Nepal News

Kathmandu, March 14: Probably the world's poorest head of the state, Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala lists just three ordinary mobile phones as his assets.

Silence fell over Susan Bunish's fourth-grade classroom last week as her students collected 10 stones apiece from boxes in the center of the room and sat down on the floor to play with them.

In Nepal, deciding the winner of a musical chair game is very difficult especially on the political front where international powers seemingly conglomerate to watch it.

The Mohan Baidya-chaired CPN-Maoist, which did not participate in the November 19 Constituent Assembly polls, has made public 40-point demands, warning that failure to address their demands would have consequences.

Kathmandu, March 13: Twenty-one months after they split, Nepal's two Maoist parties led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda and Mohan Baidhya 'Kiran' Thursday announced a working alliance which may just be the first step towards their re-unification.

Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh is arriving Nepal on a two-day visit on Thursday.

UP IN THE WIND Starring: Ni Ni, Jing Boran, Liu Zi Director: Teng Huatao Category: TBA Rating: 3/5 The comparisons will be inevitable: essentially, Teng Huatao has made a mainland variation of Eat, Pray, Love .

Nepalese police in riot gear keep watch in Kathmandu on 10 March 2014, during the 55th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule.

When Shrijana Singh Yonjan started Celebrating Womanhood Navadevi Awards in 2002, it was more a fashion program where the who's who of Kathmandu Valley gathered for a night of entertainment.

Associations of guardians and teachers both have criticized the PABSONs proposal, saying it is "illegal" as well as "against the verdict of the Supreme Court".

Every year, these people spend five to six months in Kathmandu to escape harsh winter condition and move back to Dolpa as the cold season comes to an end.

In what may be dubbed as a startling revelation, police authorities themselves are reportedly violating the law by using stolen vehicles they impounded in several districts.

Second rung Madhesi leaders, who enthusiastically recommended models for unification of three Madhes-based parties -- Tarai Madhes Democratic Party , Madhesi Peoples Right Forum- Nepal and Sadbhavana Party -- almost one and half months ago, are miffed at the inordinate delay in finalization of the unification process.

At a time when the coverage area of the Nepal Police is increasing with spreading human settlements and they need to deploy round the clock, police vehicles are facing an acute shortage of fuel.

We walk up a steep hill, through long snake grass, to a small lean-to structure.

Last week, Sushil Koirala from Nepali Congress officially became the 37th Prime Minister of Nepal backed by almost unanimous voting from the new CA-Parliament.

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Kathmandu, March 11: Indian Ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae inaugurated the newly- constructed college block of B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences at Dharan in eastern Nepal Tuesday.

Stateless in Nepal By Mallika Aryal KATHMANDU - Around 4.3 million of Nepal's 27 million population lack citizenship documents, rendering them stateless, says a report by the Forum for Women, Law and Development , which works to promote and protect the interests of Nepali women.

S angita Shrestha desperately waits in a hospital bed to see the baby girl she has just delivered.