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Nepal to do a Maldives on climate
KATHMANDU: It seems to be a season of records in South Asia. After the Maldives cabinet made one in October by holding a meeting under sea, the Nepal cabinet is planning one at a Mount Everest base camp this month.
Sex racket busted in Kathmandu
Nepal police have busted a major call girl racket being run by an Indian with tentacles in major Indian metros and with audacious plans to expand internationally.
Nepal withdraws extended prohibited area order
Nepalese authorities on Wednesday withdrew its decision to extend the prohibited area around the government secretariat citing inconvenience to employees, after the Maoists warned to defy the prohibitory orders.
Budhiman Rai took a Nu 50,000 loan from the Bhutan development finance corporation in 2003 and bought 200 broiler chickens from Kathmandu, Nepal.
Travellers walk after their buses were stopped by a Maoist-organised sit-in and road blockade programme along the highway at Nagdhunga in Kathmandu yesterday Thousands of people, including the disabled, sick and children, were left stranded on the highways leading to Kathmandu valley as Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas yesterday enforced a blockade ...
China, Nepal join hands in promoting tourism
The tourism bureau of China's Tibet and Nepal Tourism Board signed an Agreement for promoting tourism Monday.
Jet Airways plans new Mumbai-Kathmandu service
Jet Airways plans to start a daily service between Mumbai and Kathmandu from 2 December.
Nod for Ktm-Lhasa flightsWorld Expo pavilion to be over by March 2010
They also agreed to operate Canton-Lhasa-Kathmandu flights by Chinese Airlines. The agreement was reached during the Third Joint Tourism Coordination Committee Meeting on Monday.
Kathmandu-Lhasa bus service to restart
The bus service between Kathmandu and Lhasa, which has remained defunct for the last three years, will resume from February 2010, according to reports.
Nepal, India agree to jointly combat cross-border crimes
The Nepal-India home secretary-level meeting concluded in Kathmandu Saturday with the two sides agreeing to cooperate with each other in regulating the border and checking cross-border crimes and human trafficking.
Bus falls from mountain in Nepal
At least 16 people were killed and more than two dozen injured Sunday when a passenger bus plunged off a mountain highway in western Nepal, police said.
India, Nepal meet in Kathmandu
India and Nepal reiterated their commitment not to allow their territories for cross-border terrorism.
High roller in Nepal? Beware high notes
By Shweta Srinivasan, Kathmandu/Pokhara, Nov 5 : 'Heading for Nepal? Be sure to hit the casinos.' These words of encouragement came from family and friends urging me to chance a game or two at the famous gambling destinations in Nepal.
India, Nepal to discuss FICN activities
NEW DELHI: Activities of Maoists along the border, smuggling of fake Indian currency notes and border management are high on the agenda at the Home Secretary level talks between India and Nepal beginning in Kathmandu on Friday.
Call to stop Nepal's animal killing fair
Kathmandu: Campaigners cutting across different religions yesterday asked the Nepal government to stop a prominent religious fair in the Terai plains where at least 500,000 animals and birds will be sacrificed at the end of this month.
Nepal Maoists admit link to Indian naxals
KATHMANDU: After months of being in denial mode, the Nepalese Maoists have come out openly extending "full support and cooperation" to the naxalites in India, days after Home Minister P Chidambaram mentioned about a possible arms supply from them.
Tigers kill six children in Nepal ahead of global meet
Kathmandu: A two-year-old girl was killed and partially eaten by a tiger in central Nepal, bringing the toll of children killed to six even as an international summit started in the capital yesterday bringing experts together to discuss strategies to save the big cats from extinction.
India, Nepal renew trade treaties
Rituparna Bhuyan Posted: Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 at 0257 hrs IST Updated: Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 at 0257 hrs IST Kathmandu: India and Nepal updated two treaties on Tuesday, including a 60-year-old trade agreement that would provide the Himalayan nation duty-free access to more products and allow Nepalese exporters to sell Indian goods to a third ...
NEPAL'S Maoists said on Sunday they would launch protests aimed at destabilising the government in a dispute over the military that led to the Maoists' fall from power in May.
2010 to be observed as Year of Tiger
Global Tiger Workshop, the first ever tiger workshop that concluded in Kathmandu Friday, has decided to observe 2010 as the Year of Tiger.
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