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The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn Tuesday. Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering buffalo calves by hacking off their heads.
Tens of thousands of communist demonstrators blocked the government's headquarters in Nepal's capital for a second straight day Friday, crippling the central administration.
Tens of thousands of communist demonstrators blocked the streets leading to the government headquarters in Nepal's capital and scuffled with police Thursday in one of the biggest protests against the president and administration in months.
Nepal's Cabinet will hold a meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the threat from global warming, which is causing glaciers to melt in the Himalayas, an official said Monday.
The world's tiger population is declining fast despite efforts to save them, and new strategies are urgently needed to keep the species from dying out, international wildlife experts said Tuesday.
Hundreds of supporters of Nepal's former communist rebels clashed with police Wednesday during an anti-government protest at a Katmandu university where the prime minister was attending a graduation ceremony.
Police have arrested one of Nepal's most wanted men, the alleged leader of a shadowy militant group blamed in deadly attacks on a church and a mosque, the government said Monday.
Effects of climate change including the melting of Himalayan glaciers threaten water and food security for more than 1.6 billion people living in South Asia, according to a study released Wednesday.
Millions of people in Nepal face severe food shortages because global climate change has disrupted weather patterns and slashed crop yields in the Himalayan nation, an international aid agency warned Friday.
The world's smallest deer, a flying frog and catfish that stick to rocks — as well as more than 350 other species — have been discovered over the past decade in the Himalayas, making it one of the world's most biologically rich regions, an environmental group said Monday.
Nepal's prime minister on Monday thanked "Absolutely Fabulous" actress Joanna Lumley for her outspoken campaign to give thousands of Gurkha war veterans and their families the right to settle in Britain.
A bomb exploded in a church in the Nepalese capital during Saturday morning Mass, killing two people and wounding 15, police said.
A Sherpa from Nepal who holds the world's record for scaling Mount Everest said Monday the planet's highest peak was littered with trash and warned that its glaciers were melting because of global warming.
Lawmakers elected a communist party leader as Nepal's new prime minister on Saturday in a move aimed at ending weeks of political turmoil.
Riot police beat back hundreds of women from Nepal's Maoist party who protested Thursday in front of the president's house to demand that he fire the country's army chief.
Nepal's prime minister resigned Monday amid a power struggle over his firing of the army chief, saying he was stepping down to "save the peace process" that brought the Himalayan nation out of a bloody decade-long civil war.
Security forces went on high alert Monday to avert street clashes in Nepal's capital amid a government power struggle over the prime minister's attempts to fire the army chief.
Three Sherpa brothers hoping to set a new record by spending 24 hours at the top of the world set out Sunday for the summit of Mount Everest.
A Sherpa guide who holds the record for most climbs up Mount Everest set off Monday on a new expedition to scale the world's highest mountain for a 19th time.
Nepal's Supreme Court delayed ruling Tuesday on an appeal by a suspected serial killer nicknamed "The Serpent" who was convicted of slaying an American tourist in Katmandu more than three decades ago.
Nepal's government announced Thursday that consumers would face 10 hours per day of power cuts after declaring the country's utilities in crisis.
Beijing praised Nepal on Wednesday for banning anti-China protests by Tibetan exiles earlier this year and detaining demonstrators, actions that helped bring the Olympic torch to the top of Mount Everest.
A Nepalese teenager revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to the jungle to meditate after emerging for less than two weeks, officials said Saturday.
Nepalese police allegedly tortured children in their custody, an international rights group said, calling the practice widespread and asking the government to punish the officers involved.
The teenage boy revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha sat silently in the jungle as he blessed his devotees Wednesday with a light tap on the head, which they consider the touch of the divine.
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