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Kathmandu, Sept 2025 : The Kathmandu Valley was placed under curfew on Tuesday as sporadic protests continued following Monday’s violent crackdown on Gen Z demonstrators that left at least 19 people dead. The government’s handling of the unrest has triggered fresh political turmoil, with two cabinet ministers resigning in less than 24 hours and widespread criticism mounting at home and abroad. Resignations in Protest Against Violence Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak tendered his resignation late Monday after the violence, and on…

Dhaka, Sept 2025: For the first time in six years, students of Dhaka University are casting their ballots to elect representatives to the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and its 18 affiliated hall unions. The elections, which began at 8 a.m. on Tuesday across 810 booths at eight polling centres, mark not only a long-awaited revival of student democracy but also the first DUCSU polls since the July Uprising shook Bangladesh’s political order last year. Nearly 40,000 students are…

Kathmandu, Sept 2025 : Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli has ordered a high-level investigation into violent protests triggered by a temporary social media ban that left at least 19 people dead and dozens more injured. In an overnight letter, Oli said he was “deeply saddened” by the loss of lives and assured the public that the government “was not in favour of stopping the use of social media” and would create an enabling environment for its continued use. He…

Kathmandu, Sept 2025 : Nepal’s Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak resigned on Monday evening, taking moral responsibility for the deaths and injuries during the Gen Z protests that swept across the country. Lekhak submitted his resignation to Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli during a Cabinet meeting held at the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar. According to ministers present, Lekhak stepped down following the deaths of 17 people in Kathmandu and two in Itahari, while more than 400 others were injured after…

Kathmandu, Sept 2025 : At least 19 people were killed and more than 100 injured in Nepal on Monday as nationwide protests over a government-imposed social media shutdown and rampant corruption turned violent. Police fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and used batons to disperse demonstrators, many of them young students, as clashes spread from the capital to several cities across the country. Authorities said unrest began in Kathmandu when protesters stormed the barricades outside parliament. Some demonstrators set fire to…

Kathmandu, Sept 2025 : Nepal is witnessing one of its largest youth-led uprisings in recent years as millions of young people have poured into the streets to protest the government’s sweeping ban on unregistered social media platforms. The demonstrations, dubbed the “Gen Z protest” by local media, turned violent over the weekend, leaving at least one dead and more than 80 injured after police opened fire on crowds in Damak and New Baneshwor. The ban, which came into force on…

New Delhi, Sep 2025 : Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay has hailed the signing of the 570 MW Wangchu Hydropower Project agreement between Adani Power Limited and Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) as a “historic” step in Bhutan-India clean energy cooperation. “This evening, I witnessed the signing of the 570 MW Wangchu Hydropower Project agreement between Adani Power Limited and DGPC, which is a milestone in Bhutan-India clean energy cooperation,” Tobgay posted on X. The deal is seen as a…

Kathmandu, Sept 2025 – Millions of Nepalis were left frustrated on Friday as access to several major social media platforms, including Facebook, was cut off following a government order to block unregistered services. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology directed Nepal’s telecommunication authority to restrict access to 26 platforms that have not registered locally. The list includes Facebook, YouTube, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and LinkedIn, among others. “After the directive yesterday we stopped the URLs, but a complete shutdown…

Kathmandu, Aug 2025 : Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli held bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tianjin on Saturday, just hours after arriving for the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit and the SCO Plus meeting. The talks came against the backdrop of rising concerns in Kathmandu over the Lipulekh issue, a longstanding territorial dispute involving Nepal, India, and China. According to Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai, Prime Minister Oli directly raised Nepal’s objection to the use…

1st Joint Technical Working Group Meeting Held in Thimphu Two Countries Decide To Strengthen Cooperation in Agriculture and Allied Sectors Aug 2025 : Shri Devesh Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India and Mr. Thinley Namgyel, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL), Royal Government of Bhutan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Thimpu to further strengthen cooperation in the fields of agriculture and allied sectors. The signing of MoU represents a significant milestone in…