Tribhuvan University Associate Professor Badri Sharma Binadi spoke to Nepal correspondent Sewa Bhattarai about folk songs sung during Gaura Parba, a festival primarily celebrated in Nepal's far ...

This story appears in the June 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. EDITOR’S NOTE This story went to press before the earthquake struck Nepal on April 25. The kumaris in the Kathmandu ...

Tightly coiled fern plants with a distinctive appearance emerge amid the sal tree undergrowth as the monsoon rains fall on Nepal’s fertile floodplains. Due to its resemblance to the violin ...

Rich in cultural heritage, with the magnificence of Mount Everest and the Himalayas as a backdrop, landlocked Nepal remains one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. In 2015, ...

Nepal is undergoing a historic transition toward a federal and secular republic. This represents a window of opportunity for the country to further reduce poverty, increase the income of the bottom 40 ...

The Japanese government is set to assist in the reconstruction of a classroom building for Shree Bheri Tribeni Secondary School (SBTSS) in Jajarkot district. Kikuta Yutaka, Ambassador of Japan to ...

The Kulung people of eastern Nepal have used the honey for centuries as a cough syrup and an antiseptic, and the beeswax has found its way into workshops in the alleys of Kathmandu, where it is ...

A Sherpa village in Nepal’s Everest region has been engulfed by icy flood waters, officials say. Experts suspect Thame - which sits at an altitude of about 3,800m - was flooded after a glacial ...

A fatal tiger attack occurred near a sugarcane field in Nepal in August, raising concerns about tigers using sugarcane farms as refuge. Sugarcane cultivation in Nepal has expanded significantly ...

The dance performance at the 'Gaura Festival' in Sydney was a captivating and culturally rich showcase of talent and tradition. Stories about women of Nepali heritage in Australia who are about to ...

Rituals: During Gaura Purnima, devotees observe a fast until moonrise, abstaining from grains. They conclude their fast by ...

More than 180 people have died after heavy rainfall triggered flash floods in Nepal and two Indian states - Uttarakhand and Kerala. Homes were submerged or crushed by rocks swept into them by ...