Nepal’s Parliament will hold a fourth vote to try to elect a new Prime Minister, an official said on Tuesday, after the last election failed to produce a clear winner.

Once respected as a scrupulous researcher and human rights activist, Nepali lawyer Shakuntala Thapa is on Monday persecuted in her own country, she says, thanks to her decision to defend Charles Sobhraj, the sensational “Bikini Killer” of yesteryears.

Dealing a body blow to “bikini killer” Charles Sobhraj’s freedom bid, Nepal’s Supreme Court on Friday convicted the Indian-origin criminal in a sensational murder case of an American tourist and upheld the life term awarded to him by lower courts.

Nepal and India on Thursday inked a key pact to curb illegal trade in animal parts and other conservation initiatives to boost wildlife in the two neighbouring states.

With major political parties unable to arrive at a consensus after week-long parleys, Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav on Wednesday gave them additional time till July 12 to forge a unity government.

A bomb exploded on Tuesday morning outside Nepal’s interim Parliament, prompting the police to step up security around the complex.

An extraordinary 15-year-old girl, who never went to school after being chosen as a “Kumari” or “Living Goddess” of Nepal revered by thousands of Hindus and Buddhists, has created history by becoming

Nepali Congress has asked other political parties, the Maoists and the CPN-UML to allow it to lead a national consensus government as both of them had their chance.
NC acting president Shushil Koirala, who had just returned from his medical treatment in the US, on Thursday told journalists at the Tribhuvan International Airport that the next government should be formed under the leadership of Nepali Congress.

Nepal’s embattled Prime Minister Madhav Kumar on Wednesday announced his resignation in a television address to the nation, in which he sought an end to the political impasse as he succumbed to intens

Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal resigned on Wednesday in a move aimed at resolving a political crisis and saving the peace process more than three years after the end of a decade-long Maoist