Military police in Nepal have arrested an army major for the murder of a girl of 15 during the Maoist insurgency in what may prove to be a landmark case.

It appears the recent visit of nine Western envoys to Bardia district on Dec. 9 has ruffled the government feathers.

The envoys visited Bardia to mark the completion of one year of publication of the report of the Office of the...

More than three years after Maoist rebels negotiated a ceasefire with Nepal's other political parties, the country's peace process is looking increasingly unstable.

Thousands of supporters of Nepal's Maoist former rebels demonstrated across the nascent republic on Monday, the second day of a strike that has highlighted the fragility of a three-year peace process.

With Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and his council of ministers approving the promotion of Major General Toran Jung Bahadur Singh to the post of lieutenant-general, the army officer who has a blemished record is now eligible...

In a landmark ruling, the Nepalgunj Appellate Court, Banke has issued a mandamus to the District Police Office, Banke to initiate the investigation into the extrajudicial killing of Kamal Dahal by Army personnel in 2002.

Nepal’s peace process is undermined by the failure to address the systematic crimes committed during the country’s conflict.

Nepal's retired army chief, who refused to admit former Maoist rebels into the army, has said he is not responsible for the instability that followed.

For anyone living in a country where reforming health care is regarded as an insurmountable challenge, consider the political calendar in the struggling Himalayan republic of Nepal. By May 28, or roughly four months off, the...