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Kathmandu, Nov 21 (PTI) Nepal's Maoists today decided to end its blockade of the parliament so as to allow the government to pass the crucial budget, but planned to go ahead with the next phase of their agitation to dislodge the coalition in a dispute over "civilian supremacy".
Nepal's opposition Maoist party on Saturday announced a fresh, month-long round of anti-government protests, accusing the new administration of failing to address its demands.
Kathmandu, Nov 20 (PTI) Nepal's deposed king Gyanendra has for the first time acquired a passport in his name at the age of 64, more than a year after he became a commoner, a Foreign Ministry official said today.
Local Communities Form a Team of Rhino Bodyguards on Elephant-back to Protect the Rhino By Victoria Picknell Nepal - Nepal's greater one-horned rhino population is on the road to recovery, following almost a decade of steep decline caused by poaching. Conservationists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have joined forces with local communities to form a team of rhino bodyguards on ...
International envoys to Nepal said Friday they are "increasingly concerned" by the slow progress in the country's peace process, three years after the end of a bloody, decade-long civil war.
Nepal's former king has been given his first passport aged 63, a year-and-a-half after stepping down from the throne, the government said Friday.
Thousands of Hindu devotees have flocked to a village in Nepal ahead of the planned sacrifice of more than 300,000 animals in a ceremony condemned by animal rights activists, including French actress Brigitte Bardot.
A Hindu festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are expected to be sacrificed will go ahead as scheduled in southern Nepal despite protests, organizers said Friday.
The legendary French movie star turned animal rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot has written to Nepal's president urging him to stop a mass animal sacrifice from going ahead next week.
(RTTNews) - The United States in a travel advisory has asked its nationals to be cautious while traveling in Nepal in view of the precarious security situation in that country.
A Hindu festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are expected to be sacrificed will go ahead as scheduled in southern Nepal despite protests, organizers say.
Why would a one-time Nepal trekker ever want to eat Nepalese food again? Is it masochism — or is it just that Nepal casts such a powerful spell?
Kathmandu, Nov 16 (PTI) A top Maoist leader today warned of "another conflict" in Nepal after the end of the decade-long civil war in 2006 if the political parties fail to end the deadlock that has stalled the peace process.
When Nina Dudnik arrived at Harvard Medical School in 2001 to pursue her doctorate, her eyes weren’t drawn to the marble hallways, the state-of-the-art facilities, or the august faculty.
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Dozens of people were injured yesterday in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, as police clashed with Maoist demonstrators protesting the president’s refusal to fire the army chief.
The man considered the father of lethal injection in the United States said it doesn't matter whether three fatal drugs are used or one as long as the drug works efficiently.
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