Frustration is growing with 'corrupt' and impoverished republic, and many pin their hopes on Gyanendra – who gave up the ...

Nearly seventeen years ago - on May 28, 2008, to be exact - Nepal abolished a 239-year-old Hindu monarchy. On Sunday, over 10 ...

In 2008, in a major development in Nepal’s politics, the Parliament voted to end Nepal’s 240-year-old Hindu monarchy.

It had been secured for him by his father, who four years earlier toppled the prolific and powerful Rana family, which had ruled Nepal for a century. The young King was filled with democratic good ...

With an average annual income of $315 per capita, Nepal is the second poorest country in Asia after Afghanistan and one of ...

Nepal's former king Gyanendra Shah was welcomed back to Kathmandu on Sunday by thousands of supporters who have been staging ...

Former King Gyanendra Shah, backed by the royalist Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), has launched a bold campaign to reclaim ...

Nepal’s deposed king got a royal welcome in Kathmandu on Sunday with thousands of supporters turning up outside Tribhuvan International Airport. Gyanendra Shah, 77, was greeted by a large crowd that ...

The ghosts of the Panchayat are simply exploiting the failures of Nepal’s education system—its inability to impart critical ...

Media Action Nepal has officially joined the Civil Society Coalition on Information and Democracy, a global network of civil society organizations (CSOs) dedicated to safeguarding democracy ...