A military transport plane laden with supplies and dozens of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers is to take off from a British air base on Monday headed for their homeland. The Boeing C-17 transport plane will ...

Nepal stopped issuing permissions for its citizens to work in Russia Friday after 10 Nepali soldiers were killed while serving in the war in Ukraine. Nepal also formally asked Russia not to recruit ...

The kukri strapped to Mekhman Tamang’s hip belt is more than an ordinary family heirloom. When his father bequeathed the traditional knife to him 10 years ago, Tamang, a third-generation Gurkha ...

The Duke of Edinburgh told new Gurkha recruits to be proud of being a “soldier in the British army but a son of Nepal” as he ...

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This article by Pinki Sris Rana was originally published in Nepali Times, and an edited version has been republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Brave khukuri-swinging ...

Nepal Prime Minister Puspha Kamal Dahal will use his trip to India to push for better terms for Gurkha fighters recruited for India’s army, posing a test for New Delhi as it vies for influence with ...

Born in Chyangthapu, Eastern Nepal in 1939, Rambahadur Limbu enlisted in the 2 nd Battalion of the 10 th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles in November 1957. Lance Corporal Rambahadur Limbu was ...

Deep in the northern reaches of Nepal’s Gorkha District lies a secret that most travelers never discover. While millions ...

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Hari Budha Maga, from Canterbury, plans to scale the highest peak on each continent.