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Maoist affiliated students march along the street shouting slogans against the government, in Kathmandu yesterday.
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Lets Walk for Clean Blue Sky in Kathmandu
Beyond the complexity of the pedestrian environment in Kathmandu, there is also the issue on air pollution.
PLA to celebrate anniversary in Kathmandu
A general staff meeting of the PLA this week decided to hold competitive sports events among various clubs from PLA and outside to mark the seventh PLA Day.
Number of Chinese visitors soaring up in Nepal
The number of Chinese visitor arrivals has been drastically soared up in Nepal since August, showed the figure released by Nepal's Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport.
Public road captured in Kathmandu
Nepal-based Yamaha dealers and other business companies have on Saturday captured the public road at Durbar Marg in Kathmandu Metropolis.
'World's biggest animal sacrifice'
Kathmandu - Thousands of Hindu devotees have flocked to a village in Nepal ahead of the planned sacrifice of more than 300,000 animals in a ceremony condemned by animal rights activists, including French actress Brigitte Bardot.
MoneyGram in Namche Bazaarflydubai to launch Kathmandu flights
According to a press release issued by the company, one of the new locations will operate at an altitude of 17,600 feet making it the highest money transfer agent location in the world, while the other is said to operate at Namche Bazaar .
Mountain kingdom extraordinaire
After passing Mount Everest on the left, the Druk Air Airbus 319 weaves its way down a narrow mountain valley to land at Paro.
Biggest animal slaughter on earth
By Gopal Sharma Kathmandu - At least 15 000 buffalo and "countless" goats and birds were sacrificed in a temple in southern Nepal, organisers said on Wednesday, a ritual billed as the single biggest animal slaughter on earth.
According to Deputy Spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rudra Nepal, the delegation is scheduled to meet leaders of the UCPN , Nepali Congress and CPN-UML. The delegation is also vising Lumbini on Thursday.
Nepal's septuagenarian reclaims Everest record
Sherchan, left, shakes hands with Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal in Kathmandu yesterday, as he receives a certificate formally recognising him as the oldest man to climb Mt Everest A 78-year-old grandfather from Nepal has wrested back from his Japanese rival the record of being the oldest man to conquer Mt Everest, the highest peak in ...
Nepal's dethroned king Gyanendra gets first passport
Agencies Kathmandu, Nov 21: Nepal's deposed king Gyanendra has for the first time acquired a passport in his name at the age of 64, more than a year after he became a commoner, a Foreign Ministry official said.
Jan scales the heights for Nepalese charity
A WELLINGTON woman who until recently had "struggled with more than two flights of stairs" has just completed a six day hike in the mountains of Nepal for charity.
India, Nepal home ministers' meet put off due to turmoil
By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Nov 16 : The three-day security talks between the home ministers of India and Nepal, scheduled to have started in New Delhi Tuesday, have been postponed indefinitely due to the mounting turmoil in Nepal.
Mass animal sacrifice festival to go ahead in southern Nepal despite protests
A Hindu festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are expected to be sacrificed will go ahead as scheduled in southern Nepal despite protests, organizers said Friday.
Why would a one-time Nepal trekker ever want to eat Nepalese food again? Is it masochism - or is it just that Nepal casts such a powerful spell? You just know there must be better food there than the austere vegan fare of the high-country Sherpa inns or the fake-Western restaurant "treats" of Kathmandu.
Self-declared Nepal expert says he never was a RAW man
India Gazette Wednesday 18th November, 2009 New Delhi, Nov.18 : Professor S. D. Muni, India's self proclaimed Nepal expert talking to a daily in Kathmandu, has refuted media allegations that he is associated with RAW , India's notorious intelligence agency.
Dahal upbeat after S'pore meet
KATHMANDU: Amidst the ongoing political impasse and uncertainty, Maoist Chairman Pushapa Kamal Dahal said on Tuesday that he is hopeful that the deadlock will end after he returns home Wednesday from his three-day trip to Singapore.
Stories of survival in Kathmandu
Editor's note: Robynne Locke, a Seabrook native, is on a three-month odyssey of personal discovery and unselfish giving in India and Nepal.
Peace process on hold as Nepal's Maoists protest
He is famous for his fiery speeches, but Prachanda, Nepal's Maoist leader, projected a dramatically different image last week when he danced in the streets with one of the country's top actresses.
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