Sources: Reuters
Nepal bans TikTok, citing misuse of the app that "disturbs social harmony and disrupts family structures and social relations". 2023-11-13
Nepal bans mass public gatherings of more than 25 people, closes schools until January 29 and mandates proof of vaccination in order to enter hotels, parks, restaurants, cinema halls, and public office beginning on January 21 due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. 2022-01-10
Nepal grants emergency use authorization for the Indian Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the third country to do so. 2021-03-19
Nepal and China agree that the height of Earth's highest mountain, Mount Everest, is 8848.86 m. 2020-12-8
Three UNHCR workers - one from Sudan and two from Nepal - are kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Geneina, the capital of the West Darfur state. 2016-11-28
Heavy rain hampers the search for dozens of missing people from the landslides in Nepal's Taplejung district which have resulted in at least 24 deaths in six villages. 2015-06-12
A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills at least 17 people with 100 more out of contact. 2014-10-15
A plane crashes while attempting to land on a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal, injuring all 21 passengers. 2013-05-16
Former Nepalese Colonel Kumar Lama is charged with torture in the UK stemming from allegations of human rights abuses during the Nepalese Civil War. 2013-01-4
TeliaSonera, through its Nepal subsidiary Ncell, announces that a series of eight 3G wireless transmitters have been installed along the trail to base camps on Mount Everest, with coverage reaching the summit. 2010-10-29