King Gyanendra wants to be a pro-active monarch, and is trying to feel the nation's pulse.

Whether to absolve Dipendra or to indict him posthumously, it was important that everyone (conspiratorialist, rationalist, or royalist) who cared for the country demand that parliament hold hearings on the royal massacre.

A pyramid scheme promising participants ?24,000 each is sweeping Britain

Posturing has gone into high gear as the government and Maoists sit at the table.

For the first time since Prithvi Naryan Shah unified the country, Nepal's "footprint" spans half of Asia.

There may be some bullying through environmental "tools of diplomacy", but Nepal has a shot at avoiding development's "dirty" phase.

Samrat Upadhyay's stories make Kathmandu almost local, understandable to a Western reader.

On Saturday, when a new Kumari receives a new King, the Hanuman Dhoka Palace will see the enactment of a ritual that is as old as Nepal itself.

Photographer Steve McCurry recalls his time in Nepal before he became a celebrity.

An Interview with Samrat Upadhyay