Many dead after consuming tainted alcohol in Nepal

At least 9 people have died in few days after consuming illegal hooch. All the deceased have drunk alcohol served from a drum at a village market on Sunday. Dozens of people have been admitted in local hospital with headaches, vomiting, prolonged unconsciousness complaints...

Nepal issues new regulations after 'Chandni Chowk to China'

"Observers are concerned over the deteriorating Nepal-India relations as Nepal’s Ministry of Information and Communication issued new regulations for screening of national and international movies in the...

Proposed Buddhist university lingering without permission

Chairman of Nepal’s proposed Siddhartha University, emphasizing on Buddhist education, Monk Dr. Sunanda Mahasthavir has voiced that the Nepal government has done injustice to his university by not recognizing it even though it has fulfilled almost all the requirements under...

Nepal government reserve 45% govt jobs in Civil Service

The Maoists government of Nepal has allocated almost half of all civil service jobs to Marginalized members of Nepalese society which includes Madhesis, untouchables, ethnic groups and backward community."he cabinet meeting on Wednesday decided to allocate 45 percent quota to...

Deadly Nepal flood river diverted

In a major relief and hope for millions of victims in the Nepal and bordering areas of India, the deadly river Kosi has been diverted back to its original course. The river caused massive flash floods that...

Maoists cadre rush for quick degrees in Nepal

After Maoist came to power one of the major issue cropped up about the future of Maoists soldiers. They have been demanding their comrades to be merged into regular army.  The stand-off in Nepal between the...

Nepal bans Bollywood movie over Buddha birth claim

The student activists of All Nepal National Independent Students Union belonging to ruling leftist party staged anti-India demonstrations in front of Trichandra College in the heart of Kathmandu city by...

Nepal culls 15,000 birds; declares high alert in 20 districts

Nepalese authorities culled 10,356 birds in flu hit Mechinagar Municipality in eastern Nepal as the government declared a high alert in 20 other districts in an attempt to control spread of avian flu. These disease prone birds have been culled within 48 hours of a warning...

Nepal journos stir against killing of woman scribe in Terai

Nepalese Journalists have begun a week long agitation to protest the killing of 26-yeal old woman journalist Uma Singh. She wrote about women's rights and criticised political leaders  in her news coverage before being stabbed to death in southern Nepal. "An umbrella...

Freedom eludes Sobhraj as Nepal SC reserves verdict

Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj started his morning today with husge expectation in his cell in Kathmandu's Central Jail, awaiting a visit by his fiancée Nihita Biswas, who would tell him if he would walk out of...

Female journalist stabbed to death in Nepal

A female journalist who wrote about women's rights and criticised political leaders has been stabbed to death in southern Nepal. The region where she was murdered, the Terai plains, has seen sporadic...

Nepali students protest against border encroachment by India

Students on Monday protested against what they called the border encroachment by India in Nepal's Pashupatinagar in Ilam district. Students affiliated to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) organized the protest in the capital on Monday. Student leader Lekhnath Neupane...

Nepal hit by 18-hour power cuts

From Sunday, in an unprecedented turn in Nepal’s history, the state-run Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has imposed what it calls a 18-hour power outage daily in a bid to cope with the power crisis. The...

New Safe House for Women :: Kathmandu, Nepal

  In Kathmandu, Nepal, many married and some unmarried women are abused on a daily basis. A recent Foreign Policy news report, dated May 2008, has published a list of "The Worst Places to be a Woman," where...

Labourers force closure of 200 hotels and restaurants in Nepal

One of most visited tourist town's of Nepal is undergoing massive unrest. Nepal's tourist capital Pokhra has witnessed closure of all the restaurents, hotels, tourists bus services for last couple of days leaving the tourist stranded. The workers have gone on strike over the...

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