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Bhutanese parliament has decided not to endorse the plan over sustainability and environmental concerns

Kathmandu (AFP) - For years Nepali child soldier turned ultra-runner Mira Rai trained alone every morning, but now she leads other young women up and down the hills, hoping the sport can help them break cycles of poverty and discrimination.

Hundreds of thousands of devotees crowd to worship at a revered Hindu temple in Nepal's capital as coronavirus cases drop and life returns to normal

Nepal’s Parliament has approved a contentious half-billion-dollar aid grant from the United States despite protests both inside the legislature and on the streets

Nepal's parliament began debating a U.S. infrastructure grant of $500 million which, critics say, undermines the Himalayan nation's sovereignty as protesters opposed to the proposed funds clashed with police, officials and witnesses said on Sunday.

Protesters in Nepal demonstrating against a contentious half-billion-dollar aid grant from the United States have violently clashed with police outside Parliament as political leaders postponed debate over the proposal

Nepal's parliament postponed on Thursday debate on $500 million in U.S. aid that critics say undermines sovereignty as protesters opposed to the proposed funds clashed with police outside the assembly, officials and witnesses said.

Nepal's parliament is set to begin debates on Thursday on an agreement for a $500 million grant from the United States, with a vote that could break the governing alliance led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who took over in July last year.

The Times' Educational correspondent writes — The cause of Oriental Scholarship in India cannot fail to be encouraged by the recent six months' tour to all parts of the country, as well as to Nepal and Tibet, of Dr. F. W. Thomas, the distinguished Orientalist, who is the librarian to…