The Nepali police Sunday arrested more than 550 Tibetan demonstrators, most of them women, during anti-China protests in the capital...

In a sign of growing concern at the failure of Nepal's major parties to reach an understanding on power-sharing, India's new Ambassador Rakesh Sood Sunday met top Maoist leaders - the fourth such meeting in less than three...

More than 420 Bhutanese refugees living in UN-run camps in eastern Nepal have been resettled in another country as part of a third-country resettlement programme, a media report said...

Kathmandu, May 11 : Newly appointed Indian ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood on Sunday called on the Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist (CPN-M) leadership....

Kathmandu, May 11 : Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) on Sunday floated the proposal to form the new government prior to the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly...

Kathmandu, May 11 : Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has announced that he has started a dialogue with leaders of all political parties within the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and other newly emerged Terai-based parties on the issue of government formation and commencement of smooth proceedings of the Constituent Assembly which is set to convene within a...

Ever since, the 51-year-old mother has not seen her son, who was among hundreds of civilians who went missing during a decade of Maoist civil...

KATMANDU, Nepal — Police detained more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, including many Buddhist nuns, on Sunday after breaking up several demonstrations against China's recent crackdown in...

Police in Nepal have arrested 562 Tibetan women at an anti-China rally in Kathmandu. The protesters shouted: "We want free Tibet" in the first all-female demonstration against Chinese...

Women leaders from different political parties have urged the government to take stringent action against the 'captors' of Anandi Devi Singh, the chairperson of Nepal Sadbhawana Party (Anandi Devi)....

Kathmandu - Nepalese police Sunday arrested more than 550 Tibetan demonstrators, most of them women, during anti-China protests in the capital Kathmandu. The demonstrators, including Tibetan nuns,...

Over 500 protesting Tibetans arrested More than 500 hundred Tibetan exiles were arrested during their demonstration in Kathmandu on Sunday against the recent crackdown by the Chinese government on...

Dissident NSU men demand leadership change A group of Nepal Student Union (NSU) activists staged demonstration in front of the venue of Nepali Congress central working committee (CWC) meeting in...

AI appeals to CA members for 'effective human rights protection' Amnesty International (AI) has called on the Constitutional Assembly (CA) members who are preparing to take their seats in the...

CPN (Maoist) chairman Prachanda, has appeared in another religious programme, 'manokranti' programme organised by Yogi Bikasananda - notwithstanding the fact that communists compare the religion with...

The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday announced the final results of Constituent Assembly (CA) candidates under the Proportional Representation (PR) system.Organizing a press conference at the EC...

IPWA wants 13 seats for women out of 26 Inter Party Women's Alliance (IPWA) has demanded that at least 13 women should be given a chance to enter the Constituent Assembly out of the 26 who will be...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepali police detained 562 Tibetan women at an anti-China rally in Kathmandu on Sunday, the first all-women protest against Chinese rule in their homeland, officials...

Disgruntled Maoist cadres burnt effigies of their party supremo Prachanda in southern Nepal's Rautahat district.The effigy was burnt over the issue of nominating representatives from Madhesi and...

In a press conference today, the Hanuman Dhoka criminal investigation police department displayed cases of various duplicate alcohol confiscated by them along with the people involved in the...

By Dr Padam P Sharma The post-election political map of Nepal looks all red with the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) sweeping the Constitution Assembly (CA) polls from East to the West. While the...

Newly appointed Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood on Sunday met CPN (Maoist) chairman Prachanda for the second time in less than a week to discuss the formation of the next government which...

Prime Life Insurance to commence service from June Prime Life Insurance Company Limited has obtained operating license from Beema Samiti, the regulator of the insurance sector in Nepal, to conduct...

on April 11, the morrow of the historic constituent assembly elections. It was stunning indeed that the constituent assembly elections in a Nepal torn by civil strife were held in a remarkably...

Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala said Saturday he has started dialogue with all parties in the ruling Seven Party Alliance and other newly emerged parties for smooth proceedings of the...

A task force formed to work out the procedure, working list and agenda for Nepali first Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting is scheduled to begin its work from Saturday. A meeting of the task force is...

NRN Russia donates 32 computers for schools Non Resident Nepalis (NRNs) from Russia have contributed 32 computers to 10 schools in six districts on...

Khadka resigns from NC central committee Elected Central Working Committee member of Nepali Congress, Purna Bahadur Khadka, has resigned from his post expressing dissatisfaction over party ...

Bullish trend continues at NEPSE Rising customer confidence and smooth rise of shares helped the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index gain 31.15 points this week to close at 771.33 points on...

A group of Tibetan protesters chained themselves together in front of the Chinese Embassy's visa office in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, on Saturday. Sixteen protesters secured themselves to each...

Foreign employment sector sees upward trend The number of Nepalis going abroad for jobs has significantly risen in the past nine months as compared to the same period last fiscal year. According...

Indecision mars meetings of NC, UML central bodies Meetings of the central committees of Nepali Congress and CPN (UML), the two major parties that faced embarrassing loss in the recent polls,...

The Ministry for Culture, Tourismand Civil Aviation has decided to observe May 29 as the International Mt. Everest (Qomolangma) Day to commemorate the first ascension of the peak on the day in 1953....

With the Chinese mountaineering team successfully taking the Olympic torch to Mt. Qomolangma, the Nepali government also removed the ban on mountaineering expeditions to the highest peak in the...

Incidents of murder, kidnapping, looting and other criminal activity have seen a resurgence in the eastern and central Terai plains districts in south Nepal after the Constituent Assembly (CA)...

May 29 is Everest Day now The government has announced to celebrate May 29 as the International Mount Everest Day from this year. This is to commemorate the first ascension of the peak in 1953 by...

The 12th Nepal Education & Book Fair began in the capital from today. The Fair will continue till the 17th of May. Visiting veteran Bollywood actor Dev Anand inaugurating the fair and speaking a...

Dr Dhungel advises not to amend statute Amidst debate whether the interim constitution needs amendments immediately, a constitutional expert has advised political parties not to do so as that will...

International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Program and various other organizations, is studying the impact of climate...

Nepal's Maoists and mainstream political parties held a first round of talks yesterday to set up a new government following the former insurgents' stunning win in landmark polls, officials said."The...

KATMANDU: Nepalese mountaineering officials said the climbing season on Mount Everest can resume now that Chinese climbers have completed their Olympic torch relay. Tourism Ministry official...

Top leaders agree to call CA meeting in a fortnight The much awaited meeting of the top leaders of the ruling coalition partners concluded on Friday, agreeing to call the first meeting of the ...

Nepali embassy in Yangon damaged by cyclone; officials shifted to hotel Nepali embassy in Myanmar capital Yangon has been damaged in the deadly cyclone, forcing the embassy officials to shift to...

CA court issues stay order on Sindhuli-1 case Constituent Assembly Court has issued a stay order in name of CPN-UML's CA member Bisham Lal Adhikari not to take oath as CA member. The three-member...

In a press conference today, the Institutional School Teachers' Union (ISTU) and Private School Teachers' Union (PSTU) announced that they will merge - Mukunda Gautam...

Gurung pledges relief package for tourism industry Minister for Local Development Dev Gurung has pledged to bring 'relief package' for the conflict-hit tourism industry once the new government...

The man of the moment Prachanda's challenge is to provide a vision - to be shared by all Nepalis and not just Maoist cadres - and the leadership skills to carry the country forward. His public...

Two foreign climbers missing on Mt Dhaulagiri In what appears to be the first serious climbing mishap in the current climbing season, two foreign climbers attempting to scale Mt Dhaulagiri in ...

Seven Party meeting today to discuss govt formation Top leaders of the ruling seven party alliance (SPA) are meeting on Friday to discuss the formation of new government, implementation of...

Grave financial irregularities in FNJ The financial report of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), which could not be passed during the recent convention due to disputes, has shown...