"March 2016"

#13125708

23 December 2025

Nepali women's national cricket team head coach Harshal Jayant Pathak addresses a press conference organized by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 23, 2025. With over two decades of coaching experience at the First Class and state-level cricket in India, Pathak joins the Cricket Association of Thailand (CAT) in November 2018 to look after the country's women's team. Pathak, who also works with Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur from 2016 to 2018, takes the Thailand women's team to their maiden T20 World Cup in 2020. Further, when Thailand enters the Global Qualifier for the 2020 World Cup, they thrash the chances of Nepal. In a single round-robin Asia Qualifier between seven teams, Nepal's only loss comes against the hosts, Thailand, by 57 runs on February 21, 2019.

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#13125709

23 December 2025

Nepali women's national cricket team head coach Harshal Jayant Pathak addresses a press conference organized by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 23, 2025. With over two decades of coaching experience at the First Class and state-level cricket in India, Pathak joins the Cricket Association of Thailand (CAT) in November 2018 to look after the country's women's team. Pathak, who also works with Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur from 2016 to 2018, takes the Thailand women's team to their maiden T20 World Cup in 2020. Further, when Thailand enters the Global Qualifier for the 2020 World Cup, they thrash the chances of Nepal. In a single round-robin Asia Qualifier between seven teams, Nepal's only loss comes against the hosts, Thailand, by 57 runs on February 21, 2019.

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#12847018

10 October 2025

Nepali eligible voters record their biometrics at an election office in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 10, 2025, signing up on the electoral list for the election called next March. Following the issuance of the Voter Roll Act, 2016, by the Nepal President in September, the Election Commission-Nepal updates the electoral list from early October. The ordinance is issued under Article 114(1) of the Constitution, based on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers. It amends Section 4(2)(2) of the Voter List Act, which bars registration after the announcement of an election date. The newly formed interim government led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki calls for elections on March 5 next year. According to the previous provision, ''once the date of election is announced, no voter registration shall be made for that election.'' This legal hurdle prevents eligible citizens, particularly youth who recently reach voting age, from being listed in the voter roll. Many young people who play a role in the political change have not yet been registered as voters despite being eligible. The ordinance is brought to address this gap and ensure broader participation in the election. After a violent protest on September 8 and 9, then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli steps down from the post, which claims the lives of 74 people. Following the change in regime, Nepali President Ramchandra Paudel, on the recommendation of youth representatives, appoints former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as Prime Minister of an interim government. Karki, who takes charge as the interim Prime Minister, also recommends dissolving the House of Representatives, one of the key demands of the agitators, giving Karki six months to conduct parliamentary elections.

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#12847020

10 October 2025

Nepali eligible voters record their biometrics at an election office in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 10, 2025, signing up on the electoral list for the election called next March. Following the issuance of the Voter Roll Act, 2016, by the Nepal President in September, the Election Commission-Nepal updates the electoral list from early October. The ordinance is issued under Article 114(1) of the Constitution, based on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers. It amends Section 4(2)(2) of the Voter List Act, which bars registration after the announcement of an election date. The newly formed interim government led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki calls for elections on March 5 next year. According to the previous provision, ''once the date of election is announced, no voter registration shall be made for that election.'' This legal hurdle prevents eligible citizens, particularly youth who recently reach voting age, from being listed in the voter roll. Many young people who play a role in the political change have not yet been registered as voters despite being eligible. The ordinance is brought to address this gap and ensure broader participation in the election. After a violent protest on September 8 and 9, then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli steps down from the post, which claims the lives of 74 people. Following the change in regime, Nepali President Ramchandra Paudel, on the recommendation of youth representatives, appoints former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as Prime Minister of an interim government. Karki, who takes charge as the interim Prime Minister, also recommends dissolving the House of Representatives, one of the key demands of the agitators, giving Karki six months to conduct parliamentary elections.

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#12847016

10 October 2025

Nepali eligible voters stand in queue to get their biometrics done at an election office in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 10, 2025, signing up on the electoral list for the election called next March. Following the issuance of the Voter Roll Act, 2016, by the Nepal President in September, the Election Commission-Nepal updates the electoral list from early October. The ordinance is issued under Article 114(1) of the Constitution, based on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers. It amends Section 4(2)(2) of the Voter List Act, which bars registration after the announcement of an election date. The newly formed interim government led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki calls for elections on March 5 next year. According to the previous provision, ''once the date of election is announced, no voter registration shall be made for that election.'' This legal hurdle prevents eligible citizens, particularly youth who recently reach voting age, from being listed in the voter roll. Many young people who play a role in the political change have not yet been registered as voters despite being eligible. The ordinance is brought to address this gap and ensure broader participation in the election. After a violent protest on September 8 and 9, then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli steps down from the post, which claims the lives of 74 people. Following the change in regime, Nepali President Ramchandra Paudel, on the recommendation of youth representatives, appoints former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as Prime Minister of an interim government. Karki, who takes charge as the interim Prime Minister, also recommends dissolving the House of Representatives, one of the key demands of the agitators, giving Karki six months to conduct parliamentary elections.

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#12847021

10 October 2025

A Nepali eligible voter records biometrics at an election office in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 10, 2025, signing up on the electoral list for the election called next March. Following the issuance of the Voter Roll Act, 2016 by the Nepal President in September, the Election Commission-Nepal updates the electoral list from early October. The ordinance is issued under Article 114(1) of the Constitution, based on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers. It amends Section 4(2)(2) of the Voter List Act, which bars registration after the announcement of an election date. The newly formed interim government led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki calls for elections on March 5 next year. According to the previous provision, ''once the date of election is announced, no voter registration shall be made for that election.'' This legal hurdle prevents eligible citizens, particularly youth who recently reach voting age, from being listed in the voter roll. Many young people who play a role in the political change have not yet been registered as voters despite being eligible. The ordinance is brought to address this gap and ensure broader participation in the election. After a violent protest on September 8 and 9, then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli steps down from the post, which claims the lives of 74 people. Following the change in regime, Nepali President Ramchandra Paudel, on the recommendation of youth representatives, appoints former chief justice Sushila Karki as prime minister of an interim government. Karki, who takes charge as the interim prime minister, also recommends dissolving the House of Representatives, one of the key demands of the agitators, giving Karki six months to conduct parliamentary elections.

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#12847024

10 October 2025

A Nepali eligible voter records biometrics at an election office in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 10, 2025, signing up on the electoral list for the election called next March. Following the issuance of the Voter Roll Act, 2016 by the Nepal President in September, the Election Commission-Nepal updates the electoral list from early October. The ordinance is issued under Article 114(1) of the Constitution, based on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers. It amends Section 4(2)(2) of the Voter List Act, which bars registration after the announcement of an election date. The newly formed interim government led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki calls for elections on March 5 next year. According to the previous provision, ''once the date of election is announced, no voter registration shall be made for that election.'' This legal hurdle prevents eligible citizens, particularly youth who recently reach voting age, from being listed in the voter roll. Many young people who play a role in the political change have not yet been registered as voters despite being eligible. The ordinance is brought to address this gap and ensure broader participation in the election. After a violent protest on September 8 and 9, then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli steps down from the post, which claims the lives of 74 people. Following the change in regime, Nepali President Ramchandra Paudel, on the recommendation of youth representatives, appoints former chief justice Sushila Karki as prime minister of an interim government. Karki, who takes charge as the interim prime minister, also recommends dissolving the House of Representatives, one of the key demands of the agitators, giving Karki six months to conduct parliamentary elections.

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#12847027

10 October 2025

Nepali eligible voters record biometrics at an election office in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 10, 2025, signing up on the electoral list for the election called next March. Following the issuance of the Voter Roll Act, 2016, by the Nepal President in September, the Election Commission-Nepal updates the electoral list from early October. The ordinance is issued under Article 114(1) of the Constitution, based on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers. It amends Section 4(2)(2) of the Voter List Act, which bars registration after the announcement of an election date. The newly formed interim government led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki calls for elections on March 5 next year. According to the previous provision, ''once the date of election is announced, no voter registration shall be made for that election.'' This legal hurdle prevents eligible citizens, particularly youth who recently reach voting age, from being listed in the voter roll. Many young people who play a role in the political change have not yet been registered as voters despite being eligible. The ordinance is brought to address this gap and ensure broader participation in the election. After a violent protest on September 8 and 9, then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli steps down from the post, which claims the lives of 74 people. Following the change in regime, Nepali President Ramchandra Paudel, on the recommendation of youth representatives, appoints former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as prime minister of an interim government. Karki, who takes charge as the interim prime minister, also recommends dissolving the House of Representatives, one of the key demands of the agitators, giving Karki six months to conduct parliamentary elections.

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#12847030

10 October 2025

Nepali eligible voters record biometrics at an election office in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 10, 2025, signing up on the electoral list for the election called next March. Following the issuance of the Voter Roll Act, 2016, by the Nepal President in September, the Election Commission-Nepal updates the electoral list from early October. The ordinance is issued under Article 114(1) of the Constitution, based on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers. It amends Section 4(2)(2) of the Voter List Act, which bars registration after the announcement of an election date. The newly formed interim government led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki calls for elections on March 5 next year. According to the previous provision, ''once the date of election is announced, no voter registration shall be made for that election.'' This legal hurdle prevents eligible citizens, particularly youth who recently reach voting age, from being listed in the voter roll. Many young people who play a role in the political change have not yet been registered as voters despite being eligible. The ordinance is brought to address this gap and ensure broader participation in the election. After a violent protest on September 8 and 9, then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli steps down from the post, which claims the lives of 74 people. Following the change in regime, Nepali President Ramchandra Paudel, on the recommendation of youth representatives, appoints former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as prime minister of an interim government. Karki, who takes charge as the interim prime minister, also recommends dissolving the House of Representatives, one of the key demands of the agitators, giving Karki six months to conduct parliamentary elections.

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#12847036

10 October 2025

Nepali eligible voters stand in queue to get their biometrics done at an election office in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 10, 2025, signing up on the electoral list for the election called next March. Following the issuance of the Voter Roll Act, 2016, by the Nepal President in September, the Election Commission-Nepal updates the electoral list from early October. The ordinance is issued under Article 114(1) of the Constitution, based on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers. It amends Section 4(2)(2) of the Voter List Act, which bars registration after the announcement of an election date. The newly formed interim government led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki calls for elections on March 5 next year. According to the previous provision, ''once the date of election is announced, no voter registration shall be made for that election.'' This legal hurdle prevents eligible citizens, particularly youth who recently reach voting age, from being listed in the voter roll. Many young people who play a role in the political change have not yet been registered as voters despite being eligible. The ordinance is brought to address this gap and ensure broader participation in the election. After a violent protest on September 8 and 9, then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli steps down from the post, which claims the lives of 74 people. Following the change in regime, Nepali President Ramchandra Paudel, on the recommendation of youth representatives, appoints former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as Prime Minister of an interim government. Karki, who takes charge as the interim Prime Minister, also recommends dissolving the House of Representatives, one of the key demands of the agitators, giving Karki six months to conduct parliamentary elections.

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#12180305

21 March 2025

Smoke billows from a forest area engulfed by a forest fire on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 21, 2025. Wildfires are common in Nepal during the dry season. Last year, over 5,125 incidents of forest fires are recorded throughout the country between January 1 and June 24. Seventy-four out of seventy-seven districts report forest fire incidents. Fourteen districts see more than 102 forest fire incidents. According to the NDRRMA, Surkhet alone records 328 incidents of forest fire. In Nepal, the forest fire season starts in March and reaches its peak in May. The years 2009, 2016, and 2021 are particularly catastrophic when thousands of forests burn in what officials term 'disastrous years'.

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#12180306

21 March 2025

Nepal's Armed Police Force (APF) personnel use a local tool to control a raging forest fire on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 21, 2025. Wildfires are common in Nepal during the dry season. Last year, over 5,125 incidents of forest fires are recorded throughout the country between January 1 and June 24. Seventy-four out of seventy-seven districts report forest fire incidents. Fourteen districts see more than 102 forest fire incidents. According to the NDRRMA, Surkhet alone records 328 incidents of forest fire. In Nepal, the forest fire season starts in March and reaches its peak in May. The years 2009, 2016, and 2021 are particularly catastrophic when thousands of forests burn in what officials term 'disastrous years'.

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#12180307

21 March 2025

Nepal's Armed Police Force (APF) personnel use a local tool to control a raging forest fire on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 21, 2025. Wildfires are common in Nepal during the dry season. Last year, over 5,125 incidents of forest fires are recorded throughout the country between January 1 and June 24. Seventy-four out of seventy-seven districts report forest fire incidents. Fourteen districts see more than 102 forest fire incidents. According to the NDRRMA, Surkhet alone records 328 incidents of forest fire. In Nepal, the forest fire season starts in March and reaches its peak in May. The years 2009, 2016, and 2021 are particularly catastrophic when thousands of forests burn in what officials term 'disastrous years'.

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#12180308

21 March 2025

Nepal's Armed Police Force (APF) personnel use a local tool to control a raging forest fire on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 21, 2025. Wildfires are common in Nepal during the dry season. Last year, over 5,125 incidents of forest fires are recorded throughout the country between January 1 and June 24. Seventy-four out of seventy-seven districts report forest fire incidents. Fourteen districts see more than 102 forest fire incidents. According to the NDRRMA, Surkhet alone records 328 incidents of forest fire. In Nepal, the forest fire season starts in March and reaches its peak in May. The years 2009, 2016, and 2021 are particularly catastrophic when thousands of forests burn in what officials term 'disastrous years'.

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#12180309

21 March 2025

A forest fire rages in the arid terrain on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 21, 2025. Wildfires are common in Nepal during the dry season. Last year, over 5,125 incidents of forest fires are recorded throughout the country between January 1 and June 24. Seventy-four out of seventy-seven districts report forest fire incidents. Fourteen districts see more than 102 forest fire incidents. According to the NDRRMA, Surkhet alone records 328 incidents of forest fire. In Nepal, the forest fire season starts in March and reaches its peak in May. The years 2009, 2016, and 2021 are particularly catastrophic when thousands of forests burn in what officials term 'disastrous years'.

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#12180310

21 March 2025

Children walk past a doused forest fire area on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 21, 2025. Wildfires are common in Nepal during the dry season. Over 5,125 incidents of forest fires are recorded throughout the country between January 1 and June 24 last year. Seventy-four out of seventy-seven districts report forest fire incidents. Fourteen districts see more than 102 forest fire incidents. According to the NDRRMA, Surkhet alone records 328 incidents of forest fire. In Nepal, the forest fire season starts in March and reaches its peak in May. The years 2009, 2016, and 2021 are particularly catastrophic when thousands of forests burn in what officials term 'disastrous years'.

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