Nepal News

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.

The sight of young children engaged in perilous labor and with an uncertain future is common in Nepal's cities.

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.

After agreeing to a rail link between Nepal and Bangladesh, will India allow the two countries to use that?It didn't happen in 1976 when Bangladesh and Nepal signed a transit agreement for boosting bilateral trade but failed to implemented it as India did not allow its territory to be used for passage at that time.

India Gazette Monday 16th November, 2009 Credit rating agency ICRA Monday signed a pact with Himalayan Infrastructure Fund Ltd of Nepal to set up a joint venture to replicate its rating businesses in that country, the company said.

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.

Bangladesh Railway has proposed "the most convenient" route for rail transit to Nepal, ahead of the prime minister's India visit, top officials have said.

AN elderly Chinese woman has died at Tribhuwan International Airport in Nepali capital Kathmandu after she collapsed yesterday afternoon.

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.

The World Diabetes Day was celebrated throughout Nepal Saturday by organizing various awareness programs with the main slogan of "get knowledge of diabetes and control it". November 14 that marks the birthday of Dr.

Nepal's Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, whose party has threatened to call an indefinite shutdown if its demand is not addressed by Friday, flew to Singapore Monday in a surprise move, causing a flutter in political circles.

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.

Kathmandu, Nov 15 : Five stinging slaps delivered by a junior Nepal minister to a senior bureaucrat have cost India dear, causing bilateral trade to come to a virtual standstill for five days.

A Russian native was killed when a helicopter belonging to the Manang Air crashed in Rodikot, Humla district in mid-western Nepal on Sunday.

St Petersburg News.Net Sunday 15th November, 2009 A Russian was killed and five people injured when a helicopter crashed in a mountainous district in northern Nepal Sunday.

A Slovenian climber recognized as one of the world's greatest-ever mountaineers has died after a daredevil solo attempt on a Himalayan peak, his expedition organizers said Saturday.

The temple has been dubbed "Nepal's temple of doom" by the media because of the fair that is held every five years.

A Maoist cadre was killed and 52 others injured today when a passenger bus ferrying them to Kathmandu to take part in a massive anti-government protest met with an accident in western Nepal.

Tens of thousands of communist demonstrators blocked the government's headquarters in Nepal's capital for a second straight day Friday, crippling the central administration.

Within a week of uncovering a Chinese sex workers' network here, Nepal police have now busted a budding sex empire run by an Indian with tentacles in major Indian metros and with audacious plans to expand internationally.