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Nepal Telecom to begin delayed 5G trials in June

Nepal will begin its first 5G internet services trial in June, almost after a delay of over a year, which will cover both urban and rural areas, officials said

Nepal’s communist parties, election body spar over word ‘communism’

Communist parties in Nepal have locked horns with the top election body after the latter removed “communism” from one of the communist parties' statutes, terming it a contradiction with the constitution

Amid declining forex, Nepal introduces measures to cut imports

Weeks after Nepal’s central bank introduced measures to cut imports, traders and importers have hiked the prices of goods, fueling an artificial shortage in the coming days

Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba wins party president election, set to lead Nepali Congress in next general election

Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday won the crucial party election, becoming the president of the ruling Nepali Congress for a second consecutive term, defeating his nearest rival Shekhar Koirala from the country’s influential Koirala family

With reduced power of chief justice, Nepal’s apex court to resume work today

Nepal’s Supreme Court is set to resume its works from Wednesday after a prolonged crisis-- after allegations involving the dealings with the government surfaced against Chief Justice Cholendra Sumsher Rana--as judges reached a compromise that stripped Justice Rana of its prerogative to assign cases

A Nepali border district dependent on China faces severe food shortages

Humla, a northernmost Nepali district along the China border, has been facing severe food shortages as the district has mostly relied on supplies from China, which has not opened its border since the pandemic began in early 2020

Urgent concrete actions required to prevent custodial deaths, says Amnesty Nepal

Nepal must take “urgent and concerted actions” to prevent custodial deaths through appropriate legal accountability measures, a human rights watchdog said, amid continued instances of custodial deaths in the country

Lawyers in Nepal to boycott hearings seeks resignation of tainted chief justice

The judiciary crisis in Nepal over the continuance of controversial Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana appears nowhere close to an end as lawyers have decided to boycott all hearings

Nepal urged by US to ratify MCC compact for transmission lines and highways project: China is said to oppose agreement

A senior official of the US State Department has urged Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to ratify the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Nepal Compact under which the country would receive $500 million for the improvement of its electricity transmission network and highways

Nepal transitions to e-passports to improve passport profile

Nepal began issuing e-passports from Wednesday, replacing the old machine-readable passports, in a move that would slightly increase the profile of the Nepali passport, currently ranked at 110th position in the recent Henley Passport Index report

Supreme Court crisis continues in Nepal as tainted top judge sticks to position

The crisis in Nepal’s Supreme Court, over the demand of the resignation of Chief Justice Cholender Shumsher Rana, continued for the third week as the top judge, who has been facing serious allegations of compromising the institutional integrity, has reportedly been refusing to resign

Nepal allows the import of GM crops

Nepal has allowed the import of a few genetically modified crops, partially relaxing the complete ban put eight years ago, amid intense lobbying from the country’s poultry industry

Nepal to launch cholera vaccination drive after outbreak kills six

Nepali will soon launch a cholera vaccination drive after a deadly outbreak that started early last month killed at least six people and affected over a thousand so far in several villages

Nepal’s apex court judges refuse work, demand resignation of tainted Chief Justice

Nepal Bar Association, the umbrella body of the country’s lawyers, has now given a five-day deadline to Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana to step down

Nepal’s Supreme Court’s judges revolt against Chief Justice facing integrity questions

Serious trouble has been brewing in Nepal’s top court after its judges on Monday refused to attend the meeting called by Chief Justice Cholender Shumsher Rana, who has been facing allegations of compromising the integrity of the judiciary