Another sore point in Nepal-Tibet relations was Nepal ’ s decision to provide refuge to Syamarpa Lama with his 14 Tibetan followers.

of external private investments in Nepal ’ s mega projects, infrastructure schemes and hydro-electric project,

The German Development Bank ( KfW ) has taken a keen interest in Nepal ’ s

Government ’ s present priority areas of development cooperation to Nepal as agreed between the two

Spice Nepal ’ s net sales in 2007 and for the first six months of 2008 were 27, 4 million Euro and 22, 7 million Euro, respectively, and EBITDA, excluding non-recurring items, was 12, 6 million euro and 12, 1 million Euro, respectively.

According to diplomatic sources familiar with the developments, the Chinese don ’ t want more consulates in Lhasa, where only Nepal has one.

In 1983, Himalayan conservationist Daniel C. Taylor and Himalayan natural historian Robert L. Fleming Jr. led a yeti expedition into Nepal ’ s Barun Valley ( suggested by discovery in the Barun in 1972 of footprints alleged to be yeti by Cronin & McNeely ).

This fieldwork in Nepal ’ s Barun Valley led directly to initiating in 1984 Makalu-Barun National Park that protected over half a million acres in 1991, and across the border with China the Qomolangma national nature preserve in the Tibet Autonomous Region that protected over six million acres.

The children describe their dramatic recruitment and participation in the Maoist People ’ s Liberation Army during the eleven-year civil war between the Maoist insurgents and the Hindu monarchy controlled government of Nepal.

( 2012 ) ‘ The Bonded Labour System in Nepal: Musahar and Tharu Communities ’ Assessments of the Haliya and Kamaiya Labour Contracts ,’ Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences, 4 ( 2 ): 518 -­ 551.

In the introduction to the book Gorkhas Imagined ( 2009 ) Prem Poddar makes an important point about the Gorkhas in Nepal versus the Gorkhas in India: " the word ‘ Gorkha ’ ( or the neologism ‘ Gorkhaness ’) as a self-descriptive term ... has gained currency as a marker of difference for Nepalis living in India as opposed to their brethren and sistren in Nepal.

At the height of Samudra Gupta ’ s power, he controlled nearly all of the valley of the Ganges ( Ganga ) River and received homage from rulers of parts of east Bengal, Assam, Nepal, the eastern part of the Punjab, and various tribes of Rajasthan.

Since Hodgson ’ s description of 1831 of a male individual in Nepal under the binomial Felis moormensis, the country is believed to be the westernmost part of the felid's range.

In 2009, a leopard cat was camera trapped in Nepal ’ s Makalu-Barun National Park at an altitude of.

Pakistani pop music is attributed to have given birth to the genre in the South Asian region with Ahmed Rushdi's song ‘ Ko-Ko-Korina ’ in 1966 Composed by Music Mestro Sohail Rana and has since then been adopted in Bangladesh, India, and lately Nepal as a pioneering influence in their respective pop cultures.

Selections of the Museum ’ s Rajput paintings from India, and thangkas, or Buddhist religious paintings, from Tibet and Nepal are well represented.

A Selection Committee would be headed by the Chairman of Nepal ’ s Public Service Commission ( PSC ) or by a member appointed by him, and a General Directorate would be created under the NA, headed by a Lieutenant General, to absorb the integrated combatants.

* Hutt, Michael, Himalayan People ’ s War: Nepal ’ s Maoist Rebellion, ( London: Hurst and Co., 2004 ).

), The People ’ s War in Nepal: Left Perspectives, ( New Delhi: Adroit, 2003 ).

* Thapa, Deepak, with Bandita Sijapati, A Kingdom Under Siege: Nepal ’ s Maoist Insurgency, 1996-2003, ( Kathmandu: The Printhouse, 2003 ).

On June 6, 2006, then Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala went to India for a four day visit seeking support from India for Nepal ’ s recent political changes.

The decade-long war ultimately led the Maoists to Nepal ’ s parliament.

This meeting resulted in the Comprehensive Peace Accord to dissolve parliament, incorporate the CPN ( M ) into a new interim government, draft a new constitution, and disband the CPN ( M )' s " people's governments " operating in rural Nepal.

Under the leadership of Shuja Nawaz, the South Asia Center is the Atlantic Council ’ s focal point for work on Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan as well as on relations between these countries and China, Central Asia, Iran, the Arab world, Europe and the U. S. As part of the Council's Asia program, the Center seeks to foster partnerships with key institutions in the region to establish iself as a forum for dialogue between decision makers in South Asia, the U. S. and NATO.

According to Zimmermann ’ s first description of 1780, the rhesus macaque is distributed in eastern Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, as far east as the Brahmaputra Valley in peninsular India, Nepal and northern Pakistan.

* hemispila ( Vigors, 1831 ) Himalayas ( w Nepal to s Kashmir );

* macella ( Thayer and Bangs, 1909 ) e Himalayas to s Tibet, w Nepal, n Myanmar and sw China ;

Although Buddhism originated Nepal, it has had the most lasting impact on China.

The symbol has appeared in various forms and media ( petroglyphs, classic-form, medieval-form, pavement, turf, and basketry ) at some time throughout most parts of the world, from Native North and South America to Australia, Java, India, and Nepal.

Nepal depends on India for transit facilities and access to the sea — the Bay of Bengal — even for most goods imported from China.

Rains diminish in September and generally end by mid-October, ushering in generally cool, clear, and dry weather, as well as the most relaxed and jovial period in Nepal.

Although most of Nepal's military equipment are imports from neighboring India or the People's Republic of China, Nepal has received 20, 000 M-16 rifles, as well as night vision equipment from the United States to assist ongoing efforts in the post-September 11 global War on Terror campaign.

Its position in the cultures of Greater India is akin to that of Latin and Greek in Europe and it has significantly influenced most modern languages of the Indian subcontinent, particularly in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal.

* The Bengal tiger ( Panthera tigris tigris ), also called the Indian tiger, lives in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, and is the most common subspecies with populations estimated at less than 2, 500 adult individuals.

The Himalayan range, which consists of three parallel sub-ranges, abuts or crosses five countries: Bhutan, India, Nepal, People's Republic of China, and Pakistan, with the first three countries having sovereignty over most of the range.

Deer can be seen in several national parks in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka of which Kanha National Park, Dudhwa National Park, and Chitwan National Park are most famous.

Black panthers are reported in most densely forested areas in southwestern China, Myanmar, Assam and Nepal, from Travancore and other parts of southern India, and are said to be common in Java and the southern part of the Malay Peninsula where they may be more numerous than spotted panthers.

In the Chitwan National Park in Nepal, leopards killed prey ranging from less than to in weight with most kills in the range ; tigers killed more prey in the range.

Examples of contemporary Maoist movements most notably include the Shining Path in Peru, the Naxalite insurgency in India, and the Communist Party of Nepal ( Maoist ); the latter of which is the only current Maoist party holding power through a democratic process.

In Kathmandu, most of the hippies hung out in the tranquil surroundings of a place called Freak Street, ( Nepal Bhasa: Jhoo Chhen ) which still exists near Kathmandu Durbar Square.

Though Nepal Bhasa was the dominant language in the Kathmandu valley, Nepali is the most dominant nowadays. Nepali is now used in government and as the everyday language of a growing portion of the local population.

Khaskura / Gorkhali / Nepali is spoken indigenously over most of Nepal west of the Kaligandaki River, then progressively less further to the east.

Indo-Bangladesh relations have been strained since the fall of Mujib government in August 1975. over the years over issues such as South Talpatti Island, the Tin Bigha corridor and access to Nepal, the Farakka Barrage and water sharing, border conflicts near Tripura and the construction of a fence along most of the border which India explains as security provision against migrants, insurgents and terrorists.

The Parachute Regiment recruits nationally, while the Royal Gurkha Rifles recruits most of its serving personnel from Nepal, and the Royal Gibraltar Regiment recruits in Gibraltar.

The organization makes continual efforts to expand the pageant, but the participation of some countries such as Algeria has proven difficult due to cultural barriers to the swimsuit competition, while others such as Azerbaijan, Mozambique, Armenia and Nepal have balked at sending representatives due to the cost ( in fact, of all the major international pageants, the franchise fee for Miss Universe is the most expensive ).

Dreadlocks are associated most closely with the Rastafari movement, but people from many ethnic groups in history before them have worn dreadlocks, including many ancient Semitic and Indo-Aryan peoples of the Near East and Asia Minor, Sadhus of Nepal, India and the Sufi Rafaees, the Māori people of New Zealand, the Maasai and the Oromo of Ethiopia, and the Sufi malangs and fakirs of Pakistan, and medieval Irish Warriors.

The Indian Subcontinent bioregion covers most of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka.

River scene, Bardia National Park The Bardia National Park is the largest and most undisturbed protected area of the Terai region of Nepal.

The Bengal tiger is the most numerous tiger subspecies with populations estimated at 1, 706 – 1, 909 in India, 440 in Bangladesh, 124 – 229 in Nepal and 67 – 81 in Bhutan.

The most significant immediate threat to the existence of wild tiger populations is the illegal trade in poached skins and body parts between India, Nepal and China.

Sherpa ( Tibetan: ཤར ་ པ ། " eastern people ", from shar " east " + pa " people ") are an ethnic group from the most mountainous region of Nepal, high in the Himalayas.