Exports of high-value goods increased by 5,64% in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year, which, according to experts, is not a good sign for a country that is preparing to exit 'least developed' status by 2026

Microcredit loans have transformed rural entrepreneurship: returnee migrants are increasingly engaging in agribusiness and the average size of farm loans has risen from Rs1,5 to Rs5million (from 10.500 to 14.00 euros), enabling commercial-scale farming

Tangled wires from utility poles in New Road and nearby areas famous among tourist have been removed by Kathmandu Metropolitan City authorities; haphazardly placed and potentially dangerous, they had long been criticised for also creating an eyesore

Nima Rinji, an 18-year-old Nepalese climber, has written mountaineering history by becoming the youngest climber in the world to join the coveted eight-thousand-meter club, summiting all 14 of the highest mountains above 8.000 metres

After 23 years, Ghodegaun village in Jumla district celebrates the return of electricity, now powered by solar energy from nearby Pokharigaun; the village had lost power due to Maoist insurgency in 2001