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Budget 2026/27

What is budget, and how is it formed?

Every mid-Ashar, Nepal's fiscal year ends and a new fiscal year begins. Before the start of the new year, the government announces the budget for the coming year. For everyone from the private sector to the general public, the budget is the most important basis for planning for the future.

Economy

Let there be more international students in Nepal

In this second episode, we talk with Prof. Uddhab Pyakurel, Kathmandu University School of Arts, who emphasises that Nepal’s government must prioritise international students — for instance — simplify the visa process and fees for them and extend adequate support to universities, and budgetary support to extend scholarship opportunities to international students.

Society

For balanced international relations, the house has to be in order first

This episode with Gaurab Shumsher Thapa touched upon the foundational understanding of the broader themes of international relations, the history of Nepal's IR, the essence of soft power, national interest, and the principle of Panchsheel.

Rising Trishuli floodwaters have collapsed the Krishnabhir section of the Prithvi Highway and swept away a suspension bridge and four houses in Dhading, disrupting travel …

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The tunnel entrance was found about eight meters below a vertical access point

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Some 934 employees from 11 hydropower projects also remain unaccounted for

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Families and relatives have been visiting the NEA’s central office and urging authorities to accelerate the rescue operation.

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With search teams continuing to reach previously inaccessible areas, authorities fear the death toll could rise further as additional victims are recovered.

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Rescue efforts are underway at several hydropower projects where people remain trapped inside tunnels.

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According to Nepal Police, the bodies of 489 people had been recovered from various districts as of noon Friday.

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As of Friday morning, an estimated 2.5 million cubic metres of water had accumulated at the barrier lake

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132 bodies are recovered in Chitwan

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Doosan Group has pledged $5 million in emergency aid as its flagship Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project in Rasuwa suffers extensive flood damage and several workers …

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China warns of a high risk of barrier lake breach near Nepal’s northern border as rising water levels raise concerns over possible downstream flooding.

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