A Janakpur High Court in Nepal has acquitted Ram Bahadur Bomjan aka “Buddha Boy” in a child sexual abuse case. Dubbed as ...

Ram Bahadur Bomjan, known as 'Buddha Boy', has been acquitted of child sexual abuse charges by Nepal's Janakpur High Court.

Embezzlement of funds amounting about Nepali Rupees (NRs) 14 billion has been made during the construction of China-loaned Pokhara International Airport, a parliamentary subpanel has concluded after ...

The two great men shook the world by their ideas and deeds, and lived their lives for others on this very land, twenty-five ...

Buddha Purnima marks the birth of Prince Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, who gave up his privileges and became the founder of Buddhism. It is observed on the full moon night of the Hindu month of Vaisakha.

In the medieval town of Bode, Nepal, a 30-year-old man named Sujan Bagh Shrestha pierced his tongue with a 10-inch-long ...

The environment department of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has fined three private hospitals for mixing hospital waste ...

While today, in India, Buddhism is strongly linked with social activism and anti-caste movements, the reason Buddhism thrived ...

Reflecting on the 1955 Bandung Conference, which laid the foundation for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Speaker Ghimire ...

The 12th-century sculpture the museum returned to Nepal is called “Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda” and is about 17.5 inches tall. The Art Institute said it was stolen from the ...

The tree walk brought together 30 plant enthusiasts, from seasoned botanists to curious first-timers. As the group meandered ...

Sidhartha was born (563 BC; Kapilavastu, Nepal) into the Gautama family of ... Sidhartha reached enlightenment and became an "enlightened one"--a Buddha (c. 528 BC). Gautama Buddha, also known ...