Nepal approves bill to abolish monarchy

Nepal's King Gyanendra, who ascended the throne twice against all odds, Friday paid a heavy price for his attempt to revert to absolute reign as the parliament abolished kingdom's two-century-old monarchy to make it a federal democratic republic.(Nepal National.com)

Nepal to receive assistance from UN Peace-Building fund

in the Himalayan nation.(Times of India)

Victims demand probe, relief

DAHACHAUR (SURKHET), Dec 29 - Locals of Dahachaur VDC strongly urged the government to form a probe committee to investigate the Bheri bridge collapse.They have also demanded punishment for the guilty...(eKantipur.com)

Bridge collapse in Nepal claims women and children

th December, 2007 In Nepal, three more bodies have been recovered from the river at the Bheri River suspension bridge collapse site, raising the death toll to 20. The bodies of two women and a child w...(Congoo)

Nepal to counter Bollywood piracy

A flourishing racket in pirated Bollywood films, spanning India, Nepal, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia, is causing the Hindi film industry and Nepalese cinemas to lose billions of rup...(The Peninsula)

Nepali lawmakers approve bill for republic

The interim parliament of Nepal on Friday approved a bill for the third amendment to the interim constitution to declare the country a federal democratic republic. Speaker Subhas Chandra Nembang annou...(People's Daily)

Businessman shot in Rautahat

An unidentified gang has shot dead a businessman in Sakhuwa Ghamaura VDC-3 of Rautahat district last night.District Police Office said businessmen Palat Chaudhary was shot at round 1:30 am at his own ...(Nepal Biz News)

Security situation hurting exports

KATHMANDU, Dec 28 - Owing to frequent strikes and the tarai bandas, over 600 export-oriented industries remained closed for more than 150 days in the last eight months, shows statistics of the Federat...(eKantipur.com)

Nepal-UAE agree to increase flight frequency

Nepal and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to increase flight frequency to 28 flights a week. The officials of both of the countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect...(Nepal Biz News)

Benazir Bhutto 'killed in suicide blast'

KATHMANDU, Dec 27 - Leader of the opposition party in Pakistan and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated Thursday evening in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi. According to the BBC...(eKantipur.com)

Janamorcha Nepal organise mass meet in Chitwan

CHITWAN, Dec 27 - Janamorcha Nepal organised a mass meeting in Chitwan on Thursday to put pressure on the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) to conduct the Constituent Assembly elections by mid-April next yea...(eKantipur.com)

Nepal royalists want grand birthday for crown prince

kathmandu Ignoring the move to abolish the country's two-century-old monarchy and turn the Himalayan kingdom into a federal republic, diehard royalists have sworn to celebrate the crown prince's bir...(The Peninsula)

Toll reaches 16 with 36 still missing

MEHELKUNA (SURKHET), Dec 27 - One more body was recovered on Wednesday, taking the death toll in the fatal collapse of a suspension bridge that joins Mehelkuna and Dahachaur VDCs over the Bheri River ...(eKantipur.com)

Nepal to hold 1st national water conference

A national water conference is to be held in Nawalparasi district in western Nepal on Dec. 29-30,the National News Agency RSS reported on Thursday. Nepal's water resources related treaties will be dis...(People's Daily)

Nepal police say 16 dead, 25 missing from bridge collapse

There was panic at the sc...(Channel News Asia)