Just a 10-minute auto ride from the bustling city of Birendranagar in Surkhet, via a road that meanders through a lush green forest, a hillock marks an mystery — a medieval looking, six-metre tall, ...

(MENAFN- NewsIn) Colombo, July 28: Nepal, the birthplace of the Buddha, is now a predominantly Hindu country with 81.19 percent being Hindu, 8.21 percent Buddhist, 4.39 percent Muslim, 3.17 percent ...

KATMANDU, Nepal - Archaeologists in Nepal say they have discovered traces of a wooden structure dating from the sixth century B.C. that they believe is the world's oldest Buddhist shrine. Kosh Prasad ...

Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), in coordination with Society of Travel and Tour Operators Nepal (SOTTO-Nepal), organized Nepal Sales Missions in Hanoi, Phnom Penh and Bangkok, the major cities of Vietnam, ...

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has described Buddhism as a 'luminous thread' in the relations between Nepal and China. "Nepal and China share more than just borders; we are bound by the timeless ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — There is one Buddhist nun everyone in Nepal knows by name — not because she’s a religious icon and a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, nor for her work running a girl’s school and a ...

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The body of a revered Tibetan Buddhist monk can now be cremated at his monastery in the hills outside Nepal’s capital, the government said Tuesday after reversing its earlier ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal – There is one Buddhist nun everyone in Nepal knows by name — not because she's a religious icon and a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, nor for her work running a girl's school and a ...