200,000 buffaloes, goats, chickens, pigeons to be sacrificed at Hindu festival in Nepal

200,000 animals to be sacrificed at Nepal festival

Hundreds of thousands of animals to be sacrificed at Hindu festival in southern Nepal

Mass animal sacrifice festival begins in Nepal

Mass animal sacrifice festival to go ahead in southern Nepal despite protests

Nepal mass animal sacrifice festival to go ahead

Tens of thousands of communist protesters block Nepal government headquarters

Maoists block Nepal government headquarters

Nepal’s Cabinet to meet at Everest base camp to highlight threat from global warming

Global warming: Nepali Cabinet to meet on Everest

Tiger experts say species dying out fast despite conservation efforts

Experts: Tigers fast dying out despite campaigns

22-inch Nepalese man says he’s all grown up and ready for title of world’s shortest person

KATMANDU, Nepal — Now that he’s all grown up, 18-year-old Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal wants the world to know just how tiny he is.

Landslides triggered by heavy rains kill 34 in remote western Nepal

KATMANDU, Nepal — Landslides triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 34 people in various parts of western Nepal, government officials said Wednesday.

Police says church building collapse in east Nepal kills 24, injures 62

KATMANDU, Nepal — A church dormitory collapsed on attendees of a Christian conference in eastern Nepal as they slept early Wednesday, killing at least 24 people and injuring an additional 62, police said.

British, Indian skydivers claim highest landing near Everest

KATMANDU, Nepal — Three skydivers claim to have made the highest parachute landing ever at a drop zone high in the Himalayas of Nepal, officials said Wednesday.

Maoist supporters clash with police in anti-government protest in Nepal’s capital

KATMANDU, Nepal — Hundreds of supporters of Nepal’s former communist rebels clashed with police Wednesday during an anti-government protest at a Katmandu university where the prime minister was attending a graduation ceremony.

11 killed, 20 missing and feared dead after a bus in Nepal plummets into rain-swollen river

KATMANDU, Nepal — A bus veered off a highway and plunged into a river in northeast Nepal on Thursday, killing at least 11 people and leaving about 20 missing and feared dead.

Nepalese police arrest alleged leader of militant group blamed in mosque, church attacks

KATMANDU, Nepal — Police have arrested one of Nepal’s most wanted men, the alleged leader of a shadowy militant group blamed in deadly attacks on a church and a mosque, the government said Monday.

Study says climate change threatens water, food security for 1.6 billion people in South Asia

KATMANDU, Nepal — Effects of climate change including the melting of Himalayan glaciers threaten water and food security for more than 1.6 billion people living in South Asia, according to a study released Wednesday.

Fake currency: Nepal awaits India’s formal complaint

KATMANDU/DELHI - Nepal Government officials on Wednesday said they cannot take any action in the Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket against anyone, including former Crown Prince Paras, unless India lodges a formal complaint.

Aid agency: Climate change causing ‘deeply worrying’ food shortages for millions in Nepal

KATMANDU, Nepal — Millions of people in Nepal face severe food shortages because global climate change has disrupted weather patterns and slashed crop yields in the Himalayan nation, an international aid agency warned Friday.

Madhav Kumar Nepal visit to Delhi to strengthen relation

KATMANDU - Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Friday hinted that Nepal and India may reach an agreement on starting some new projects during his visit to India.

2 days of heavy monsoon rains leave at least 22 dead in Nepal

KATMANDU, Nepal — Flooding and landslides brought on by two days of heavy monsoon rains in Nepal have left 22 people dead and several more missing, officials said Tuesday.

Nepal PM thanks British actress for securing Gurkha war veterans’ right to move to UK

KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s prime minister on Monday thanked “Absolutely Fabulous” actress Joanna Lumley for her outspoken campaign to give thousands of Gurkha war veterans and their families the right to settle in Britain.

British actress who helped Gurkha veterans secure rights gets grand welcome in Nepal

KATMANDU, Nepal — Hundreds of Gurkha war veterans and their families swarmed Katmandu airport Sunday to welcome British actress Joanna Lumley, who helped secure their right to settle in the United Kingdom.

Landslide hits villages in Nepal’s mountains, buries homes, killing 9 people

KATMANDU, Nepal — Landslides triggered by monsoon rains swept through three villages in Nepal’s mountainous west Thursday, burying homes and killing at least nine people, a ministry official said.

Finding shadows of a king, and a troubled nation’s history, in Nepal’s former royal palace

KATMANDU, Nepal — Pity the king.

AP Interview: Nepal prime minister vows political turmoil won’t stop peace process

KATMANDU, Nepal — The political turmoil that has roiled Nepal in recent weeks will not stop its peace process from moving forward, the country’s prime minister said Saturday, adding that the former Maoist guerrillas still must prove that they are committed to negotiations.

Riot police stop hundreds of female protesters demanding the sacking of Nepal’s army chief

KATMANDU, Nepal — Riot police beat back hundreds of women from Nepal’s Maoist party who protested Thursday in front of the president’s house to demand that he fire the country’s army chief.

Nepal deploys troops in capital to head off more Maoist protests who want army chief fired

KATMANDU, Nepal — Riot police beat back hundreds of women from Nepal’s communist party who protested Thursday in front of the president’s house in the capital to demand that he fire the country’s army chief.

Police clash with Maoist supporters as political crisis in Nepal continues

KATMANDU, Nepal — Police clashed Wednesday with protesting Maoists, who vowed to prevent a new government from being formed unless the president supported the firing of the country’s army chief — the key dispute that has thrown the Himalayan country into crisis.

Maoists vow to step up protest, block vote for new prime minister in Nepal

KATMANDU, Nepal — Police clashed Wednesday with protesting Maoists, who vowed to prevent a new government from being formed unless the president supported the firing of the country’s army chief — the key dispute that has thrown the Himalayan country into crisis.

Nepal parties huddle on forming new gov’t after former-rebel prime minister resigns

KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s president Tuesday asked political parties to stake their claims to form a new government after the prime minister, a former leader of Maoist rebels, resigned.

Former communist guerrilla leader resigns as Nepal’s prime minister amid power struggle

KATMANDU, Nepal — The former guerrilla leader who became Nepal’s prime minister last year has resigned after a power struggle with the president, and his party vowed to launch mass protests and shut down parliament.

Nepal’s prime minister resigns after president overturns decision to fire army chief

KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s prime minister resigned Monday amid a power struggle over his firing of the army chief, saying he was stepping down to “save the peace process” that brought the Himalayan nation out of a bloody decade-long civil war.

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