Nepal

Kathmandu (Nepal): Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda, 69), the Prime Minister of Nepal, secured a vote of confidence in parliament on Wednesday. This comes a week after he established his third coalition government in 14 months, mostly of…

Nepal: More than 100 people have been killed after an earthquake struck remote western Nepal on Friday. Security forces have been deployed to help rescue efforts in the rugged districts of Jajarkot and Rukum, 500km (310 miles) west of…

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and UAE Vice President Sheikh Mohammed were among the world leaders who congratulated India on Wednesday on the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon, saying the historic event is evidence…

Kathmandu: India on Sunday gifted 84 vehicles, including 34 ambulances and 50 school buses, to various organisations in Nepal, local media reported. Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Shrivastava handed over keys of the vehicles to the…

Kathmandu: The Kathmandu District Court on Thursday rejected a marriage registration application filed by a gay couple despite the Supreme Court legalising same-sex marriages in Nepal. Maya Gurung, 38, and Surendra Pandey, 27, -- both…

Nepal: Sita Dahal, the wife of Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has passed away after experiencing a cardiac arrest. Reports on Twitter indicate that she had been battling a prolonged illness alongside her sudden cardiac event.…

Kathmandu: Nepal’s Pashupatinath Temple here was closed on Wednesday afternoon till Thursday morning as authorities reinstalled more than 100 kilogrammes of gold ornaments around the Shiva Linga at the fifth-century revered Hindu shrine.…

Kathmandu: A Nepal court on Thursday lifted the ban on Hindi films, including Prabhas-starrer "Adipurush", asking authorities not to halt the screening of any movie passed by the country's censor board. A dialogue of "Adipurush", in…

Kathmandu: All Hindi films, including Adipurush, were banned in Nepal on Monday following a controversy over its dialogues, including the mention of Sita as ”India’s daughter”. According to reports, the screening of Om Raut-directed…

Kathmandu: The screening of all Hindi movies will be banned in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu from Monday over the “objectionable” words and depiction of Sita in the mythological epic film Adipurush, a top city official announced on Sunday.…