Nepal News

Mamata at the Bhanu Bhakta birth anniversary celebration in Kalimpong in July 2012; Binay Tamang felicitates Nepali dancer Usha Gomden in Darjeeling on Sunday.

Retracting from its earlier stance Nepal has refused to allow entry of a prominent Tibetan spiritual leader's body into its soil from India for conducting his last rites.

Bhoto Jatra is a part of Rato Macchindranath chariot festival, which is the longest festival observed in Kathmandu valley.

Kathmandu, July 12 - At least 50 Indian universities and colleges are vying for students from Nepal at a time when the number of Nepali students seeking admission in Indian educational institutions has seen a sharp rise.

Construction of much awaited Khurkot bridge in the Sunkoshi River has been completed.

Nepal should strongly lobby for the holding of the South Asian Association of Regional Corporation summit in its territory every single year.

It was Mother's Day this year when Margaret Allpress received the phone call she had been dreading since her son Matthew vanished while trekking in Nepal six months earlier.

Until recently, I took the meaty oxygenated air of sea level for granted. At home, atmospheric oxygen is the ubiquitous, ethereal life-giving substance that enters the body with each respiration, as reliable as the tides.

This new flight is in addition to the 11 weekly direct flights SpiceJet already operates on Delhi-Kathmandu route.

Hari Man Lama is the Executive Chairman of Incentive Tours and Travels, which is the GSA of Malaysia-based long-haul, low-cost carrier AirAsia X. Involved in the tourism business with his Incentive Group of Companies for the last 18 years, Lama is a very dynamic personality with a strong vision to drive his business forward and ensure growth.

A red ribbon is put on the sleeves of a man by his friend to show support for people living with HIV during a program to raise awareness about AIDS on World AIDS Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, December 1, 2013.

Old and new: While Kathmandu is modern enough - complete with ATMs, even - to serve the hordes of tourists that visit, the century-old tradition of using human muscles to carry goods remains.

Seventy-five per cent of the houses in the country still use the traditional fuels like firewood and sun-baked cow dung for cooking food.

The much hyped high-tech arrangements for the CPN-UML general convention at Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu have been terminated as of Wednesday, even as the convention itself has been prolonged by a couple of days.

A teenager in Nepal committed suicide after her favorite team Brazil were thrashed by Germany in the World Cup, police said today.

A leadership coach who had to be carried from a mountain after her leg muscles failed during a climb will face her demons by going up Ben Nevis.

A teenager in eastern Nepal committed suicide after her favourite team Brazil lost badly to Germany in the World Cup semifinals, police said Thursday.

A teenager in eastern Nepal committed suicide after her favourite team Brazil lost badly to Germany in the World Cup semifinals, police said Thursday.

A teenager in eastern Nepal committed suicide after her favourite team Brazil lost badly to Germany in the World Cup semifinals, police said Thursday.

The Harbin Y12e aircraft, which the Chinese government is giving to Nepal on a grant, will land in the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on July 25. Aviation Industry Corporation of China International formally handed over the aircraft to Madan Kharel, managing director of NAC, on July 7. Issuing a statement on Wednesday, NAC said the ... (more)