Kathmandu, June 25 Tea factories that had been shut down due to export disruptions have resumed operations after the government assured tea producers that their concerns would be addressed through a special task force. Tea processing plants in Jhapa and Ilam had suspended operations from June 15 and June 18, respectively, following obstacles imposed by […] The post Government assurance leads to reopening of tea factories appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, June 25 The International Football Federation (FIFA) has suspended the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA). The Bureau of the FIFA Council decided on Wednesday to suspend ANFA until further notice, under Article 14 of the FIFA Statutes. Citing the third-party interference, FIFA suspended ANFA. With this decision, ANFA has lost all membership rights it […] The post FIFA suspends ANFA and halts all funding to Nepal football appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Until Grade 7, children dutifully memorise the anatomy of a keyboard, trace the rectangular outlines of monitors in their notebooks, and memorise abstract definitions of “software” and “operating systems.” Yet, for a vast majority of these students, the actual machine remains a phantom. They have read the books, but they have never pressed a key. […] The post The ghost labs of Kathmandu: The mirage of digital education for the urban poor appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Artist Krishna Gopal Shrestha’s solo exhibition ‘Archetype’ is on display at the gallery 108, Durbar Marg, from June 12. Shrestha, who is doing his MPhil, encountered the subject archetype during his academic research and felt his artworks were similar to the concept of archetypes, which resonated closely with the themes and visual language of his […] The post Archetype: A dialogue across time, tracing the transformation of cultural memory appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Few countries in the world face a geopolitical environment as complex and consequential as Nepal. Nestled in the Himalayas between the rising power of China and the regional giant India, and increasingly engaged by the United States, Nepal occupies a strategic space disproportionate to its territorial size and economic weight. Throughout its modern history, Nepal […] The post Nepal navigating great powers: China, India and the United States from the Cold War to the 21st Century appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

On the occasion of International Public Service Day, marked on 23 June, the key question for Nepal is whether we are guaranteeing every citizen’s right to access quality public services, or whether our fiscal policies are aggravating inequality, increasing future risks, and imposing additional financing pressure on citizens. Public services are not just development programmes, […] The post The urgent need for progressive fiscal reforms in Nepal appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Leadership instability, sequencing failure, and weak institutional trust—not engineering constraints—continue to delay Nepal’s most important storage hydropower project. Despite decades of political attention, the Budhigandaki Hydropower Project remains unimplemented. Recent government decisions to pursue implementation through a high-level authority rather than the previous company-based structure indicate continued efforts to find an effective institutional model. Yet […] The post Governance, not engineering, holds back Budhigandaki Hydropower Project appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Artificial intelligence and digital governance are no longer experimental features of public administration; they are becoming structural elements of how states organise authority, deliver services, and define efficiency itself. Across many countries, governments are increasingly embedding digital systems and AI-enabled tools into core administrative functions, from service delivery to policymaking. This shift is not merely […] The post Ambitious policies and ground realities in Nepal’s digital governance appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Nepal’s education system is shaped by factors such as gender, ethnicity, caste, disability, geography, language, poverty, health, and other forms of social and economic disadvantage. To promote equity in education, Nepal’s public education financing has adopted targeted interventions, including scholarships, free textbooks, sanitary pad distribution, Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI)-friendly infrastructure, and residential […] The post Public education financing in Nepal (FY 2078/79–2083/84) appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Nepal’s environmental assessment framework has been in place since the late 1990s, evolving through successive regulatory updates, including the current provisions under the Environment Protection Act 2019, Nepal. Over nearly three decades, the system has expanded in scope, coverage, and procedural detail. It has created a structured pathway through which projects are screened, assessed, and […] The post From compliance to credibility: What may strengthen environmental assessment outcomes in Nepal? appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.