SOCIETY, Republica Watch
Facebook, YouTube, X among platforms to go offline as Nepal moves to ban unregistered soci...
Facebook, YouTube, X among platforms to go offline as Nepal...
Nepal has blocked more than two dozen social media and OTT platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, and X, for failing to register with the government as mandated by a SC directive. Platforms that complete the registration process can resume operations, but critics warn the move...
Sep 05, 2025
OPINION
Time to Turn Climate Policy into Action
Time to Turn Climate Policy into Action
Nepal integrates ICJ opinion into climate commitments but faces hurdles in implementation.
Sep 05, 2025
ECONOMY
Govt mulls to set up National Payments Board as an oversight agency
Govt mulls to set up National Payments Board as an oversight...
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has prepared the draft bill to amend the ‘Payments and Settlement (First Amendment) Act 2025,’ which proposes the formation of the board under the chairmanship of the governor of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).
Sep 05, 2025
SOCIETY
19 more Nepalis deported from US arrive home amid ongoing deportations
19 more Nepalis deported from US arrive home amid ongoing de...
Of the 19 deportees, 17 are men and 2 are women.
Sep 05, 2025
Editorial
Overcrowded and Neglected
Overcrowded and Neglected
Nepal’s prisons are in deep crisis, with recent deaths at Jhumka and Kailali exposing severe overcrowding, poor healthcare, and weak administration. Without urgent reforms, prisons risk becoming centres of tragedy rather than rehabilitation.
Sep 05, 2025
ECONOMY
Govt releases Rs 750 million grant amount for sugarcane farmers
Govt releases Rs 750 million grant amount for sugarcane farm...
This amount corresponds to the payment for around 20,160,000 quintals of sugarcane supplied by farmers from 13 districts to sugar mills.
Sep 04, 2025
SOCIETY
Embossed vehicle plates key to Digital Nepal, Rs 3 billion at stake: Minister Dahal
Embossed vehicle plates key to Digital Nepal, Rs 3 billion a...
Dahal said that agreements for embossed number plates had already been made under previous governments and failing to install them would cost the government Rs 3 billion in compensation to construction companies.
Sep 04, 2025
POLITICS
Ramhari Khatiwada elected unopposed as chair of PHC
Ramhari Khatiwada elected unopposed as chair of PHC
Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker Ram Hari Khatiwada has been elected unopposed as the chair of the Parliamentary Hearing Committee.
Sep 04, 2025
SOCIETY
Valley police urge public to curb noise pollution
Valley police urge public to curb noise pollution
As part of the initiative, police have requested the public to avoid loud conversations between 5 am and 7 am, refrain from excessive use of vehicle horns, and prevent disturbances such as loud whistling at night.
Sep 04, 2025
WORLD
Pakistani Taliban kill 2 border troops as presence increase
Pakistani Taliban kill 2 border troops as presence increase
Militancy has resurged in the border regions with Afghanistan since the return to power of the Afghan Taliban in Kabul in 2021.
Sep 04, 2025