The local Maoist commanders tell us: you are doing social mobilisation, so are we. Let's work together.

Foreign Minister Chakra Bastola spoke to Nepali Times on the eve of the visit to Nepal by the Chinese premier Zhu Rongji about Nepal's expectations

Maoists are on an anti-school rampage, government is unable to provide security, and private schools are going to close.

Indigenous groups in Nepal are teaching their communities

The young man was terrified of the Maoists who thought he was police, terrified of the police who thought he was Maoist.

The country's modern political history begins with the tale of a street in front of Singha Darbar.

Nepali tea growers believe their cuppa could prove more potent economically than even carpets. But they need a little help.

International Olympics Committee officials express satisfaction over Greece's preparations for the 2004 Olympics.

Perhaps it was that threat of eventual collapse that prompted replacing the splendid old palace with a modern complex.

Shova Wagley's paintings want to privilege perception by the senses.

The art of Piet Wafarmmies works within and against the western appropriation of non-western artefacts.

XML is the future of the World Wide Web, says Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the web.

Doug Scott, the first person to climb the southwest face of Mt Everest, is now a part-time philosopher, and helps Nepalis build schools.

Trek to Langtang valley, the nearest remote place to Kathmandu, and say cheese.