ECONOMY
Silk industry highlighted as key to rural income, employment, and exports
Silk industry highlighted as key to rural income, employment...
Promotion of sericulture and the silk industry can be a key to boosting rural income, creating jobs, and promoting exports through coordinated development and skill-building initiatives.
Jan 10, 2026
POLITICS
I couldn’t save party unity despite exercising maximum flexibility: RSP chair Lamichhane
I couldn’t save party unity despite exercising maximum flexi...
The merger between RSP and Ujyaalo Nepal collapsed in under two weeks as RSP Chairman Rabi Lamichhane admitted he couldn’t preserve unity amid disputes over leadership, party name, and seat allocations.
Jan 10, 2026
WORLD
New rallies in Iran as son of shah calls for city centres to be seized
New rallies in Iran as son of shah calls for city centres to...
The two weeks of protests have posed one of the biggest challenges to the theocratic authorities who have ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, although supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has expressed defiance and blamed the United States.
Jan 10, 2026
POLITICS
Influential NC leader Chandra Bhandari stresses party unity ahead of Special General Conve...
Influential NC leader Chandra Bhandari stresses party unity...
NC leader Chandra Bhandari urges unity, warning the party must not split amid internal debates over the Special General Convention.
Jan 10, 2026
SOCIETY
Passing language test won’t guarantee work in Korea
Passing language test won’t guarantee work in Korea
According to the EPS Korea Section, not all Nepali candidates who pass the Korean language test are eligible to go to South Korea, as the number of workers demanded by the Korean side is limited.
Jan 10, 2026
POLITICS
RSP and Ujyaalo Nepal merger collapses amid leadership disputes
RSP and Ujyaalo Nepal merger collapses amid leadership dispu...
Merger talks between RSP and Ujyaalo Nepal hit a deadlock as Kulman Ghising withdraws over leadership disputes.
Jan 10, 2026
WORLD
UN Security Council plans emergency meeting on Ukraine Monday
UN Security Council plans emergency meeting on Ukraine Monda...
"The Russian Federation has reached an appalling new level of war crimes and crimes against humanity by its terror against civilians," Ukrainian ambassador Andriy Melnyk said in a letter to the Security Council seen by AFP on Friday.
Jan 10, 2026
POLITICS
Printing machine worth Rs 250 million remains idle at EC for eight years
Printing machine worth Rs 250 million remains idle at EC for...
Efforts to operationalize the machine are now reportedly underway. A seven-member team led by engineer Ramchandra Paudel, including engineers from various government agencies, was formed in December to assess the machine.
Jan 10, 2026
WORLD
'Racing against time': Death toll rises after Philippines trash site collapse
'Racing against time': Death toll rises after Philippines tr...
About 50 sanitation workers were buried when refuse toppled onto them Thursday from what a city councillor estimated was a height of 20 storeys at the Binaliw Landfill, a privately operated facility in Cebu City.
Jan 10, 2026
POLITICS
‘EC to monitor social sites to curb fake news, misinformation’
‘EC to monitor social sites to curb fake news, misinformatio...
The EC officials said the EC was closely monitoring the possibilities of wrong news, fake news and negative activities that could be circulated on social sites targeting the March 5 HoR polls.
Jan 10, 2026