Nepal News

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.

At least seven persons died and four others were seriously injured in separate road accidents in eastern region of the country on Friday.

Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has initiated the process for the construction of a regional-level international airport in Pokhara.

The role of radio as a facilitator of education, freedom of expression and public debate will be celebrated as World Radio Day is observed for the first time on Monday by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization .

Stating that a divided Madhes would not be acceptable to them, Yadav said the reports submitted by the State Restructuring Commission are not acceptable to them.

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.

ITAHARI: The technical team tasked with inspecting bird flu-infested poultry farms in Sunsari has conceded that it did not bother to inspect part of the PK Poultry in Itahari when its proprietor Nirmal Shrestha insisted that rest of his farm is free of inspection.

Prince Harry has joined a group of injured British servicemen in central London at the launch of the Walking With The Wounded Everest 2012 challenge.

A special squad of Central Investigation Bureau arrested Mohammad Russel Ahamad along with 64 ports, 1228 port machines, 1200 SIM cards and a sack of recharge cards after a raid at Balkhu and Koteshwar.

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.

Education Minister Dina Nath Sharma inaugurated Education UK Exhibition 2012 being held from 10th -11th, February at DECC, United World Trade Centre, Kathmandu on Friday.

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.

For the first time in Nepal, two primary stakeholders in the forestry sector, one on conservation and the other on harvesting and utilization, joined hands to ensure that conservation and social security are guided by a common goal that fosters sustainable forest management and puts a check on forest degradation and deforestation.

Pilloried by neighbors, laughed at in freak shows and spurned by the women he admired from afar, Chandra Bahadur Dangi has always seen his tiny stature as a curse.

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As Nepal yet again reel under shortage of fuel and cooking gas despite repeated assurances of the government to ease supply of essential commodities, an unknown artist recently drew this candid graffiti on the tarmac of a busy Thamel street in Kathmandu to portray his desperation and anguish, and obviously that of many people living in the city .

Nepal will have a woman as its ambassador to Qatar later this month. A Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee in Kathmandu earlier this week approved the appointment of Maya Kumari Sharma as Nepals next ambassador to Qatar, which houses the second largest Nepalese expatriate population after Saudi Arabia.