At least 288 people are now known to have been killed and 850 injured in a multiple train collision in India's eastern Odisha state, officials say. More than 200 ambulances were sent to the scene in Balasore district, says Odisha's chief secretary Pradeep Jena.
The lack of bridges over many rivers and rivulets along the Karnali Corridor, especially on the route from Pili in Bajura district to Paima in Humla district, has severely impacted transportation services in the region. Vehicles have to cross the rivers braving the powerful water current and risking the life of the commuters. Upendra Jaisi, who drives a Bolero jeep from Surkhet to Salisalla in Humla, shared his harrowing experience of driving over the treacherous Pili River without
Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila has reached the base camp of Annapurna I and is expected to try and scale the mountain within a week. A few days ago, Harila successfully summitted Mount Dhaulagiri, which
Neerphool, a film written and directed by Phulman Bal, is scheduled to be released across the country on June 9. Speaking at a press conference held in Kathmandu on Friday, director Bal said that Neerphool is an authentic Nepali film that will cater to the audience's desires. The story of the film revolves around the Rubi Valley in Dhading district.
Debt-stricken Sri Lanka, which declared bankruptcy last year, is showing signs of economic improvement but its recovery still faces challenges, the International Monetary Fund said Friday.
Leaders of the CPN (Maoist Centre) have requested China to construct the some projects under Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on grant.
The synthetic drug trade in Asia is roaring to “extreme levels,” with crime groups establishing new trafficking routes to evade enforcement crackdowns and methamphetamine prices hitting fresh lows, according to a new report released Friday.
As pre-monsoon starts, the government is set to be prepared for rescue and rehabilitation efforts through the integrated disaster management system.
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has said that all vehicles operating outside of the Kathmandu Valley should be only operated from the New Buspark at Gongabu in Kathmandu.
Talking to the media from Nepal in New Delhi this morning, the PM said that there has been a breakthrough in energy trade adding that crucial achievements have been obtained for the development of hydroelectricity sector.
The night skies of this month would offer avid star-gazers the charismatic charms of pleasing planets like Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Other copious confounding constellations sketched by strange stars could be also relished resoundingly. The elusive planet Mercury would be visible at dawn in eastern sky shortly and eventually fade out of view at the sunrise
Last year, villagers in the northern part of Shankhuwashabha district (Eastern Nepal) were enjoying the long summer days of June-July in their fields for plantations of millet (Nepali name: Kodo; biological name: Eleusine coracana). The farmers in their bigger squads from Namase, Rukuma, Chepuwa, Lingam, Chyamtang, Chumsur and Ridakh villages of Shankhuwashabha district were busy from dawn to dusk and considered the season as the season of eating grams to earn tonnes of grains for the whole year. They know their geographic and climatic limitations, as their agriculture heavily relies on the monsoon. Schools and campuses are often closed as a part of summer vacation (locally called monsoon holiday); hence, they have more arms in the field.