KATHMANDU — Nepal Airlines on Thursday apologised for what it described as cartographic inaccuracies in the wake of a furore showing Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan in a “network map”. The airlines had deleted the social media post on Wednesday following the backlash. “We sincerely apologise for error in the network map recently […]
KATHMANDU — Police have arrested former Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak on charges of negligent killings during last September’s Gen Z protests. The arrests come a day after a new government led by Balendra Shah of the Rastriya Swatantra Party was sworn in, six months after the protests […]
KATHMANDU — A private airlines’ Pokhara-bound plane crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) here, killing 18 of the 19 people on board. The pilot of the Saurya Airlines plane survived the crash and was taken to hospital, officials said. The crash took place when the aircraft veered off the runway and burst […]
KATHMANDU — K P Sharma Oli on Monday was sworn in as Nepal’s Prime Minister for the fourth time. The leader of Nepal’s largest communist party was appointed Nepal’s Prime Minister on Sunday by President Ram Chandra Paudel to lead a new coalition government that faces the daunting challenge of providing political stability in the […]