Nepal Ban urges all parties to maintain momentum to hold elections within timetable

24 May 2013 150 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged all parties in Nepal to overcome remaining political obstacles to hold the country's next elections within the existing timetable. In a statement, Mr. Ban's spokesperson said the Secretary-General "has been following events in Nepal closely," and "urges all parties to maintain momentum by overcoming the remaining political obstacles ...

Five climbers feared dead on Nepal mountainside

Officials in Nepal said five missing mountain climbers were likely killed by an avalanche on Mount Kanchenjunga earlier this week. The Nepal tourism ministry said the group went missing while descending the mountain and included climbers from Nepal, Hungary and South Korea. "All our efforts to trace them have failed," Mingma Sherpa, the organizer of the expedition, told the BBC. ...

Nepali security guard killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan

Nepali security guard killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan A Nepali guard and an Afghan police officer providing security to the International Organisation of Migration's compound in Kabul died in a Taliban assault on Friday, local reports said. Four of the IOM's staff were wounded, one of them seriously burned by a grenade at the group's guesthouse for international workers, ...

Nepal’s Tibetan Refugees Struggle Under China’s Shadow

KATHMANDU -- Tibetan refugees in Nepal say they face increasing restrictions from Nepalese authorities due to pressure from China. VOA correspondent Aru Pande talks to Tibetans who, for decades, have made the Himalayan country their home. Dolma Lama learned to weave Tibetan carpets from her mother - who fled Tibet and settled in Kathmandu after a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese ...

Politics churns in Nepals southern plains

As the Nepalese political parties deliberate on holding new Constituent Assembly (CA) elections, a whole lot of political churning is taking place in Madhes, the southern plains of Nepal. While efforts are underway from some quarters to form a single party or at least an electoral alliance, some Madhesi leaders are resorting to 'pressure tactics' in order to establish themselves as a ...