Nepal News

Less than a month after India sent its Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon to Nepal, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal is arriving in Kathmandu on a two-day visit Saturday.

Tajikistan News.Net Friday 10th July, 2009 Delhi-bound Anil Kumar Sharma had a traumatic experience in Nepal during his recent visit.

Kathmandu: Over 100 people have been killed and more than 4,000 affected as Nepal`s ancient enemy diarrhoea struck remote districts, reports said.

Former king Gyanendra is being congratulated by his supporters, during his 63rd birthday celebrations at his private residence in Kathmandu, yesterday Nepal's deposed King Gyanendra has said he was "very perturbed" at the lack of progress in establishing peace and prosperity for the people of the Himalayan nation a year after the end of the ...

Kathmandu-based Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Richard Bennett has voiced concern over Nepal government's decision to promote Toran Jung Bahadur Singh from Major General to Lieutenant General.

Nepal's former king Gyanendra has said he is "troubled and anguished" by the state of his country, breaking his long silence in a message released to coincide with his 63rd birthday.

Guwahati, July 7: An employee of Oil India Limited has claimed that unidentified men kidnapped him from here on July 2, took him to a hideout in Nepal via Siliguri and then set him free after realising it to be a case of mistaken identity.

Tibetan monks take part in a religious procession to celebrate the 74th birthday of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at Baudha in Kathmandu yesterday.

NEW DELHI: Nepal's top Maoist ideologue and former finance minister, Baburam Bhattarai, has called upon New Delhi "not to support" the newly installed Madhav Nepal government and push for Prachanda's return to power instead.

Main Category: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 06 Jul 2009 Women in Nepal face the highest risk of maternal death in South Asia.

EVERY year, Nepalese rice farmer Ratnakaji Maharjan celebrates the arrival of the monsoon rains by attending a centuries-old festival in this historic town near Kathmandu.

Sheeba Shivangini Singh entered the former royal household of Nepal 15 years ago when as a teenager fresh out of school, she was married to the nephew of the then all-powerful and popular king of Nepal, Birendra.

KATHMANDU: Ahead of the Dalai Lama's 74th birthday Monday, a fresh controversy has erupted in Nepal, home to a sizeable number of Tibetan refugees, after six Nepali lawmakers had an audience with the exiled Tibetan leader in Dharamsala town in north India.

The use of Hindi by a Nepalese minister, also a leader of a Terai-based party, sparked a controversy at a function in Kathmandu as the audience objected to him speaking in the language.

KATHMANDU: At least nine people have been killed in landslides triggered by torrential rains in Nepal, an official said on Thursday.

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Biratnagar, July 3: Nepali Congress president and former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has requested the Unified CPN-Maoist to help resume the House proceedings.

Six people have been arrested after a turf war over what is known as Nepal's `herbal Viagra' erupted in a remote northern district, resulting in the death of seven villagers, police said yesterday.

Kathmandu, July 3 : Given only a couple more weeks by the Maoists and unable to table the budget in parliament due to their opposition, Nepal's beleaguered Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Friday expanded his cabinet in a surprise move, inducting two more ministers.

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