16+ hour ago   (726+ words) Sweden’s national election results showed a narrow lead early on Monday for the centre-left opposition over the right-wing government, which could halt the Nordic nation’s drift away from its liberal heritage. The left-leaning bloc, headed by the Social Democrats’ leader…...

16+ hour, 35+ min ago   (384+ words) The Kathmandu Post Nepal fell in love with EVs. It forgot to regulate them Early Friday morning, in Bharatpur, a 55-year-old former school director lost his life inside a burning electric car while driving home. By the time firefighters reached…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (237+ words) At least six people died and another 129 are still missing after an Indonesian passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea during bad weather early on Sunday, the search ​and rescue agency said. Crews managed to rescue 108 people from ​the stricken…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1426+ words) Shanti Belbase, 53, was planning to make sel-roti for dar, a heavy meal eaten by women in preparation for fasting during the Haritalika Teej festival, for her three younger sisters, which began on Sunday. But when she visited the market last…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (574+ words) Swedes vote in an election on Sunday that will either bring a far-right party into government for the first time or shift the country back towards the liberalism ‌it has long been known for. Sweden’s centre-left opposition holds a narrow…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (296+ words) The search for people still missing after the Rasuwa floods is continuing, with rescuers from the Nepali Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police combing through mud, collapsed buildings, debris-strewn riverbanks and tunnels. But they are not relying on human…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (556+ words) August is when Nepal’s paddy fields are at their most vibrant. After months of planting, weeding and caring for their crops, this season calls for farmers to grow hopeful of the harvest. Farmers in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and Dhading were no…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1477+ words) When the flood hit ward 5 of Bidur Municipality in Nuwakot on August 26, 38-year-old Bharat Prasad Dahal knew something was wrong from the sound of people shouting and running for safety. Blind, Dahal could not flee on his own. Two or…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (634+ words) The Kathmandu Post Nepalis are still struggling to find cooking gas. The government cannot afford to ignore it Nepalis continue to face difficulties cooking due to ongoing gas shortages. The crisis began with the US–Israel war against Iran. Subsequently,…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (541+ words) Saima Wazed, ​the World Health Organization’s Southeast Asia head and daughter of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned on Wednesday, according ‌to her resignation letter seen by Reuters, following fraud investigations by the UN agency and Bangladeshi authorities. Wazed’s…...