The East is set to welcome King and Queen

Sikkim is one-tenth the size of Nepal, but it seems to be governed ten times better.

The standoff between Royal Nepal Army and Amnesty International continued this week over the alleged rapes of two cousins in Nepalganj.

The court victory that Gurkha prisoners of war won for equal compensation last year may have a bearing on pensions and pay cases affecting over 50,000 Gurkhas and their families that will be heard in London 18-21 February.

The Tenth Plan is patronising towards women.

Third in the British Council Short Story Competition (18-35)

SHAILENDRA SAKAR

How to combine old and new, and blend it with the medieval urbanscape of Bhaktapur.

Biking right across Nepal from Kodari to Mahendranagar is a breeze when the roads are empty.