Nepal News

IFC is working with the government, with support from UK-based Better Regulation Delivery Office , to improve the food safety standards at different tourist-class eateries in Nepal and to train market monitors on inspection and monitoring techniques, it said.

After suffering an unexpected and humiliating loss in the Nov. 19 elections for members the Constituent Assembly , Nepal's UCPN is now in a dilemma over its future role in the country's political arena.

The European Union has announced to ban all Nepal-based airlines from flying in the European Union skies under the latest changes to a list of unsafe carriers.

A 120m steel truss bridge has officially been opened over the Arun River in eastern Nepal at Leguwa Ghat on Tuesday.

UNICEF and Save the Children in Nepal have signed a four-year Memorandum of Understanding in Kathmandu Tuesday committing to work more closely together on programs, projects and advocacy of mutual interest.

The European Commission on Thursday put all Nepal airlines on its safety blacklist, banning them from flying to the EU, and said the Philippines, Sudan and Zambia were making improvements.

The company has hired 80 bighas of land owned by Nepal Sanskrit University on lease for the commercial rearing of ostrich.

As men and women across the country get ready to queue again at polling booths on Tuesday for a second round of CA elections, Nepali Times looks at how senior leaders of the three main parties stack up against their opponents.

The current wave of transformation in Nepali politics offers hope for a successful outcome as it has encouraged a series of debates which increases social harmony to accommodate the assertions of common people and thereby sustain peace.

A RAMSBOTTOM pens-ioner enjoyed a stunning bird's eye view of Mount Everest as a birthday treat - courtesy of her adventurous daughter who is set to tackle the world's highest mount-ain next year.

Robin is a co-founder of Samriddhi, The Prosperity Foundation , a free market think tank in Nepal.

People are born and die in line with the rules of destiny. Many of those who pass away go unremembered but few who stand the test of time with heroic deeds remain immortal.

However, it is an everyday reality for a number of women with physical and mental disabilities, according to Tika Dahal, general secretary at National Federation of Disabled-Nepal .

A boy drinks water from the hand of his mother at Pashupatinath Temple during the Teej festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 8, 2013.

The long rectangular table holds green and blue colored files, question papers and exercise books.

The eighth Annual fundraiser for the Padma Organization will be held this Friday, Dec. 6, at Fuego Bistro and Pizzeria, 2001 Sidewinder Dr. from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. The organization was begun by Luke Hanley a Park City High School graduate.

By Anil Giri, Kathmandu, Dec 3 : Kathmandu-based Indian diplomat Abhay Kumar has penned an anthem for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in a bid to foster regional consciousness and bring member states closer.

SPEAKING FREELY Nepali voters choose a path less rocky By Manish Gyawali Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say.

I want to thank the Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide for their many decades of support and advocacy for Foreign Service employees and their families both at home and abroad.

A Christmas fair bursting with festive cheer has been described as the "perfect way" to build up to Candlelit Dartmouth's magical procession.