Geologists from Stanford University, Columbia University and University of Delaware study environment and water sources in Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam; finds that wells in gray-colored sands have high levels of arsenic and suggest that wells be dug in orange-colored sands instead; research, which is published in journal Science, notes that holes dug for crop irrigation should not extend to deep aquifers; say that doing so could endanger safety of drinking water in re...

The agreement allows more time for the peace process and stipulates that the prime minister will resign at some point.

A stalemate over a deal that would extend the term of the current Parliament past Friday could leave the small Himalayan nation without a constitution.

Maoists ended their general strike on Friday after crippling the nation for six days but failing to achieve their goal of forcing the government to step down.

Nepalese keep wondering when the general strike will end, when the constitution will be written, and when their country will begin.