Former PM Deuba returns home, faces graft probe
Former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, facing arrest for alleged corruption, returned home, six months after leaving for medical treatment abroad.
Conference on Tibet pushed online, govt denies role
An international academic conference on Tibet due to take place this month has been pushed online, organisers said, calling it a "worrying development".
Bodies spotted at site where five climbers went missing
Rescue workers have spotted five bodies at a site where the same number of climbers went missing last year, officials said.
Nirmal Purja, who redefined climbing, confirmed dead in avalanche
Acclaimed British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja, a trailblazer who summited the world's tallest mountains, has been confirmed dead in an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak, his climbing company said.
Renowned climber among 10 missing after avalanche
Renowned Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja (pic) is among 10 people missing after an avalanche in northern Pakistan where they were on a climbing expedition, the country's alpine club said.
Ex-ministers imprisoned over refugee scam
THE nation has jailed two former ministers and more than a dozen other people for scamming citizens with the false promise of resettling them abroad as refugees, a court official said.
Two former ministers found guilty
A court has convicted two former ministers for taking money from citizens with the false promise of international resettlement as refugees, officials said.
100 days of fast change, few words
ONE hundred days after taking power, promising sweeping reform, Nepal's 36-year-old rapper-turned-Prime Minister Balendra Shah has upended the government while remaining an elusive public figure.
Bird flu cases rise, 596,000 poultry slaughtered
THE country is battling a surge in bird flu cases and has slaughtered more than 596,000 poultry and shut its only zoo, agriculture ministry officials said.
Ministry: 67 Nepalis died in Japan in over 10 months
As many as 67 Nepali citizens have died in Japan over the past 10 months, including 25 suicides, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Most of the deceased were individuals who had travelled on student visas and were also working part-time.
