New Delhi, May 23 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in its report, "2013 Proposed Elections in Nepal: An agenda for international ommunity" released today, has stated that the continuance of Khil Raj Regmi as the Chief Justice of Nepal is harming the independence of the judiciary, which is indispensable to conduct free and fair elections in that country.

Kathmandu, May 19 (ANI): The Joint Indo-Nepal Army Mountaineering Expedition Team successfully climbed Mount Everest. According to the Nepal Army Directorate of Information, the first team of the Joint expedition reached the world's highest peak at nine local time this morning.

Kathmandu, May 12 (ANI): Thirty-three political parties, who have been agitating against the government, have called off Monday's Nepal Bandh.

Beijing, May 9 (Xinhua-ANI): Nepal's Department of Labor (DoL) is going to strictly regulate the non-diplomatic foreign workers working without employment permit in the country, according to a government official.

New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): The Central Government will soon issue a new set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Kashmiri militants, who want to return to India through the Nepal border to surrender under a special scheme.

Bermuda (West Indies), May 6 (ANI): Nepal thrashed Uganda by five wickets in the finals of the ICC World Cricket league Division III in a match played at the National Sports Stadium in Bermuda over the weekend,

New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): Canada's High Commissioner to India and Nepal Stewart Beck, is leading a four-day business mission to Nepal from May 5 to 8, 2013.

Guwahati, May 2 (ANI): Around 342 players from different parts of the country, Bangladesh and Nepal participated in the Fifth edition of Jugal the Kishore Newatia Memorial International Chess Championship in Guwahati.

London, Apr. 29 (ANI): Police in Nepal are investigating reports of a fight between three European mountaineers and 17 Sherpa mountain guides on Mount Everest.

Kathmandu, April 27 (ANI): Former Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', currently Chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), is paying a four-day visit to India from today.

New Delhi/Kathmandu, April 27 (ANI): Former Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', who is currently the Chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), will pay a four-day visit to India from Saturday.

Kathmandu (Nepal), April 23 (ANI): A number of initiatives have been launched recently to boost cultural ties between India and Nepal.

London, Apr. 14 (ANI): A Nepali television presenter has set a world record by hosting the longest-ever talk show.

Washington, Apr 12 (ANI): In India and Nepal several dozens agricultural fires have been set and are burning, NASA has revealed.

Kathmandu, April 9 (Xinhua-ANI): A pregnant woman was burnt alive on Monday by her family members in a settlement near Morang, some 550 km east of Kathmandu.

Kathmandu, April 5 (Xinhua-ANI): Nepal is likely to achieve only four out of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to a joint press statement released here on Friday by United Nations Development Program and the government of Nepal.

Kathmandu, April 5 (Xinhua-ANI): In what appears as a signal of further putting off the election date, the opposition CPN-Maoist, the breakaway faction of the UCPN-Maoist, on Friday rejected a dialogue offer by the country's four major parties to resolve the outstanding issues.

London, Apr 2 (ANI): Nepal's Supreme Court has suspended an attempt by the government to set up a commission to probe crimes committed during the country's 10-year civil war.

Kathmandu, March 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Nepal has opened petroleum imports to private sector, ending decades of monopoly by state- owned Nepal Oil Corporation upon the sector.

Washington, Mar. 15 (ANI): While poverty and under-education continue to dampen contraception use in Nepal, exacerbating the country's efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality rates, researchers said another, more surprising factor may be more intractable: Deeply held cultural preferences for sons over daughters.

Beijing Mar. 14 (Xinhua-ANI): Nepal's sitting Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi has taken the oath of office as the chairperson of the Interim Election Council at the president's office.

New Delhi, Mar. 12 (ANI): Indian diplomat-cum-poet Abhay K has been given the SAARC Literature Award for 2013 along with four other luminaries - poet Suman Pokhrel of Nepal, script writer and poet Farheen Chaudhary of Pakistan, Abdul Khaliq Rashid of Afghanistan and novelist Daya Dissanayake of Sri Lanka.

Washington, Mar. 3 (ANI): Women in a tiny town in Nepal's Achham district, who are subjected to 'chaupadi'- an age-old custom of isolating women from their families during menstruation, are fighting for their rights.

Washington, Feb. 20 (ANI): In a major breakthrough, major political parties in Nepal are close to reaching a deal for fresh elections monitored by the Chief justice to form the next government in a bid to end months of constitutional crisis.

London, Feb 14 (ANI): A Tibetan man has set himself on fire in Nepal in an apparent protest against China's political and religious suppression in Tibetan areas.