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  • 16 killed in Nepal floods

    Kathmandu, June 18 : At least 16 people were killed and several others went missing in Nepal in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall, officials said ...

  • 12 killed in Nepal landslides

    A farmer walks home at Khokana village on the outskirts of Kathmandu during the monsoon on July 19, 2012. At least 12 people have been killed in landslides triggered by three days of heavy monsoon rain in remote parts of Nepal, officials said ...

  • Twelve killed in Nepal landslides

    AT least 12 people have been killed in landslides triggered by three days of heavy monsoon rain in remote parts of Nepal, officials ...

  • Territorial Disputes between India and Nepal

    Nepal is on the brink of historical transition. The civil war has ended and so has the 240 year old royal institution. The Maoists have left the jungle to join the parliament. The amalgamation of Maoist guerrillas into the national army has been a success. Communist hardliners have finally agreed that the only way to win the hearts of the people is through democratic practice. The heyday of ...

  • Elephant kills girl in Nepal

    Kathmandu - An elephant trampled a 12-year-old girl to death after dragging her away from her home in a remote region of southeastern Nepal, police said on ...


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  • IHT Rendezvous From Nepal a Push to End Human Trafficking

    More than half of the victims of forced labor are from the Asia-Pacific region, the International Labor Organization estimates. It’s a major policy challenge and in Asia, Nepal is leading the way in terms of legislation, according to the San Francisco-based Asia Foundation. Yet passing laws and implementing them are two different things, lawyers and activists say. In its 2012 report, the ...

  • Adventure of Everest begins at tiny Nepal airstrip

    Mount Everest . At an altitude of 2,843 meters (9,325 feet), the small airstrip here has earned a reputation as one of the most extreme and dangerous airports in the world. The single runway is narrow, short and sloped. Miss the runway by a few meters (or feet) and the plane would hit a mountain. "After you cross the river there is no turning back, you have to land," said Pramod ...

  • Elephant tramples girl to death in Nepal

    An elephant has trampled a 12-year-old girl to death after dragging her away from her home in a remote region of southeastern Nepal, police say. Three members of the girl's family managed to flee when the elephant stormed into their rural home on Monday night but the youngster was unable to escape in time, police officer Pralhad Keshari told AFP. Keshari said police chased the elephant away ...

  • Nepal to lay Nepal-India cross-border petroleum pipeline

    Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has said it has initiated the process of land acquisition for the proposed Nepal-India cross-border petroleum pipeline. The corporation has proposed a 200 x 300 metre land plot on the southern side of the existing Amalekhgunj depot, according to the NOC. "The proposal has been sent to the National Planning Commission (NPC)," said NOC Acting Managing ...

  • More efforts needed to uphold womens rights in Nepal

    On Saturday, a rape victim from Parsa district alleged mistreatment at the hands of a police officer at the Narayani Zonal Police Office where she had gone to file a complaint. This was not a complaint about the rape, which had already been established by a doctor, but of a subsequent abduction. Friends of Binod Sah and Bideshi Mahato, the accused duo, forcefully took away the victim after she ...

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