Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...

Child poverty remains a persistent and deeply rooted issue in the UK. In 2022/23 it was estimated that 4.3 million children live in relative poverty, and this number has risen in recent years. Among ...

When India imposed a trade embargo on Nepal in 2015, virtually halting gasoline supplies, traffic came to a grinding halt in most towns and cities. Motor vehicles disappeared from the streets ...

Maria Kidney Irish development workers have warned that aid cuts by the Trump ­administration represents the worst setback in almost half a century of efforts to tackle global poverty.

In a major blow to Nepal’s development efforts, as many as 34 USAID projects worth Rs46.12 billion ($329,429,516) have been permanently terminated, according to multiple media reports coming from the ...

Nearly seventeen years ago - on May 28, 2008, to be exact - Nepal abolished a 239-year-old Hindu monarchy, with Gyanendra Shah as king, and brought the curtain down on a decade-long civil war that ...

Indian banks are facing challenges in deposit mobilization, leading to a higher Loan-to-Deposit Ratio of nearly 126% as of February 2025. Despite lender programs, deposit growth remains sluggish, ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Former King Gyanendra Shah of Nepal waves upon his arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu ...

A portrait, believed to be the only painting of Lady Jane Grey from her lifetime, will be displayed alongside six new historic pictures from Friday. New research from English Heritage and the ...

Large crowds have greeted Nepal’s former king in the capital, Kathmandu, calling for the reinstatement of his abolished monarchy amid dissatisfaction over the state of the country. An estimated ...

The threat of U.S. President Donald Trump’s reckless trade war is poised to push up consumer prices, fracture supply chains and leave entire industries reeling. Yet there is another hidden ...