- About 100 detained during protest sit-in in Nepal
About 100 protestors were detained from outside Singha Durbar here, the main administrative seat of Nepal . . . . - Nepal's tourism industry to cash in on SPA-Maoist peace
In a bid to promote Nepal's ailing tourism industry, in the post conflict period, a year long event- "Visit Pokhara Year 2007" . . . . - 70,000 varsity workers to go on warpath in Nepal
University workers clashed with security forces here Monday and warned the Nepal government that 70,000 of them would stop work from Tuesday . . . . - Indian patients robbed in Nepal
At least two dozen Indian patients were robbed at knife-point in their hotel in southern Nepal, media reports said. - Nepal royals' fall creates jumbo trouble
The fall of the royal family in Nepal has created a 'jumbo' problem - keepers in wildlife parks are wondering how to name their tame elephants . . . . - Nepal ignores crown prince's birthday
It was a gloomy birthday for Nepal's Crown Prince Paras, who turned 36 Saturday . . . . - Three million Nepalese to get citizenship certificate
Nearly three million eligible Nepalese will receive citizenship certificate within next two and half months, officials said today. - Nepal aims to double tourist inflow this fiscal
In a bid to revive tourism in the insurgency hit Himalayan state Nepal, the country's Tourism Board has chalked out a multi-pronged strategy to nearly double the tourist inflow in the country. - Nepal chopper crash: efforts on to retrieve bodies
Anxious relatives and colleagues began a new vigil in Kathmandu Monday, waiting for the arrival of their kin's bodies after civil aviation authorities confirmed the wreck of the missing helicopter had been found and none of the 24 people on board had survived. - Nepal chopper missing
A helicopter belonging to a private airline with a Nepal minister on board has been missing in northern Nepal since Saturday morning. - Nepal lawyers wage war on parliament
Nepal's reinstated parliament is under attack from lawyers who have fired suits in the apex court, questioning the house decision to set itself up as the supreme authority in the country. - Royalist MP among four killed in Nepal
A fresh bout of violence marred the festive season in Nepal with gunmen killing a member of parliament from a party loyal to King Gyanendra and three more dying in the ensuing mayhem in Siraha district. - Nepal's Army Chief sworn in
Rukmangad Katuwal, whose appointment sparked criticism by Nepalese lawmakers for his alleged involvement in a crackdown of pro-democracy protestors, was today sworn in as the new army chief. - Maoists students' wing national convention held in Kathmandu
Nepal's capital today turned red as Maoists' students wing held a national convention and threatened to launch another agitation if the peace bid between the government and the rebels failed. - Nepal evenly poised between war and peace
Even as the government Monday initiated steps to resume the peace negotiations with Maoist guerrillas, public mood in Nepal is turning pessimistic with predictions that the uneasy truce would not last long. - Nepal unearths new 'glass-growing' prodigy
After a kid who sat in mediation in the same posture without food or drink for months and a child who measured only 20 inches grabbed headlines, Nepal has now found a new teen prodigy - a girl who "grows glass". - Nepal King to break his silence?
Nepal's King Gyanendra made a sensational televised address to the nation Feb 1, 2005 announcing the dismissal of then prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's government and assuming direct control himself. - Two Indians held in Nepal for child kidnapping
Two Indians from Bihar state have been arrested here for allegedly kidnapping an eight-year-old boy and selling him to a Nepali woman. - Nepal minister rescues trafficking victims from Indian airport
A chance encounter between a Nepali delegation headed by a minister and four Nepali women in New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport saved the women from being trafficked to Kuwait. - Maoists kill one teenager, abduct another in Nepal
Maoists have killed a teenager and abducted another in separate incidents in Nepal even as a senior UN official said the presence of State machinery was "shrinking" in the countryside in the post-truce period due to increased influence of the rebels. - Nepal army to be barred from business ventures
Parliament is drafting a new law to ban the Nepalese army from running any business or industry following cases of misappropriation of soldiers' welfare funds. - Landslides in Nepal claim two more lives, Araniko Highway blocked
Unrelenting rains and landslides in Nepal have claimed two more lives in the Gati Village Defence Committee (VDC) area of Sindhupalchowk District. - ITEC Day celebrated in Nepal
Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shanker Mukherjee hosted a reception here on the occasion of the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day. - Nepal government begins crackdown on gays
Nepal's vulnerable gay community, who had taken part in the popular protests against King Gyanendra's regime, are now being targeted by the new "democratic" government they supported to power, a gay rights organisation said. - Rayamajhi Commission questions Assistant Minister
The Rayamajhi Commission, which is investigating the violent clampdown on the pro-democracy movement in Nepal in April this year, interrogated Roshan Karki, Assistant Minister for Local Development of the erstwhile Royal Government on Tuesday. - Nepal Finance Minister defends new Army Chief Katwal
Brushing aside fears that the army could act in favour of the King under its newly appointed chief, Rukmangat Katwal, Finance Minister Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat has said that the Nepal army had already faced humiliation internationally for its role under the royalist regime. - Nepal receives USD 195 million foreign aid
Nepal's Government has so far received USD 195,616,438 in foreign assistance from India and other countries following restoration of democracy in the country, Finance Ministry sources said. - Nepal uncorks 'herbal wine'
After medicines and aphrodisiacs, Nepal, a treasury of potent herbs, has now uncorked a new product: herbal wine. - Maoist protests bring life to standstill in Nepal's capital
Life came to a standstill in Nepal's capital today as thousands of Maoist cadres held protests, clashed with police and chanted slogans against the monarch. - Eliminate fear of arms to ensure fair elections, says Nepal Home Minister
Nepal Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula has said that unless the fear of arms is eliminated from the minds of the people, elections to the Constituent Assembly cannot take place and even if it does, it will not be fair and impartial. - Nepal government caught 'lying' about arms cargo
As news of Nepal trying to ferry anti-aircraft missiles over Indian air space hit the media and the multi-party government began denying having any knowledge of it, records showed both the government and the army were very much aware of what was going on. - Nepal Government debates mystery over 5.1 tonne Ukraine weapons consignment
The Nepal Government remains clueless about who ordered the 5.1 tonne weapons consignment from Ukraine, and it has ordered an inquiry to find out who struck the deal. - Royal cat out of Indian JV bags in Nepal
Despite strenuous denials by at least two leading Indian joint ventures in Nepal - including tobacco giant ITC - a probe committee has informed the Nepal government that King Gyanendra and his kin hold major shares in 17 companies. - Many feared dead in Nepal landslide
Scores of people are feared dead and many more are missing after a landslide hit a remote village in Achham district of western Nepal burying around 80 houses there even as 13 people were swept away in floods in Banke district of the Himalayan Kingdom. - Nepal Maoists foil Hindu Mahasabha’s meeting on ‘restoration of Hindu nation’
Nepalese Maoists on Monday stopped attempts by Hindu fundamentalists to raise a chorus for restoring the Himalayan nation as a Hindu nation. - Violent protest in Nepal over hike in fuel prices
Violent protests erupted in capital city Kathmandu and other prominent cities in Nepal Saturday as the government hiked fuel prices, triggering a warning by the Maoist guerrillas that they would begin another revolt if prices were not rolled back. - Nepal erupts over fuel price hike
Violent protests erupted in capital city Kathmandu and other prominent cities in Nepal Saturday as the government hiked fuel prices, triggering protests and a demand for the resignation of the commerce minister. - Prince Charles comes to Nepal heritage rescue
Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, opened the doors of his residence wide to help out Nepal's exquisite yet endangered architectural heritage. - US envoy expresses regret over visa denial to Nepali author
America's ambassador to Nepal expressed regret Thursday after a public outrage triggered by the denial of visa to a leading Nepali author who was also a "cultural contact" for the American Center. - Rebels, breakaway Maoist faction clash in Nepal
Two factions of Nepal's Maoist rebels clashed in a village in the country's south, the fiercest fighting since the rebels signed a ceasefire agreement with the government. - Civic body to launch drive for republic in Nepal
With an aim to push the Government for early establishment of a democratic republic by forming a Constituent Assembly in the country, the Civil Movement for Democracy and Social Transformation (CMDST) has announced the launch a civic movement in different parts of the country from Thursday. - $55.2 mn ADB grant for Nepal roads
Nepal will receive a $55.2 million grant from Asian Development Bank (ADB) for expanding and rehabilitating its feeder road system. - Nepal king dons sacred thread for divine protection
As Nepal celebrated 'Janai Purnima', its Hindu festival of the sacred thread Wednesday, King Gyanendra re-appeared in the public eye after a long period of absence, donning the holy thread along with members of the royal family with prayers for divine protection. - Indian gang leader charged with trafficking in Nepal
An Indian gang leader, wanted for murder, robbery and extortion in India, has now been charged with human trafficking in Nepal. - Nepalese protest misconduct by Indian police
Locals in a western Nepal town have sealed a border entry point and restricted movement of people and vehicles for the past four days to protest against alleged misconduct by Indian policemen. - Nepal joins the cause of 'comfort women'
Cutting across social differences, Nepal, one of the worst suffers of sex abuse, Wednesday joined a regional campaign to uphold the rights of the "comfort women" of World War II. - Nepal Maoists warn of return to war
Maoists in Nepal today warned of the peace process with the government being put on the backtrack if the seven-party regime in the country insisted on the rebels laying down their arms. - Abide by Code of Conduct, Nepal Home Minister tells Maoists
Concerned over the killing of two persons abducted by the Maoists, Nepal's Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitoula has urged the rebels to abide by the 25-point Code of Conduct they reached recently with the government and warned that if they continue to breach it, a "crisis of trust" might arise. - Almost 200 scale Everest from Nepal side in May
Almost 200 climbers scaled the world's highest mountain, 8,848 metre-high Mount Everest, from the Nepalese side during the spring climbing season, according to the Nepalese tourism ministry.
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