By: Umesh Pokharel Published: Aug. 18, 2025, 5:50 p.m.AA The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (MoLJPA) recently introduced a draft amendment to Section 175 of the National Penal Code Act, 2017 concerning […]
The issue Around 6,000 Ahmadi Muslims have fled state-sponsored persecution in Pakistan and are in south east Asian countries such as Thailand and Malaysia where many have obtained UNHCR refugee […]
By News Desk -December 14, 2021 Two mountaineers are chasing the same record on the world’s highest mountains. Gelje Sherpa, 29, of Nepal and Shehroze Kashif, 19, of Pakistan are both trying to […]
ANIWed, 2 June, 2021 Kathmandu [Nepal], June 2 (ANI): Body of Swiss Climber Abdul Waraich, who died above 8,000 meters on Mount Everest which also is known as the “Death […]
Promoted post: Urdu debates: Futility of Implementation of Shariah Law: To be or not to be? Kathmandu (AFP) Two climbers from the United States and Switzerland have died on Mount Everest, […]
Oct 13, 2019 – swissinfo.ch BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping warned on Sunday that any attempt to divide China will be crushed, as Beijing faces political challenges in […]
Ahmadi Muslim refugees from Pakistan are seeking safe haven in many countries. Here is a report from Nepal. hthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9FMzHSJMectps://binged.it/2SnGYnS
– Tsering D Gurung, Kathmandu May 29, 2019- Kathmandu’s Muslim community usually gathers at the Kashmiri Jama Masjid in Jamal for Jummah, or Friday prayers. But not all Muslims […]
Source: BBC News A 21-year-old Nepali woman died of suffocation in a windowless “menstruation hut” after she lit a fire to keep warm, say police. Parwati Bogati was found when […]
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse in Kathmandu A Nepali spiritual leader believed by his followers to be a reincarnation of Buddha is under investigation over the disappearance of several devotees, […]
Source: The New York Times By Jeffrey Gettleman TURMAKHAND, Nepal — Not long ago, in rural western Nepal, Gauri Kumari Bayak was the spark of her village. Her strong voice echoed […]
Source: The New York Times By BHADRA SHARMA and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Photo Women and their children in a chhaupadi hut in western Nepal in September. Nepal’s government has been trying to discourage the […]
Source: Christianity Today President approves new sanctions targeting non-Hindus and foreign missionaries. Last week, Nepal enacted a law to curb evangelism by criminalizing religious conversion, joining neighboring countries like […]
Source: The Guardian Ram Maya Sunar had two miscarriages. Then she had a daughter, who died of pneumonia when she was one. “My second child died from tuberculosis at just […]
Source: BBC A famous feature of Mount Everest has collapsed, potentially making the world’s highest peak even more dangerous to climbers. Mountaineers said the Hillary Step may have fallen victim […]
Source: Asia Times: The small thatched hut in western Nepal has no walls to keep out the cold. Inside is a raised platform where Pabitra Giri sleeps during her period, banished from her home by a centuries-old Hindu ritual. Below the hut, known as a chhau goth, Giri lights a small […]
The story of a Nepali girl who left for college in the most unusual way Image Credit: Danna Abrahim Kanchan Sunar works as a cleaner at the American University of Sharjah. Published: 15:45 November 23, 2015 By Danna Abrahim, Special to Gulf News Sharjah: The start of every fall semester […]
nepalnews.com New York (USA), Sept 28: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Federal Affairs and Local Development, Prakashman Singh, has said that the inclusive and democratic constitution promulgated last week from the Constituent Assembly, has guaranteed the rights of women. DPM Singh said so while addressing the “Global Leader’s Meeting on […]
Source:TOI Nepal on Saturday morning was rocked by a 7.9 magnitude earthquake, the worst in last 81 years. The quake hit with a devastating force less than 80 miles from the capital Kathmandu causing tremors and damage in various parts of India also. Stay with us for all the live […]
Huff Post: by Yasmine Hafiz — Though in some traditions goddesses exist only in the spiritual realm, in Nepal they live and breathe. These kumari, or “living goddesses,” are pre-pubescent girls considered to be the earthly manifestations of divine female energy, incarnations of the goddess known as Taleju, the Nepalese name for Durga. […]