Conflict

Al-Qaeda linked Turkish group IHH is now expanding network in Nepal

Kathmandu: An al-Qaeda-linked charity group in Turkey has been working with Islami Sangh Nepal (ISN), its regional partner in South Asia, in a bid to expand a logistical hub for jihadist networks, media reports said. more

Nepal: Bombs defused at various places in Kathmandu, 2 arrested

Kathmandu: The Nepal Army's bomb disposal squads on Tuesday defused bombs from Naikap Balkhu Bridge in Chandragiri Municipality and Nayapati in Gokarneshwar Municipality of Kathmandu ...

Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence using Nepal as second front to target India: European think tank

Kathmandu: Lax visa rules, inexperienced immigration controls and an open border between India and Nepal have helped Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) to use the latter as ...

Over 14,000 farmers in rural Nepal to benefit from new UN project

New York, Feb 7 (JEN): Thousands of family farmers are expected to benefit from a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) initiative in Nepal that uses an innovative approach to build ...

Nepal: UN continues to support sustainable post-disaster earthquake recovery

New York, Apr 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A year after a series of major earthquakes devastated large areas of Nepal, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners are continui ...

Nepal: one year after earthquake, UN food relief agency focuses on most vulnerable

New York, Apr 22 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A year after an earthquake in Nepal that killed more than 9,000 people and led to damages and losses estimated at $7 billion, the United Nations Worl ...

Nepal: Troubled Peace

Nepal, which had seen 4,896 fatalities, including 3,992 Maoists, 666 Security Force (SF) personnel and 238 civilians, in a single year at the peak of insurgency in 2002, sustained the enviro ...

Nepal: Ban stresses need for dialogue, respect for peaceful protest

New York, Sept 12 (JEN): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is concerned about the recent violence in Nepal and saddened by the loss of lives, a spokesperson for the United Nations chief said on ...

Nepal: Two months on, UN agency shifts post-quake focus from emergency response to recovery

New York, June 25 (JEN) Thousands of porters are carrying food and other relief high into Nepal's mountains, and repairing trails as they go, as part of a shift by the United Nations World F ...

Some 500,000 homes and temples across Nepal damaged by earthquake: UN official

New York, May 27 (JEN): As teams of trekkers and Nepalese sherpas are now reaching remote, high-altitude villages with humanitarian aid, a senior United Nations development official on Tuesd ...