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Eight people are killed and several others are injured when a bus drives off the Prithvi Highway and crashes into the Trishuli River in Gajuri, Nepal.
2023-08-23

Six people are killed when a magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Sudurpashchim, Nepal.
2022-11-8

Nepal reports 5,008 new infections in the past 24 hours and taking the nationwide total at 105,684, the highest single day record of reported cases since the first cases were detected on January 23.
2020-10-10

Thousands of animals are sacrificed by beheading at the Hindu Gadhimai Temple in southern Nepal.
2019-12-4

A strong 7.9 earthquake strikes between the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and the regional headquarter city of Pokhara. The Government of Nepal declares a state of emergency with 1500 dead. A number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites are destroyed, including the historic Dharahara tower. Deaths are also recorded in India, Bangladesh and the Chinese province of Tibet.
2015-04-25

Nepalese Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi takes oath of office as new Prime Minister of the country, heading an interim government with the task of conducting elections.
2013-03-14

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs in northwestern Sikkim, northern India, causing shaking in parts of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Tibet Autonomous Region. At least thirty seven deaths are reported.
2011-09-18

Nepal's lawmakers fail to elect a new Prime Minister as no candidate manages to secure the required number of votes .
2010-07-21

The Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, announces his resignation by a live television address.
2010-06-30

Former Prime Minister and Acting Head of State of Nepal Girija Prasad Koirala, "the elder statesman of South Asia" who brought down the King, dies in Kathmandu at the age of 86.
2010-03-20