Nepal News

Kathmandu, June 25: Amid the political uncertainty in Nepal, China's stepped up diplomatic offensive in the Himalayan country is being seen with suspicion in Kathmandu with some terming it as a tacit move to ...

The world's highest garbage dump is set for a major clean up next year. AP BEAUTIFUL BUT DIRTY: Wispy clouds form near the peaks surrounding Mount Everest, seen from Everest base camp in Nepal.

South East Asia News.Net Wednesday 25th June, 2008 Kathmandu, June 25 : The Maoists have said that they are ready to form government through a floor test in the Constituent Assembly if its efforts to keep the ...

Nepal's prime minister announced his long-delayed resignation Thursday, clearing the way for the formation of a new coalition government led by former communist rebels.

A third of Nepals population faces risk of suffering from Kala-azar - a chronic and potentially fatal parasitic disease of the viscera with figures going up from 5,616,489 in 2006 to 8,007,323 in 2007, says a ...

The Chinese embassy in Kathmandu refuted a statement published by a Tibetan group in a leading English language daily, calling it "totally groundless and deceptive". "The embassy was aware that recently the ...

KATHMANDU * About 2.5 million Nepalis need immediate food assistance and 3.9 million others are at risk of becoming food insecure because of rising prices, the United Nations food agency said yesterday.

KATHMANDU: Top leaders of the seven party alliance signed an agreement and a cabinet meeting approved a bill to amend the interim constitution, under which president, vice-president and the Constituent Assembly ...

Police are watched by bystanders as they measure the dead body of a Gangetic dolphin which was killed by local fishermen at Biratnagar, some 240km southeast of Kathmandu on Monday KATHMANDU: Even as animal ...

Senior leader of the Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba has accused the Maoist leadership of trying to split the Seven Party Alliance that worked together for over two and half years.

A 12-year-old boy climbed hundreds of feet down into a crevice in a mountain gorge in western Nepal on Wednesday to rescue a 2-year-old girl who had fallen in 22 hours earlier, officials said.

Legal experts have suggested Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to tender resignation from his post only after the election of president.

KATHMANDU: British Minister for International Development Shahid Malik arrived in Kathmandu on Friday for a three-day visit to help the political parties move forward to form a government.

"We will also implement measures to improve the condition for the police and address issues raised during the protest," Dotel said.

Kathmandu, June 24 : The Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist and the Unified Marxist Leninist have reached an agreement to seek consensus with other parties on amendment to the constitution for forming the next ...

Airline passengers board a rickshaw to return home, outside the airport in Kathmandu yesterday, where all public transport and taxis were taken off the roads KATHMANDU: Thousands of passengers were stranded ...

KATHMANDU: After many failed attempts to evolve a consensus on the National Security Council's structure and management of weapons in the Maoists' possession, the Communist Party of Nepal and Communist Party of ...

Prime Minister and Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala on Sunday consulted party affiliated legal experts concerning his resignation and formation of the next government.

NEPALI police detained about 500 Tibetan separatists involved in anti-China activities in the Nepali capital of Kathmandu yesterday afternoon.

The result of the School Leaving Certificates (SLC) examinations is likely to be published tonight. The board meeting of the Office of the Controller of Examinations, Sanothimi, is underway to take decision on publishing the results. The final tallying of the results is also underway and if no technical constraints appeared in the middle, results will go public by midnight. The result will be published in Gorkhapatra and Annapurna Post dailies. It will also be available at the websites of Nepal Telecom and Ministry of Education and Sports. Students can also inquire about their results through Mero mobile and Namaste mobile.