Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Nepalese boy sits near a funeral pyre as a body is cremated in Kathmandu, on May 2, 2015 A Nepalese boy sits near a funeral pyre ...

The devastating earthquake in Nepal has taken away more than 7,000 lives. It is painful for survivors to part with their loved ones. Global Times reporter Bai Tiantian, who has been there covering ...

KATHMANDU: Nepal has launched an electric cremation service for the first time in its history to phase out the traditional Hindu cremation process using firewood. The electric crematorium facility was ...

Nepal's oldest temple is in the eye of a storm as Christians and Hindus fight it out in court over an ancient forest that belongs to the shrine. Judges Balaram KC and Bharat Bahadur Karki made the ...

The possibility of Hindu-Christian clashes is growing. Celebrations on 1 March for Maha Shivaratri, a holy day dedicated to Shiva, are at risk. The dispute is over burials by Christians and other ...

As veteran cremation worker Khadga Adhikari placed a handful of uncooked rice and a coin on the chest of yet another young victim of Nepal's earthquake, his own heart was filled with sadness.