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🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Nepal to set new migrant recruitment fees after revised law

Labour Ministry says a new fee will be fixed only after the Foreign Employment Act and regulations are amended, prompting recruitment agencies to suspend their protest.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

42

04
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Nepal Students Union protests LPG shortage with empty cylinders

The student group says the cooking gas shortage is disrupting studies, forcing students to spend hours searching for LPG instead of attending classes or preparing for exams.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

05
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Sin­dhupalchok villagers spend nights at school as landslides threaten homes

Nine families have moved into a school building for safety as cracks spread across the land, while residents in other parts of the district face similar landslide threats and demand urgent relocation.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

06
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Minister’s emergency airlift lays bare healthcare gaps in Sudurpaschim

Lamsal was flown from Baitadi to Kathmandu after falling ill, highlighting a stark contrast with residents who struggle to find ambulances, basic medicines and specialist care.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

08
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Nepali orthodox tea is in demand, but its workforce is shrinking

Tea estates in eastern Nepal offer wages of up to Rs40,000 a month, but migration abroad and movement to urban areas are making workers harder to find.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

10
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

The trouble with sexuality education in Nepal is too much of it goes untaught

Despite being part of the curriculum through grade 8, Comprehensive Sexuality Education is often reduced to a few chapters, hampered by limited teacher training, and dropped from the compulsory curriculum just as adolescents enter their teenage years.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

11
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

PMO scrutiny of Nepal Telecom billing tender raises concerns over interference

The estimated Rs5 billion procurement has been delayed by legal challenges and internal disputes over whether the billing system should be bought as a single platform or split into separate contracts.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

13
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Speaker instructs PM Shah to attend parliament, answer lawmakers

After weeks of pressure from opposition parties, Speaker Aryal has ordered the prime minister to appear in the House on August 26 amid a prolonged dispute over his repeated absence and controversial remarks.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

14
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Exhibit review: When an oral story becomes a painting

‘Myth & Memory’ brings Kirati Rai folklore, sisterhood, and the movements of Sakela into a contemporary series of paintings.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

16
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Visits reopen talks to rescue bankrupt Gorakhkali Rubber Industry

Latest inspection offers no firm restart date as the state-owned factory continues to deteriorate more than a decade after shutting down.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

17
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Supreme Court orders release of journalist Kishor Shrestha

The bench says Shrestha can be investigated outside custody, citing the absence of grounds for detention and constitutional protection of the right to communication.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

18
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

PM Shah to face lawmakers’ questions on August 26

Each parliamentary party will be allowed at least one question, with up to 15 additional questions allocated based on party strength in the House.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

20
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Who is Khalil Al-Hayya, the Hamas leader who met Kushner in Cairo

Named Hamas’ overall leader in July, Hayya narrowly escaped assassination ‌himself in a 2025 Israeli airstrike in Qatar that killed his son and aides.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

21
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Durgalal Shrestha, poet who championed Nepal Bhasha literature, dies at 93

The poet, lyricist, playwright and language activist spent more than eight decades writing in a style that was simple enough for ordinary readers but deep enough to endure.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

22
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville’ actress, Hayden Panettiere, dies at 36

Panettiere’s memoir “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” released in May, portrayed ​the trauma around the difficult 2014 birth of her daughter and ​her subsequent battles with postpartum depression and alcohol addiction then.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

23
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Baniya resigns as Bagmati chief minister after losing majority

The Nepali Congress leader stepped down before a confidence vote after failing to secure enough support to keep his government in power.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

26
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Student found to have leaked TU MBS exam paper

Police say an MBS student photographed the question paper inside the exam hall and shared it on WhatsApp, with five others charged in connection with the leak.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

27
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

One dead, five injured in Makawanpur jeep crash

High court judge among six travelling in jeep that plunged 50 metres after hitting a road divider.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

28
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Four students swept away by flooded stream in Makawanpur

The students, all below Grade 5, were returning home from Nirmal Secondary School in Hetauda when they were swept away by the Basudev stream.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 6:02 PM

Impact

32

29
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Bagmati chief minister set to resign ahead of floor test

Indra Bahadur Baniya is expected to step down after addressing the provincial assembly, clearing the way for the UML and NCP to form a new coalition government.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 4:01 PM

Impact

32

30
🇳🇵 Nepali
economics/NP | global

Snake images adorn homes as devotees mark Nag Panchami

Hindu families across the country placed images of serpent deities above their doors and offered prayers, milk, flowers and other ritual items on the festival.

Kathmandu Post Business | discovered by Kathmandu Post Business | Aug 18, 2026, 3:21 PM

Impact

32