Two months ago King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva brusquely jailed Prime Minister B. P. Koirala, thus bringing an abrupt end to the first government ever to be elected democratically in Nepal.

Edward and Sophie are set to arrive in the South Asian country on Tuesday for a six-day stay to celebrate its close ties with ...

The Himalaya have a significant political bearing, even outside our immediate neighbourhood—in the ever-evolving global ...

The late Queen welcomed King Mahendra of Nepal, his consort Queen Ratna and Crown Prince Birendra to Buckingham Palace for a state visit to the UK in 1960 (PA) The King visited Nepal in 1998 ...