Kathmandu, Nepal News

Nepalese Army commandos perform rescue skills as they abseil from a helicopter during a rehearsal for the annual Army Day in Kathmandu yesterday.

For many developing urban cities around the world, pollution has been one of the key setbacks and a major challenge.

Representatives of the European Aviation Safety Agency have arrived in Kathmandu on a technical mission aimed at assisting the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal to develop aviation safety roadmap.

An extended private visit of Nepals ousted king Gyanendra has sparked speculation in Nepal, amid the political crisis that has stalled the peace process in the country.

There are young kids scribbling art on plain pieces of paper as we enter the Srijanalaya at Yetkha Baha.

A top Nepali comedy actor told Sunday how he helped his son become one of the country's first post-operative transexuals and a "perfect lady" with a $26,000 sex change.

Following the discovery of H5N1 virus, hundreds and thousands of chickens were culled in Sunsari, Ilam and Panchthar last week.

The idols of three deities, Lord Vishnu in the form of Malayappa and his consorts Sridevi and Bhudevi, known collectively as Utsava Beram would be kept at the Open Air Theater, Tundikhel for free viewing of the public from noon of February 24, the organizers said at a press meet on Sunday.

Public Accounts Committee of the legislature parliament has directed the Nepal Army to provide details of under-construction fast track linking capital city Kathmandu to Nijgadh of Bara district.

It is engaged in the commercial investment, development and operation of hydropower projects.

A top Maoist leader has said the government will finish the key task of concluding the peace process and framing a new constitution, amid a deadlock between the political parties over form of governance and federal structure to be adopted in the country.

ITAHARI: Samples of dead chicken collected from a farm at the Itahari-based PK Poultry tested positive for bird flu in course of tests at the Kathmandu-based central laboratory.

A two-day SAARC conference on the "Regional Environmental Issues: Water and Disaster Management" kicked off in Kathmandu Saturday.

Life has never been so difficult for 32-year-old Meena Thapa of Terathum. If she is not able to conceive some time soon, her married life might come to an end.

India is taking necessary step to supply electricity to Nepal to help the latter cope with the 14 hours of daily power cuts, India's Ambassador to Nepal Jayant Prasad said Friday.

Giving up his job and home, he took his life savings and planned a trip around the world, beginning with war-ravaged Nepal.

The third Children's Theater Festival kicked off in Nepali capital Kathmandu on Friday, with Russian Writer Anton Checkov's famous story Vanka adopted as a play in the inauguration.

At 23, Philip Blenkinsop sold his old car, bought a new camera and left his job as a press photographer in Australia for an uncharted journey into the conflict cores of Southeast Asia.

Top-tier football club Jawalakhel Youth Club and HIM Electronics, the authorized distributor of consumers electronic brand Samsung in Nepal, renewed their sponsorship deal in Kathmandu on Friday.

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