Kathmandu, Feb 7 (IANS) Veteran Nepali actor Sunil Thapa, who also starred in several Bollywood films, including Mary Kom, passed away in Kathmandu on Saturday morning at the age of 68. Thapa died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital after his health suddenly deteriorated, hospital authorities said. He was brought to the hospital in an unconscious state, and following an ECG, he was declared dead due to suspected cardiac arrest, officials told the local media.Thapa was a tower…
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New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Political parties and candidates contesting Nepal’s upcoming March 5 general elections are increasingly targeting social media platforms, with a surge in advertising spending on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads, and Messenger, according to a media report. According to Nepal’s Kathmandu Post, data between October 20 and January 11 showed that the Rastriya Pariwartan Party spent the most on Facebook advertising during this period. “Following its merger with Ujy…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Senior members of Nepal’s former cabinet, including deposed Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, have reiterated the involvement of “foreign hands” behind the Gen Z protests that led to the ouster of the government in September 2025.Speaking to Russia’s state-run global television news network, RT, Oli said, “That (the uprising) was not a simple and usual thing. That was unusual, and it couldn’t have taken place all of a sudden. It was organised in a planned way; …
Kathmandu, Jan 10 (IANS) Nepal’s former King Gyanendra Shah on Saturday blamed the country’s political leadership for adopting an increasingly imbalanced foreign policy and conduct which is seriously affecting the country’s national interests. In an address to the nation ahead of the 304th birth anniversary of modern Nepal’s founder, Prithvi Narayan Shah — who is also his forefather — and National Unity Day on Sunday, the former monarch said the leadership’s failure to comprehend the count…
Kathmandu, Jan 7 (IANS) Nepali Cabinet Minister Kul Man Ghising on Wednesday resigned from his post amid pressure from Prime Minister Sushila Karki on ministers aligned with political parties to quit their ministerial positions. Ghising, who served as Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Physical Infrastructure and Transport, and Urban Development, submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Karki after serving 115 days in office. He was appointed minister on September 15 last ye…
Kathmandu, Jan 5 (IANS) The inquiry commission formed to investigate incidents during the Gen-Z movement last September announced on Monday that it has lifted the travel ban imposed on former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, allowing him to leave the Kathmandu Valley as well as the country. The commission decided to lift the restrictions after recording Oli’s statement regarding the incidents. Although Oli had previously questioned the neutrality of the commission and refused to appear before it…
Kathmandu, Dec 31 (IANS) When 2025 began, Nepal had a strong government with a near two-thirds majority, represented by the country’s two largest political parties — the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), or CPN (UML). After a rollercoaster of three governments in one-and-a-half years — all under former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, either with the backing of the Nepali Congress or the CPN (UML) — the two largest …
Kathmandu, Dec 29 (IANS) Nepal’s former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak on Monday told an inquiry commission that he had not issued any order to open fire on protesters during the Gen-Z protests in early September. According to government statistics, as many as 77 people lost their lives, and public and private property worth more than NPR 84 billion was damaged during the two-day movement.Lekhak, who served as Home Minister in the coalition government led by former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli at …
Kathmandu, Dec 28 (IANS) The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), the fourth-largest political party in Nepal’s dissolved House of Representatives, will head into the upcoming parliamentary elections by presenting Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah as its candidate for the country’s next Prime Minister. RSP President Rabi Lamichhane and Shah, both widely regarded as popular political figures, reached an agreement on Sunday morning following a prolonged dialogue.Under the deal, both sides ag…
Kathmandu, Dec 27 (IANS) Nepal interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Saturday held her first-ever direct meeting with top leaders of the country’s major political parties to discuss the parliamentary elections scheduled for March 5 next year. Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) [CPN (UML)] Chairperson KP Sharma Oli, and Nepali Communist Party Coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal reached the Prime Minister’s official residence to dis…