Family of Nepali youth killed in Ukraine war seeks repatriation of remains
The youth remained in regular contact with his family during his initial training period, but his last communication was on November 26, 2023.
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Drone helps Nepali farmers tackle old challenges
A sugarcane farmer from Kanchanpur has made his farm profitable by using drones to spray fertiliser and pesticide.
Late Nepali Hamas hostage Bipin Joshi cremated with state honours
The 24-year-old had been working at Kibbutz Alumim under Israel’s Learn and Earn Programme with 16 other Nepali students when the attack occurred in October 2023. Other ten…
Nepali workers return home empty-handed after losing family members and wages in India floods
Survivors lament unpaid wages and lack of support as the search for the missing slows.
Rescued from captivity in India, 57 Nepalis return home with tales of ‘abuse and deception’
Victims say they were lured with promises of lucrative jobs, housed in poor conditions, given barely enough food, and pressured to recruit others.
Retired Nepali Gurkha soldiers in India’s Dehradun keep the traditional Naumati music alive
In the bustling city of Dehradun in India, the traditional music of Naumati—a set of nine traditional Nepali percussion and wind instruments—echoes during auspicious occasions…
More tigers, more conflict and more challenges as Nepal lacks space, funds for captured ones
The country's tiger population nearly tripled to 355 in 12 years, but reducing conflicts and managing captured tigers remains a struggle, say officials.
Relentless wait for a Nepali’s missing brother’s return from Israel
Seventeen-year-old Pushpa Joshi awaits the return of her brother Bipin, who went missing after a Hamas attack in Israel last year.
22 years and 33 panels later, displaced families in Nepal’s Shuklaphanta still in limbo
Failure to rehabilitate hundreds of families is hurting both their well-being and wildlife, say conservationists.
Covid cases are rising among people returning to Nepal from India
Since March 14, as many as 58 people returning from India have been found infected with Covid. Antigest tests were conducted on 105 people and four tests returned positive.