Kathmandu, July 26 (ANI): The Government of Nepal is likely to approve a proposal forwarded by its Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation for introducing a free visa regime by 2011 in a bid to attract more foreign tourists.

London, July 24 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has launched one of her most outspoken attacks against the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa by accusing it of completely forgetting the legacy of her mother, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the world's first woman Prime Minister.

Kathmandu, July 24 (ANI): The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of Legislature- Parliament has decided to hold the third runoff election for the prime ministerial post on August 2.

Kathmandu, July 22(ANI): Nepal's failure to elect a Prime Minister on Wednesday is being seen as a setback to the Maoists, who had paralyzed the country earlier this year by organizing strikes and blockades to force the resignation of former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal.

Kathmandu, July 21 (ANI): The voting process for electing a new Nepal Prime Minister will take place on Wednesday.

Sydney, July 20 (ANI): A member of Nepal's royal family has been accused of raping a sleeping householder while delivering a takeaway Indian meal.

Kathmandu, Jul 20 (ANI): With just a day left for the election of a new Prime Minister in Nepal, political parties have intensified their internal and bilateral discussions on government formation.

Kathmandu, July 19 (ANI): Atithi Gautam KC, a three-year-old girl from Kathmandu, has cut a solo album of nine Nepali songs, including the country's national anthem, and has set her sights on entering the Guinness Book of World Records.

Kathmandu, July 19 (ANI): The CPN (UML), the third largest party in the Constituent Assembly (CA) will here today decide to name its candidate for the prime minister's post.

New York, July 15(ANI): Two studies on children in Sri Lanka, who survived the 2004 tsunami and ongoing civil war, have found that it is not these stressful events alone that contributed to the youths' psychological health, but also daily stressors like domestic violence that are exacerbated by traumatic events and continue after the disasters.

Kathmandu, July 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court of Nepal on Wednesday postponed the final verdict on a murder case against Charles Sobhraj, the bikini killer.

Kathmandu, July 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court of Nepal will decide today an appeal filed by Charles Sobhraj, the bikini killer, against a district courts verdict sentencing him to life imprisonment for the murder of American backpacker Connie Jo Bronzich in 1975.

Kathmandu, July 10 (ANI): Nepal's main opposition party - the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (UCPN-M) - is reported to have finalized its proposal for national consensus to complete the peace process and constitution drafting successfully.

Kathmandu, July 10 (ANI): Nepal police on Friday arrested a Bangladeshi national in Kathmandu for possessing fake Indian currency worth about three million rupees.

Coimbatore, July 9 (ANI): Activists of Hindu Makkal Katchi (a political outfit in Tamil Nadu) staged a protest in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore city on Friday against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for not allowing the United Nations Committee to investigate into the war crimes that were committed at the end of Sri Lanka's 25-year conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE).

Kathmandu, July 9 (ANI): The United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) has prepared a non-paper proposing a 60-week time plan for the integration and rehabilitation of Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (UCPN-M) combatants.

Kathmandu, July 8 (ANI): Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu is set to be connected to the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)'s database link.

Dhaka, July 8 (ANI): Bangladesh Home Minister Sahara Khatun has announced that people under the age of 18 will not be allowed to use or have access to Removable User Identity Module (SIMs).

New Delhi, July 7 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D. Raja on Wednesday claimed that Sri Lankan Tamils were living a life full of misery.

Kathmandu, July 6 (ANI): An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off in front of the Constituent Assembly (CA) building at the International Conference Center (ICC) here on Tuesday.