing at least 47 people since Friday in Nepal, officials said on Sunday.

Nepal’s prime minister on Monday selected three new ministers to join her interim administration, which is tasked with holding fresh elections in March after violent street protests last week led to the collapse of the p...

Soldiers guarded Nepal's parliament and patrolled deserted streets on Wednesday amid a curfew in the capital Kathmandu, after two days of deadly anti-corruption protests forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign.

Thousands defy curfew as ‘Gen Z’ demonstrations against ban and political corruption continue.

Unrest killed at least 14 people and injured dozens in Nepal's capital on Monday, state TV said, as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to storm parliament in anger at a social media shutdown an...

At least eight people were killed and over two dozen were missing after the Bhote Koshi River flooded, washing away the "Friendship Bridge" that links China and Nepal, officials said on Tuesday.

More than 100 people have died since Wednesday after unseasonably heavy rain lashed parts of India and Nepal, officials said, as the weather department predicted more rain for the region.