According to the 2019 STEPS survey, 28.9% of Nepalese adults (aged 15–69) use tobacco products, with 17.1% of the total population smoking-22% of men and 6% of women. The average age of smoking ...

KATHMANDU, March 29 (Reuters) - Nepal's government is investigating deadly violence that occurred during a rally by the supporters of the former king seeking the restoration of constitutional ...

A new Nepalese restaurant is opening next week in Ballston. Himalayan Wild Yak is set to open at 1010 N. Glebe Road, where the Booeymonger sandwich shop closed last year.The family-owned ...

The National Human Rights Commission has directed a high-level probe into the alleged suicide by Nepali girl student and subsequent assault on Nepali students on campus of Bhubaneswar- Kalinga ...

Thousands of supporters greeted Nepal’s former king in capital Kathmandu on Sunday and demanded his abolished monarchy be reinstated and Hinduism brought back as a state religion. An estimated ...

Nearly seventeen years ago - on May 28, 2008, to be exact - Nepal abolished a 239-year-old Hindu monarchy, with Gyanendra Shah as king, and brought the curtain down on a decade-long civil war that ...

No Smoking Day is an annual health awareness day observed to encourage smokers to quit smoking and to raise awareness about the health risks associated with tobacco use. It is typically observed ...

A 20-year-old Nepalese girl student died by suicide in her hostel room in KIIT University on February 16 afternoon. (PTI File Photo) The NHRC issued the order while acting on a complaint that the ...

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Nepal's former King Gyanendra Shah on Sunday (March 9, 2025) arrived in Kathmandu amidst tight security, as pro-monarchy activists gathered at the airport to welcome him. As soon as Mr. Gyanendra ...

SHAH ALAM: Two Nepalese men were arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a woman at an apartment in Taman Bukit Subang, Seksyen U16, last Wednesday (Feb 26). A video lasting 2 minutes and 39 ...