Kathmandu
The Nepalese noodle seller who became a billionaire
Mar 17, 2013 02:14 EDT
Run by Maoist revolutionaries and plagued by poverty, Nepal is not the most obvious place to make big bucks.
Asian markets mixed, yen flat after BoJ vote
Mar 15, 2013 07:08 EDT
Asian markets were mixed on Friday following another strong lead from Wall Street, where traders took heart from more upbeat US jobs numbers.
Chief justice sworn in to oversee Nepal elections
Mar 14, 2013 08:33 EDT
Nepal's chief justice was sworn in Thursday as head of an interim government tasked with steering the country towards elections by June after a cross-party deal broke a 10-month political deadlock.
The mother rescuing Nepal's children from behind bars
Mar 13, 2013 02:07 EDT
Inside a crumbling brick-walled compound in the heart of Kathmandu, children chatter and play hopscotch in the dust while their mothers peel vegetables and wash clothes in the pale winter sunshine.
Nepal police arrest Tibetans on uprising anniversary
Mar 10, 2013 08:08 EDT
Nepalese police arrested 18 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet.
China eyes India trade by boosting spending in Nepal
Mar 10, 2013 07:06 EDT
China's ambassador to Kathmandu was recently pictured in a traditional Nepali cap and silk scarf, digging with a spade to symbolise the laying of the foundations of a new dry port near the Tibet border.
Nepal police crack down on festival cannabis smokers
Mar 10, 2013 06:10 EDT
Nepalese police said Sunday they have arrested more than 60 pilgrims for smoking cannabis and disturbing the peace at a major religious festival.
Nepal police arrest Tibetans on anniversary of uprising
Mar 10, 2013 05:45 EDT
Nepalese police arrested 11 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday morning, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet.
Film on Nepal army torture blocked: director
Mar 07, 2013 03:36 EST
The makers of a film depicting torture by Nepal's army accused the government of censorship on Friday after they had to cancel the movie's release because of delays in getting approvals.
Nepal police accused of long-hair crackdown
Mar 05, 2013 05:28 EST
Police in Nepal denied on Tuesday they had been targeting men with long hair as part of a drive against "hooliganism" in the capital that has seen more than 1,000 people arrested in the last week.
ADB approves $150m loan for Nepal hydropower plant
Feb 26, 2013 07:34 EST
The Asian Development Bank said Tuesday it had approved a $150-million loan for a giant hydropower plant to ease Nepal's chronic electricity shortages which lead to power cuts of up to 14 hours a day.
Nepal woman scales Mount Everest twice within days
Feb 25, 2013 06:19 EST
A Nepalese climber was confirmed on Monday as the first woman to scale Mount Everest twice in a single season, Guinness World Records said, after she made the second summit within days of the first.
Tibetan burns himself to death in China: reports
Feb 14, 2013 13:11 EST
A Tibetan man burnt himself to death in protest against Chinese rule, reports and Western rights groups said Thursday, bringing the total to have set themselves on fire to at least 101 since 2009.
Tibetan burns himself to death in China: reports
Feb 13, 2013 23:11 EST
A Tibetan man burnt himself to death in protest against Chinese rule, reports and Western rights groups said Thursday, bringing the total to have set themselves on fire to at least 101.
Tibetan monk's burning marks 100th immolation bid
Feb 13, 2013 11:47 EST
A Tibetan exile turned himself into a ball of fire in front of a Buddhist monument Wednesday, the 100th self-immolation attempt since 2009 in a wave of protests against Chinese rule.
Nepal police report 100th Tibet self-immolation bid
Feb 12, 2013 23:51 EST
A Tibetan man is in critical condition after setting himself on fire in Nepal, police said, the 100th self-immolation bid since 2009, according to a toll by Tibet's exiled government.
Nepal Maoists end first post-war convention
Feb 08, 2013 14:25 EST
The head of Nepal's ruling Maoists on Friday pledged that the country was headed towards elections after he cemented his position as leader at the end of the party's biggest post-revolutionary meeting.
Nepal's Maoists favour independent PM
Feb 02, 2013 11:31 EST
Nepal's Maoists vowed Saturday never to return to guerrilla warfare and offered to give up leadership to an independent prime minister to take the Himalayan nation towards democracy.
Nepal Maoists stage first post-war convention
Feb 02, 2013 02:14 EST
Thousands of Nepal's former rebel Maoists gathered for their biggest show of strength since taking up arms in a 10-year insurgency and toppling the world's last Hindu monarchy.
Anti-rape protesters arrested in Nepal: police
Jan 25, 2013 12:08 EST
Nepalese police made a series of arrests Friday after campaigners who have been staging a month-long anti-rape protest defied a ban on entering an area close to the prime minister's residence.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Kathmandu येँ महानगरपालिका ñē̆ dēy (ञेँ देय्) कान्तिपुर "Kantipur" | |||
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| Kathmandu Metropolitan City | |||
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  Kathmandu
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| Coordinates: 27°42′N 85°20′E / 27.7°N 85.333°E | |||
| Country |  Nepal | ||
| Development Region | Central | ||
| Zone | Bagmati Zone | ||
| District | Kathmandu District | ||
| Established | 723 [1] | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | (none at the moment) | ||
| Area | |||
| - City | 50.67 km2 (19.6 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 1,400 m (4,593 ft) | ||
| Population (2009)[2][3] | |||
| - City | 949,486 | ||
| - Metro | 1,687,102 | ||
| Time zone | GMT +5:45 | ||
| Website | http://www.kathmandu.gov.np/ | ||
