Sources: Al Jazeera
One person is killed and 17 others are injured in a magnitude 5.7 earthquake in Dipayal Silgadhi, Nepal. 2023-10-3
The death toll due to floods and landslides in western Nepal increases to 77. The government has pledged aid to the hardest-hit areas. 2021-10-20
Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolves parliament and calls for new elections in November. Her office says that the decision was made on the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. This is the second time in six months that the parliament has been dissolved amidst a political crisis. 2021-05-22
Nepal grants a conditional emergency use approval for the Russian Sputnik V vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. 2021-04-20
About 30 Indians cross the border into Nepal and clash with Nepali police when stopped in the district of Sarlahi. Nepali border guards opened fire, killing one man and injuring two. According to police, the forces fired when one of the men snatched a gun from them. 2020-06-12
An aircraft operated by Bangladeshi airline US-Bangla Airlines crashes at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, killing 49 of the 71 people on board. 2018-03-12
A Tibetan monk sets himself on fire near Boudhanath in Nepal in protest of the Chinese occupation of Tibet. 2013-02-13
An Agni Air flight carrying 21 people crashes while trying to land at Jomsom Airport in mountainous northern Nepal. 15 people are reported dead. 2012-05-14
Former Nepalese Crown Prince Paras is detained for attempted murder after allegedly firing a gun during a drunken row in a restaurant. 2010-12-14
Haiti police fire tear gas into a camp for internally displaced people in Port-au-Prince after riots over United Nations peacekeepers from Nepal allegedly bringing cholera into the country turn violent. 2010-11-18