Nepal

One in three women worldwide have been beaten or raped during their lifetime, according to a publication by the World Health Organisation. With a world population of 7 billion, that is more than one billion women...

The leader of Nepal’s largest Communist party was named prime minister Thursday, two months after leading his party to a thumping victory in landmark elections billed as a turning point for the impoverished Himalayan nation. K.P....

Millions of Nepalis vote today in historic polls billed as a turning point for the impoverished Himalayan nation, hoping to end the ruinous instability that has plagued the country since the end of a bloody civil...

News Hour Three documentaries from Bangladesh would be screened in Film Southasia 2017, the eleventh edition of the premiere non-fiction film festival for the region, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The festival would open on November 2 with...

News Hour At least 31 people, including 11 children, died when an overcrowded bus swerved off the road and plunged into a river in central Nepal on Saturday, police said. The bus skidded off the road...

News Hour Five young mountaineers of Bangladesh is going to climb up to 20,500 feet high Lorca peak, in Nepal’s Manaslu Himalayan region. The climbing group will leave Dhaka for Nepal on 4rd of October under...

News Hour It will be an acid test for Bangladesh U-18 booters as they face defending champions Nepal in the crucial SAFF U-18 Championship match at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan tomorrow. The match is...

News Hour Over a third of Bangladesh and Nepal and large areas of India have been flooded and there are real fears that polluted flood waters will lead to outbreaks of disease and severe food shortages....

News Hour The recent floods and landslides have caused widespread destruction and casualties in 26 districts of Nepal. The death toll has reached 115 people with another 38 still reported missing. Tens of thousands of people...

News Hour: Transparency International (TI), Nepal has urged the government to immediately address the demands put forward by Dr Govinda KC. Dr KC, a professor at the Institute of Medicine, has demanded the government bring Medical...