While some claim that the demonstrations are a demand for a "Hindu state", others say the opposite -- that they are an attack on the faith

She will be sworn in later on Friday

Nepal’s president said yesterday that he was seeking an end to the crisis that has engulfed the Himalayan nation since deadly protests this week ousted the prime minister and left parliament in flames.

In conversation with researcher Altaf Parvez

Special flight set to bring home 54 Bangladeshis today

Thailand’s influential ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra began his first full day in prison yesterday after a court ruled that he had improperly served a previous jail term in hospital.

Soldiers guarded Nepal’s parliament and patrolled deserted streets yesterday amid a curfew in the capital Kathmandu, after two days of deadly anti-corruption protests forced Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to resign.

Flash floods swept two Indonesian islands, including tourist hotspot Bali, killing at least six people, with four others missing, the country’s disaster agency said yesterday.

National men's football team will return home too

As the poor Himalayan nation once again stands at a crossroads, here is a look at what could lie ahead

Three policemen died yesterday, Nepal Police spokesman says

The country’s health ministry says 633 people are injured

Airport spokesperson says

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a test of a solid-fuel engine used for long range nuclear missiles, state media reported yesterday, marking another key step in in a weapons programme Western powers have failed to stop.

Kathmandu's Bangladesh mission's hotlines received calls from more than 350 callers who are stuck in Nepal

Nepali youth protesters yesterday set parliament ablaze as Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli obeyed furious crowds to quit, a day after at least 19 people were killed in one of the crackdowns in country’s history.

He defeated joint opposition INDIA nominee B Sudershan Reddy

Social media ban came as online anti-elite movement was gaining traction

'The government was not in favour of stopping the use of social media and will ensure an environment for its use'

At least 19 people died in Nepal yesterday and dozens more were injured as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who tried to break into parliament.