Nepal is investigating the poaching of rhinos after 28 of the endangered animals were killed over the past 11 months, an official said today.

Wildlife officials were combing the jungles of southern Nepal today in search of a wild elephant which has killed 11 people in the past two weeks.

A TEENAGE boy who many believe is the reincarnation of Buddha has re-emerged from the jungle in southern Nepal, attracting thousands of devotees.

A bomb hidden in a bag at a busy bus station in southern Nepal exploded, killing two people and wounding 12 others, officials said today.

Nepal authorities said today they finished vote-counting and were preparing to announce results from elections for a constitutional assembly, the first since communist rebels gave up their insurgency and joined mainstream politics.

A bus veered off a mountain highway and plunged into a river in Nepal today, killing at least 13 people and injuring another 25, police said.

Maoist rebels today agreed to peace talks with Nepal’s government, raising hopes for an end to a decade-old insurgency that has killed 13,000 people.

Communist rebels withdrew a blockade of Nepal’s highways today but gave the country’s political parties a two-day deadline to begin the process of rewriting the constitution, their leader said.

POLICE fired rubber bullets and tear gas on lawyers protesting against the king’s rule yesterday in Nepal’s capital, wounding three of them, as demonstrations and an opposition general strike continued for an eighth day.

Communist rebels bombed government buildings and raided security bases in a southern Nepal town, taking hostages and engaging police in gunbattles that left 13 people dead, officials said today.

HUNDREDS of people scoured a jungle in southern Nepal yesterday for a missing teenager who many believe is the reincarnation of Buddha.

Hundreds of people scoured a jungle in southern Nepal today for a missing teenager who many believe is the reincarnation of Buddha.

Communist rebels ambushed a public bus east of Nepal’s capital, killing at least six soldiers and two civilians on board, officials said today.

Nepal has put its troops on high alert nationwide following two attacks this week by communist rebels on soldiers and civilians that killed more than 50 people.

Communist rebels today said that Nepal’s royal government may have had a hand in a landmine explosion that killed 38 people and wounded 71 others on a bus, and vowed to conduct their own investigation into the attack.

Maoist insurgents detonated a powerful land mine beneath a crowded bus today in rural Nepal, killing at least 38 people and wounding dozens more in one of the bloodiest attacks against civilians since the insurgency broke out nearly a decade ago, officials said.

Communist rebels dragged 10 people from their homes and executed them in southern Nepal for refusing to join the guerrillas, officials and human rights activists said today.

AT least 14 people died in a fresh burst of violence in southern Nepal yesterday, after communist rebels lifted a two-week highway blockade that had crippled the flow of essential supplies in protest at the king’s recent power grab.

At least 14 people died in a fresh burst of violence in southern Nepal today, after communist rebels lifted a two-week highway blockade that had crippled the flow of essential supplies in protest at the king’s recent power grab.

A Nepalese worker who was taken hostage in Iraq earlier this week has been freed and is safe in Baghdad.

Maoist rebels detonated a bomb at a checkpoint in southern Nepal today, killing two policemen and injuring eight civilians.

A BOMB exploded in a busy market in southern Nepal, killing a 12-year-old boy and wounding six others, including three policemen.

A British company has signed an agreement with the Nepalese government to explore for oil in the Himalayan kingdom.

A strike called by Maoist rebels has shut down Nepal as businesses closed and vehicles stayed off the road for a second day.