A case of violent clashes has been reported in Birgunj, Parsa, Nepal. Tensions arose between two communities after ...

India announced recently that it was ‘close to victory in its fight against poverty’, with only 2.2% of its population living below the World Bank-defined extreme poverty line. Ten years ago, it was ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Kumari, a young girl who is revered by both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal as a living goddess, left her temple palace and was driven around the center of the capital in a ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Trishna Shakya has been serving as Kumari — Nepal’s living goddess — since the age of 3, living in the Kumari's temple palace for the past eight years. KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — ...

A 2-year-old child has been appointed Nepal’s next living Goddess Kumari, following an ancient selection process. The little girl, Aaryatara Shakya, had to sit through an age-old ritual where she ...

As Manisha Koirala receives Kumari darshan in Nepal, let's take a closer look at the Kumari Temple, the centuries-old living ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A 2-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace Tuesday during the country's longest and ...

UNHCR and its partners are laying the groundwork for the large-scale resettlement of refugees from Bhutan living in Nepal's camps by kicking off a mass information campaign to help them make an ...

PATAN, Nepal (Reuters Life!) - Even a "living goddess" is sometimes faced with tough decisions. Chanira Bajracharya, 15, has been the Kumari or "living goddess" of Patan, an ancient town south of ...

U.S. tech enabled China’s surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price as thousands of CCTV cameras from China monitor their every move.