Kathmandu, September 15 Sugar consumption peaks during Dashain, Tihar and Chhath, but consumers have been struggling to find the essential commodity for more than two months as the festive season approaches. Sugar that was available for around Rs 95 per kg until April is now being sold for Rs 110 to more than Rs 150, […] The post Sugar shortage deepens ahead of Dashain as prices climb to Rs 170 per kg appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

American writer, visual artist, and literary translator Daisy Rockwell is best known globally for bringing South Asian masterpieces to a wider audience, most notably through her English translation of Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand, which won the International Booker Prize in 2022. Working primarily with Hindi and Urdu literature, Rockwell recently visited Nepal as a […] The post ‘AI can’t do a vibe check’   appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, September 15 The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Federal Affairs and General Administration has directed all ministries, commissions, secretariats, the offices of the chief ministers and councils of ministers of all seven provinces, and local governments to compulsorily release civil servants who have been transferred within the prescribed period. The ministry […] The post Govt orders mandatory release of transferred civil servants within stipulated period appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

When Keshu Thapa went to visit a Nepali in prison in Malaysia, he expected the difficult part to be the visit itself. Instead, what happened after he left stayed with him for years. The prison was far from the city. When Thapa came out, there was no taxi or bus available to take him back. […] The post How one Nepali migrant turned hardship into hope appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

The Himalayan flood came with the force of a tsunami, tearing through settlements with water, mud and debris and leaving behind homes without families, families without answers and communities struggling to understand the scale of what they have lost. The full number of people missing remains uncertain. Some may still be buried beneath layers of […] The post Himalayan flood: When the dead are still waiting to come home appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

A few years ago, most people bought a smartwatch mainly to count steps, track exercise, or check messages. Today, the same small device can continuously monitor movement, physical activity, heart rate, and sleep. This has led neuroscientists to ask whether information collected from the wrist might also tell us something useful about neurological health. A […] The post Can your smartwatch detect neurological disease? appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

India hosted the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12 and 13. Leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, several newer members and partner countries came together under the theme “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability.” It was a significant event. BRICS now represents more than half of the world’s population […] The post The Delhi BRICS Summit and what Nepal lost by staying away appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, September 14 Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) says its Candidate Club has received an encouraging number of applications despite the disruption caused by the devastating Bhotekoshi floods. The RSP opened applications on August 17 for people interested in contesting local elections for positions in rural municipalities. Ten days later, on August 26, the Bhotekoshi flood […] The post RSP says candidate club draws encouraging applications despite flood disruption appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

When Rajendra Pangeni looks back at the village where he grew up in Syangja, one memory stands out above everything else. Fire. The house where he grew up was destroyed in a fire just as he was preparing to leave for Kathmandu to pursue higher education. His books were gone. His clothes were gone. His […] The post After a global research career, Rajendra Pangeni plans his return to Nepal appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, September 14 The day after the devastating flood in Rasuwa, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chairperson Rabi Lamichhane proposed forming a high-level all-party mechanism to coordinate rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts. The proposal came after the Bhotekoshi flood on August 26. The following day, Lamichhane called an all-party meeting attended by senior leaders from the […] The post Why has Rabi Lamichhane’s proposed all-party disaster mechanism not been formed? appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.