ROYAL MESS: Office buildings vandalised and set on fire at Tinkune, the building on the left is the one in which Avenues TV journalist Suresh Rajak was killed after rioters set fire to it. Photo: ...

“I was brave enough to take a motorcycle taxi around Kathmandu yesterday, I probably died five times during that journey,” says Alok Jain, an international expert on public transport operations and ...

Kathmandu ground to a halt on Friday as pro- and anti-monarchy protests rocked separate parts of the capital. While the Socialist Front led by the Maoist Centre Party held a large rally in the centre ...

Transport is one of the biggest and fastest-growing sources of carbon emissions in Nepal where private cars and motorcycles make up 87% of the registered vehicles and 37% of the total emissions.

Nepal exports rose to Rs 158.17 billion in the first eight months of this fiscal year, a 57% increase. Soybean oil, yarn, sunflower oil, woollen carpets, plywood, iron sheets, large cardamom, ...

A high-level meeting between the energy secretaries of Nepal and India last month agreed to build six high-voltage cross-border transmission lines to facilitate the export of up to 18,000MW of ...

The former Bogota mayor Enrique Peñalosa who implemented a successful bus rapid transit system for his city once said: “Democracy can be measured by the width of a country’s sidewalks.” To this, we ...

AQysta Nepal is helping a co-op of 272 famers export 8 tonnes of raw ginger from Palpa to Europe. Further exports of 12 tonnes of dried ginger are planned.

Nepali films have in the past often portrayed women in limited, one-dimensional roles: selfless mothers, obedient wives, or victims of abuse. Nepal’s very first feature film, Ama was a pioneering ...

NMB Bank, the International Finance Corporation and the EU held a three-day training about sustainable financing, focusing on energy, agro-business, and Small and Medium Enterprises.

Jagadamba Motors has launched the Proton e.MAS7 EV which comes in two variants, Prime and Premium, and in six colours. The Prime model has a 345km range and costs Rs5,699,000. The Premium has a 410km ...

Chinese telecom company ZTE has launched five smartphones from its Blade A and Nubia series. Prices for the phones range from Rs10,499 to Rs18,999.