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Nepal calls to guarantee success of parliamentary elections

Published on: November 18, 2022
12:45

Kathmandu, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba called on citizens on Friday to make the November 20 parliamentary and provincial elections a success.

Death toll of landslides in Nepal rises to 22

Published on: September 19, 2022
08:52

Kathmandu, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) Nepalese rescue teams fought against torrential rains to remove bodies from houses buried by a landslide that caused 22 deaths and 10 injuries, The Himalayan Times newspaper reported.

Nepal: Dengue fever outbreak nationwide through August

Published on: August 30, 2022
16:43

Kathmandu, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Several cities in Nepal are currently affected by a dengue fever outbreak, in addition to facing the Covid-19 pandemic for two years, the Nepali Times newspaper reported Tuesday.

About 1.1 million children are still engaged in labor in Nepal

Published on: February 11, 2022
17:23

Kathmandu, Feb 11 (Prensa Latina) Some improvement has been witnessed in reducing child labor over the last one decade in Nepal. However, a report has found about 1.1 million children still working in areas such as brick kilns, carpet factories and entertainment business, among others.

Deaths from natural disasters totaled 101 in Nepal

Published on: October 22, 2021
08:56

Kathmandu, Oct 22 (Prensa Latina) Deaths from landslides and floods caused by rains in Nepal totaled 101, while 41 people are still missing; authorities reported today.

Nepal to conduct vitamin A campaign for children

Published on: October 19, 2021
09:38

Kathmandu, Oct 19 (Prensa Latina) Nepal will conduct on Oct 24-25 a nationwide Vitamin A and deworming campaign to benefit children and reduce infant mortality, it was disclosed on Tuesday.

India resumes Covid-19 vaccine export

Published on: October 14, 2021
17:42

New Delhi, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) India´s Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that coronavirus vaccine doses have been sent to Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Iran in order to fight the Covid-19 pandemic according to the government's decision to resume their supplies.

Vaccines should be public goods, says Nepal at UN

Published on: September 28, 2021
07:30

United Nations, Sep 27 (Prensa Latina) The Covid-19 vaccines produced around the world must be public goods for the benefit of people's lives, Nepal´s Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka said Monday.

Nepal’s new Prime Minister wins confidence vote in Parliament

Published on: July 19, 2021
07:15

Kathmandu, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) Nepal's new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will govern the country for a year and a half as of this Monday, after winning the vote of confidence of the House of Representatives on Sunday.

Sherpas, Life in Escalation

Published on: July 17, 2021
00:20

Kathmandu, (Prensa Latina) Alpinists from around the world travel to Nepal in the spring of each year in the hope of conquering Mount Everest. But before arriving in Kathmandu, the capital of the small country that shares the famous Himalayan peak with China, hundreds of yaks, guides and Sherpas are already at base camp to prepare for the new climbing season.

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