Kathmandu
I was betrayed, says Gyanendra
Two years after he lost his crown and was compelled to leave the palace of his forefathers to begin life as a commoner, Nepal’s last king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah has finally ended his silence, sayin
President’s Rule in Nepal?
With an unprecedented constitutional crisis set to engulf Nepal and its embattled Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal still refusing to quit, President’s Rule and a state of emergency looms ahead for th
Parties delay voting on Nepal House extension
Nepal’s three major political parties, who are seeking to reach a deal to extend the term of the Constituent Assembly beyond May 28, on Monday delayed a voting on a key bill to amend the Constitution
Gyanendra gets ‘red carpet’ welcome amid crisis
Nepal’s deposed King Gyanendra received a “red carpet” welcome by his supporters at a rare public appearance on Sunday as the political parties failed to end a deadlock, which is pushing the country towards a constitutional crisis.
‘Never favoured idea of House to write statute’
In remarks that may raise a fresh storm in Nepal, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that he was never in favour of the Constituent Assembly drafting a Constitution and had agreed to it to “pl
Nepal: Chinese climber dies, two missing
Even as official celebrations were on to mark the golden jubilee of the first ascent of Mt Dhaulagiri, a Chinese climber was killed and two of his fellow climbers missing on the slopes of the seventh
Nepal will hold Everest marathon
Nepal will organise a marathon at the Everest base camp to focus global attention on environmental pollution and climate cha-nge in the Himalayas at the end of May.
Nepal: No emergency rule after May 28
Amid growing fears of a constitutional crisis and chaos in Nepal, the government on Saturday ruled out the imposition of an emergency rule with the deadlocked political parties set to miss a key deadline for the promulgation of a new Constitution at the end of May.
Prachanda ready to disband rebel army
As Nepal’s political parties struggled to reach a compromise to end the standoff between the government and the former rebels, the Maoist chief has said he was ready to dissolve the party’s paramilita
Nepal Maoists initiate talks
Though adamant on their demand for the Prime Minister’s resignation, Nepal’s Maoists have started informal talks with leaders of the ruling parties in a bid to find a way out to the political impasse
