Nepal king meets former prime ministers

King Gyanendra Monday held talks with former prime ministers of Nepal.King Gyanendramet former prime ministers Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and Surya Bahadur Thapa separately at the Narayanhiti Royal......

Nepal elects Vidya Devi Bhandari as its first woman president

Communist leader Vidya Devi Bhandari was on Wednesday elected as Nepal's first woman President by the parliament, weeks after it adopted a new landmark Constitution that declared the country a......

7 Nepal leaders freed

Buckling under international pressure, the Nepal government released seven political leaders, including two former prime ministers, who were placed under house arrest immediately after the......

4 more Nepal ministers arrested

Nepal's new royal government arrested four more ministers of the ousted Sher Bahadur Deuba Cabinet on Friday. Works and physical planning minister Prakash Man Singh, agriculture minister Homnath......