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Nepal set for pilgrim influx as Kailash yatra resumes
The Kathmandu Post
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Nepali tourism entrepreneurs this year expect to cater to at least 25,000 Indian pilgrims embarking on the revered Kailash Manasarovar yatra in Tibet, China. After improved diplomatic ties with New Delhi, Beijing officially resumed the pilgrimage...
Nepal News Evening Economic Brief – July 10, 2025
Nepal News
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July 10, 2025
KATHMANDU: Welcome to Nepal News’ Evening Economic Brief—your go-to source on key financial updates in Nepal. Stay informed with concise insights on market trends, economic indicators, and policy shifts. Here are today’s top economic news...
Nepal News Evening Briefing | Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Nepal News
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July 9, 2025
KATHMANDU: Stay informed with Nepal News’ daily evening briefing, covering the most significant developments from Nepal and around the world. From politics and economy to sports, entertainment, and culture, we bring you a concise summary of the...
Nepal News Evening Economic Brief – July 9, 2025
Nepal News
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KATHMANDU: Welcome to Nepal News’ Evening Economic Brief—your go-to source on key financial updates in Nepal. Stay informed with concise insights on market trends, economic indicators, and policy shifts. Here are today’s top economic news...
Currencies of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka to be convertible in Nepal
Xinhua News Agency
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KATHMANDU, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Nepal's central bank announced on Friday that it would categorize the Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan currencies as convertible foreign exchanges in the country, a move that has made tourism professionals happy. "The...
Glacial lake outburst in Tibet triggers deadly flood in Nepal
Phayul
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July 11, 2025
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, July 11: A massive glacial lake outburst in Tibet’s Kyirong County has triggered a devastating flood that surged into northern Nepal this week, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. The incident, which occurred on...
Kolkata to get back air link to Nepal after 11 months, direct flights from September 1
ETTravelWorld.com
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July 11, 2025
Image credit - iStock-868924070 After a gap of nearly eleven months, Kolkata is set to have direct flight connectivity with Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. Travellers between Kolkata and Kathmandu currently have to travel via Delhi. Buddha Air,...
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Nepal
Human Rights Watch
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July 11, 2025
Introduction 1. Human Rights Watch submits the following information regarding Nepal’s human rights record since its 2021 Universal Periodic Review (UPR), including efforts towards implementation of recommendations it accepted as well as...
Nepal News Evening Briefing | Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Nepal News
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July 8, 2025
KATHMANDU: Stay informed with Nepal News’ daily evening briefing, covering the most significant developments from Nepal and around the world. From politics and economy to sports, entertainment, and culture, we bring you a concise summary of the...
Nepal’s opponents in Australia’s Top End T20 Series revealed
The Kathmandu Post
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A total of 11 teams, including Nepal, will be competing in the fourth edition of the Top End T20 Series, an annual cricket tournament organised by the cricketing body of Australia’s Northern Territory, taking place in Darwin from August 14 to 24....
Flood without rain in Nepal raises concerns about Glacial Lake Outbursts
The Hindu
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July 11, 2025
There were no rain forecasts, so no warning alert as such. But early Tuesday, massive floods on the Bhotekoshi river in Rasuwa, a district bordering China, killed at least nine people and left 19 missing. Nepal’s police and Army personnel carried...
Nepal News Evening Economic Brief – July 8, 2025
Nepal News
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July 8, 2025
KATHMANDU: Welcome to Nepal News’ Evening Economic Brief—your go-to source on key financial updates in Nepal. Stay informed with concise insights on market trends, economic indicators, and policy shifts. Here are today’s top economic news...
Bridge to Nepal Washed Away as Flash Floods Rock China
Asia Financial
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July 10, 2025
Extreme weather events have become a regular feature of China’s wet season, and this week yielded more drama, with the Friendship Bridge between China and Nepal washed away on Tuesday. Nine people died and over a dozen are missing, according to a...
India rescues Tibet-Nepal flash-flood stranded Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrims
Tibetan Review
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July 10, 2025
(TibetanReview.net, Jul10’25) – Indian pilgrims returning after visiting Mt Kailash and Lake Mansarovar in eastern Tibet’s Ngari prefecture, stranded by the devastating Jul 8 Tibet-Nepal border flash floods, were safely evacuated via the Zhangmu...
Update: Glacial lake burst in Tibet led to devastating Tibet-Nepal flood
Tibetan Review
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July 10, 2025
(TibetanReview.net, Jul10’25) – The deadly flood in Nepal’s Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people and left more than two dozen missing this week was triggered by the draining of a supraglacial lake in Tibet, reported Reuters Jul 10,...
Amy Brenneman on Martha’s Vineyard, a blank journal, and being transformed by travel
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Actress Amy Brenneman has traveled the world and has lived in Paris and Nepal, but she holds a special place in her heart for Martha’s Vineyard, where she and her husband, filmmaker Brad Silberling, have had a home for 25 years — first in Chilmark...
Nepal-China border flood leaves 18 missing, damages major hydropower projects and Rasuwagadhi highway
Asianet Newsable
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July 8, 2025
A massive flood near the Nepal-China border has left 18 people missing and damaged key hydropower plants generating 200 MW. Roads, bridges, and infrastructure in Rasuwa have collapsed, severely affecting rescue and electricity operations. A total...
UPI in UAE: Indians may soon need only phones, passports to travel
The Siasat Daily
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July 10, 2025
Dubai: Indians travelling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may soon need nothing more than their passports and mobile phones, as advancing digital payment integration is set to eliminate the need for cash, cards, or other payment methods. This...
Nepal sees positive outcome from reforestation project using local knowledge
Mongabay
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July 8, 2025
A reforestation project that integrated local communities and their ecological knowledge in Nepal is showing the fruits of success, almost one decade since the completion of the project. Local communities in six study sites across the western...
Nepal’s crisis isn’t policy, it’s governance
Khabarhub
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July 8, 2025
If someone were to ask what Nepal’s primary problem was 15–20 years ago—and still is today—the answer would be clear: governance. Governance remains Nepal’s foremost and most fundamental development agenda. Yet, it continues to be ignored. The...