Air Quality in Kathmandu Drops to “Very Unhealthy” as Lowest Temperature of the Year Recorded

21 Dec 2023

The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Kathmandu has reached the "very unhealthy" category as the mercury drops, setting a record for the lowest temperature of the year. The minimum temperature in the valley dropped to 4.8 degrees Celsius, the lowest recorded temperature in the current year. As per the pollution...

Nepal: 4.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Kathmandu

29 Aug 2023

On Tuesday, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter scale struck an area around 250 kilometers from Kathmandu, according to the National Center for Seismology. The earthquakes happened at 10:13 a.m. on Tuesday. The earthquake was reported at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to NCS. “Earthquake...

Makers Of Adipurush Apologize To Kathmandu Mayor

20 Jun 2023

Om Raut's Adipurush was released on June 16, and since then it has been receiving flak on social media platforms. It is being criticized for its poor VFX and dialogues. For the unversed, recently, Kathmandu Mayor Balen Shah banned the release of Adipurush and other Indian films there. Well, the...

China stops Nepal’s trucks at border point

03 May 2023

Officials cited by the Kathmandu Post have reported that Beijing has introduced a new regulation that prohibits trucks from Nepal from crossing the border with China at Tatopani. Instead, their cargo must be transferred to Chinese trucks for transportation to destinations in Tibet. Nepal's exports through the Tatopani border point,...

Kathmandu tops list of polluted cities in world

16 Apr 2023

As forest fires continue to rage across the country, reducing visibility, Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, has maintained its top 10 ranking on the list of the world's most polluted cities. Kathmandu ranked first on Sunday at noon, with the Air Quality Index surpassing the threshold of 190, according to...

Nepal parliamentarian’s mother succumbs to burns in LPG cylinder blast; MP to be airlifted to Mumbai for treatment

16 Feb 2023

Nepal Member of Parliament, Chandra Bhandari and his mother Harikala Bhandari sustained critical burns in an LPG gas leakage induced blast. Although, Bhandari’s mother, Harikala succumbed to her injuries on Thursday, 16 February 2023 at the Kirtipur Burns Hospital, Nepal, where the MP and her mother were undergoing treatment. According...

Nepal: People celebrate Bala Chaturdashi festival at Pashupatinath Temple

22 Nov 2022

On Bala Chaturdashi, people in Nepal lit lamps and cast them into the Bagmati River, which flows by the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. In Nepal, Bala Chaturdashi is observed in honour of departed family members. On the river, people float oil lamps in an effort to illuminate the afterlife for...

Massive landslide occurs in Achham district of Nepal; 22 killed, 10 injured

18 Sep 2022

Due to a landslide in Nepal’s Achham district, about 450 km (281 miles) west of the capital city of Kathmandu, many homes were destroyed and many people have fallen victim to it as some of them are injured and some have lost their lives. Officials said on Sunday that the...