A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, applies paint on his forehead at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. Hindu holy men from Nepal and India come to this temple to take part in the Shivaratri. This is one of the biggest Hindu festivals dedicated to Lord Shiva and celebrated by de ...

KATHMANDU (AFP) - Bimala Bardewa stands by her fragile cement block home on the riverbank, directing her children as they prepare for school and ignoring the stench rising from the fetid water below.

KASARA, Nepal (Reuters) - As Prem Sharma steps gingerly into the sand-filled chamber, lines of baby crocodiles basking in the warm sunshine splash into a pond, eyes glinting behind their long, thin snouts. Sharma quietly puts his hand into the green water, takes a young reptile from the pool, opens its mouth with a brush and begins to clean its teeth with potash, its thrashing 60 cm (2 ft) body ...

ONCE thought to be the fabled and inaccessible Shangri-La, Nepal’s largest city and capital Kathmandu is now a hub for independent travellers as well as a growing vacation destination catering for visitors of all budgets. Due to the urban growth of recent decades, Kathmandu is now part of one continuous urban area, encompassing Kathmandu, Patan,

Kathmandu, Feb 5 (IANS) As around 8,000 chickens have died of bird flu , or H5N1 virus in the Nepal's Sunsari district in last few days, more traces of the virus have been found in the region, Xinhua reported.

Guinness World Records experts said Thursday they are to travel to a remote valley in southwestern Nepal to measure a 72-year-old claiming to be the world's shortest man.

Kathmandu (The Kathmandu Post/ANN) - While government authorities on Sunday confirmed the H5N1 strain of bird flu in Khanar and Itahari in Sunsari district in eastern Nepal, similar outbreaks were reported in Phakphok in Ilam district and Faktep in Panchthar, where more than 400 chickens have died.

A Nepalese government development plan for Kathmandu could lead to violence as the authorities seek to evict thousands of landless squatters, activists say.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nine-year-old Bhintuna sat smiling in jewelry and a red and gold brocade bridal dress as she held a tray of offerings, waiting for her turn to take part in the ritual that would wed her to a god. The schoolgirl is just one of hundreds of Nepali girls set to take part in the rite that weds them to the god Vishnu over the coming month, a symbolic time of weddings according to ...

Bimala Bardewa stands by her fragile cement block home on the riverbank, directing her children as they prepare for school and ignoring the stench which rises from the fetid water below.