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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 ...

A grass fire has closed Nepal's only international airport and forced flights to divert to India.

The Maoist fighters who have been living in United Nations-monitored camps since 2007 are now leaving. They have the choice of accepting compensation to help them return to civilian life or of undergoing re-training to join the Nepali army.

Nepal's former communist rebel fighters began leaving the camps they have called home for five years on Friday after receiving government checks as part of a plan to integrate them into society.

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.

Health workers in Nepal are to cull thousands of chickens following the discovery of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the southeastern part of the Himalayan country, officials said Sunday.

Thousands of former Maoist fighters in Nepal begin the process of demobilisation, five years after they ended their armed revolt.

KATMANDU, Nepal, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Embassy has issued a warning against hiking alone in Nepal where several foreign women have been attacked or are missing.

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.