The new government in Nepal led by the former Maoist rebels Thursday sought help from the country's key international donors for continued financial...

Indian ayurvedic medicine giant Dabur, whose Nepal subsidiary faced Maoists' wrath for sponsoring the country's biggest beauty pageant Miss Nepal, is now facing a lockout threat by...

As Nepal's Natural Disaster Mitigation Committee began talks under the leadership of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda in the capital Thursday on how to combat the ravaging flood in south Nepal, near the border area, Nepali security forces began turning away dozens of Indians who had also become homeless due to the...

New Delhi, Aug 28 : Nepal Minister for Foreign Affairs Upendra Yadav arrived here today to attend a meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation...

Kathmandu, Aug 28 : Indian technical team today estimated around Rs 5.25 billion cost for reconstructing the embankment breached by the Saptakoshi...

Kathmandu, Aug 28 : Nepal's Prime Minister Prachanda today said that he will initiate the process to expand his cabinet by inducting the ministers from Unified Marxist Leninist...

Kathmandu, Aug 28 : The Central Natural Disaster Rescue Committee (CNDRC) is meeting at Singha durbar today to formulate the plans for the reconstruction of breached Saptakoshi embankment, rehabilitation of the displaced and reconstruction of the damaged...

Kathmandu, Aug 28 : Nepal's Supreme Court is expected to announce its verdict in the case of 'Bikni Killer' Charles Sobhraj, the criminal mastermind serving life term in Kathmandu''s Central...

WASHINGTON: A Nepalese man and relatives of 12 of his slain comrades filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against the construction and services giant KBR on charges of human trafficking, for...

Posted on: Thursday, 28 August 2008, 06:01 CDT Text of report by privately-owned Nepalnews.com website on 28 August Over 5,000 people, displaced from their homes by last week's Saptakoshi flood and...

According to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles, the Nepalese workers were recruited in 2004 in their home country by KBR and its Jordanian contractors, Daoud &...

Kathmandu - The new government led by the former rebel Maoists Thursday sought help from Nepal's key international donors for continued financial assistance. The meeting between the government and...

NPC vice-chairman, members resign The vice-chairman and members of the National Planning Commission (NPC) have announced their resignation. Vice-chairman Dr Jagdish Chandra Pokharel and members -...

For two weeks of havoc that Koshi flood wreaked in the eastern district of Sunsari, the governments Nepal and India failed to start works to stop further degradation of the embankment but continue to...

The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has increased the power cut duration to 16 and half hour per week to be effective from Wednesday.According to the NEA, it will impose load shedding of 3 hours...

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese police detained dozens of Tibetan exiles protesting in front of the Chinese diplomatic mission in Katmandu on Thursday. Police official Ramesh Thapa said more...

Govt to unveil relief package to flood victims The Central Natural Disaster Rescue Committee headed by the Prime Minister, has directed the concerned authorities and the special committee formed to...

Charikot tense after clash between student groups Dolakha district headquarters Charikot has been shut down Thursday following a clash between student organisations affiliated with CPN (Maoist),...

American Ambassador to Nepal Nancy J Powell observing a photo exhibition and prize distribution programme of 'WCN Nature through Lens - 4' competition at Nepal Art Council in...

Kathmandu - Nepalese police on Thursday broke up anti-China protests by Tibetan exiles in Kathmandu and arrested more than 100 demonstrators, officials said. The protest was the latest in a series of...

Protocol row settled; UML ministers to be sworn in Friday Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has agreed to give second place to UML's Bam Dev Gautam in cabinet hierarchy, ending the protocol dispute...

FM urges donors to assist in helping flood victims Finance Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai has urged the donors and development partners to provide assistance in helping victims of Saptakoshi...

Glimpses of the discussion that a media delegation held with Information and Communications minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara on the salaries of media personnel and the changes needed - formulation...

New Delhi, August 28: A Dalit delegation from Nepal is in the country to study about the reservation system here and fine tune their strategy before putting up their demands before the Government...

A musical tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary Tabla player Dheeraj Shrestha will make stage show in Sydney, Australia Friday as a tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mt Everest. ...

Kathmandu - Thousands of people who fled their homes after floods caused by Koshi river in eastern Nepal are now threatened by epidemics, media reports said Thursday. More than 40,000 people took...

WPF to provide support to flood victims for a month The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has announced it is mobilising emergency food assistance for 50,000 people displaced by floods in the eastern...

2 dead, over 5 thousand ill in camps for flood displaced as Nepali technicians begin repair work Over 5,000 people displaced from their homes by last week’s Saptakoshi flood and taking shelter...

Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav is heading for New Delhi, India, on Wednesday to take part in the meeting of BIMSTEC ministers. During his visit to New Delhi, FM Yadav will hold talks regarding the...

(AFP)--A Nepalese man and relatives of 12 of his slain comrades filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against the construction and services ...

Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" Wednesday shifted to his official residence at Baluwatar in Nepali capital Kathmandu. Prachanda was elected the first prime minister of...

Kathmandu, August 27 : Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday said he would go to India for his first political visit after taking charge of the PM...

KATHMANDU, Aug 27 (IPS) - The period between 2002 and 2007, was marked with various political and economic changes in Nepal. As the government and the Maoist rebels fought a bloody war in the...

PM shifts to Baluwatar; NA to take charge of his security Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has shifted to his official residence in Baluwatar on Wednesday, nine days after being elected to the top...

Koshi repair will take a long time, says Minister Gupta A senior minister has revealed that the complete repair of damaged embankment of Koshi river will take a long time. "Despite the claims...

The government of Japan on Wednesday has decided to extend $ 51,277 (approximately Rs 3.5 million) for a project to support working children’s rights and welfare.The assistance will be used...

The World Bank on Tuesday has granted $ 127 million for three vaious projects to help Nepal consolidate peace process and development.Finance Secretary Rameshwore Khanal and Susan Goldmark, the...

Thousands of passengers have been stranded along the east-west highway with local residents of Amarapuri in Nawalparasi district again blocking the highway section, demanding compensation to...

Consumers to face up to 16 hrs of loadshedding Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is all set to increase the existing four hours of power cuts to 16 hours a week, even though it usually reports...

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who returned to the capital completing a four-day trip to China Wednesday, has said his visit to the northern neighbour was "positive and...

Women at flood-victim camps face risk of sexual harassment Girls and women languishing in the temporary camps built for Saptakoshi flood victims are feeling insecure as they face increased risk of...

Mahabir Pun received the 'Hem Bahadur Malla Award-2065' from President Dr. Ram Baran Yadhav in a felicitation programme organised by the Public Administration Association of Nepal (PAAN) in...

High-level government team to camp in Sunsari for rescue works A high-level government team headed by ministers of defense and physical planning is to execute its works by camping at the...

Nepali athletes, who just returned from Beijing, said here Tuesday that the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was a great success, praising China's excellent organizational work of the Games. "It was...

KATHMANDU, 26 August 2008 (IRIN) - Over 40,000 people have been displaced by flooding in Nepal’s Sunsari District, 500km southeast of Kathmandu, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA),...

(FNJ/IFEX) - Ananta Raj Luintel, reporter of "The Himalayan Times" daily, was threatened by Charles Sobhraj's defence lawyer, Laxmi Devkota, on 18 August 2008 at the premises of the Supreme Court in...

The BJP has asked Manmohan Singh to take up with Nepal the issue of a major breach in the Kosi in the Himalayan country, which has caused a deluge in Bihar. “A 3-km barrage over the Kosi in...

By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Aug 26 : Nearly eight days after the flooded Saptakoshi river began inundating huge tracts of land in southern Nepal and India's districts in Bihar across the border...

President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav on Monday inspected the flood-hit areas caused by the breakdown of Saptakoshi river embankments.President Dr. Yadav had reached the district with President’s...

An earthquake measuring about 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted Nepal yesterday, met department said on Tuesday.The epicenter of the quake was around Jijang area of Tibet in China, about 200 km west of...