World & Nation
A plane has crashed just after taking off from Nepal’s capital, killing 18 people and injuring a pilot who was the lone survivor.
July 24, 2024
Nepal’s government has decided to ban the popular social media app TikTok, saying it was disrupting ‘social harmony’ in the small Himalayan country.
Nov. 14, 2023
Nepal’s government has banned its citizens from going to Russia and Ukraine for work, saying many have been recruited by the Russian army to fight.
Jan. 5, 2024
Riot police clash with thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former king who tried to march on the capital to demand the restoration of the monarchy.
Nov. 23, 2023
A couple in Nepal became the first there to have their same-sex marriage legally recognized, in one of the few Asian countries to allow such unions.
Nov. 29, 2023
Officials say death toll is expected to rise after magnitude 5.6 quake strikes Nepal’s mountainous northwest, killing at least 37 people.
Nov. 3, 2023
Aid is trickling into villages in Nepal’s mountainous northwest after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that killed 157 people and left thousands homeless.
Nov. 6, 2023
A strong earthquake has shaken northwestern Nepal, and officials say at least 128 people are dead and dozens more injured as rescuers search mountain villages.
Nov. 4, 2023
The flight data and cockpit voice recorders have been found at the site of a plane crash near the tourist town of Pokhara.
Jan. 16, 2023
A 72-seat Nepali passenger aircraft crashed into a gorge while attempting to land at a newly opened airport in Pokhara, killing at least 68 people.
Jan. 15, 2023