Breaking News
- • Hard-line Afghan MPs block law protecting women
- • India Walmart lobby case 'closed': Report
- • Michael Vaz, 59, elected as new president of the Singapore Shooting Association
- • China police arrest man after plane bomb threats
- • French actor Depardieu compares Putin to Pope John Paul II
- • Facebook's Sandberg says it's OK for women to cry at work
- • Pakistan adopts Chinese GPS, becomes 5th Asian country to do so
- • Chinese man held in Pakistani Kashmir over alleged Quran abuse
- • S&P warns it may lower India rating to junk status
- • Vivian Balakrishnan to visit Chiang Mai for 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit
- • Northbound train services between Marina Bay and Braddell delayed due to 'rail crack'
- • North Korea fires short-range missiles into Sea of Japan
- • New case of Sars-like virus detected in Saudi Arabia
- • Lim Guan Eng wants Malaysian Home Minister to retract remarks
- • Winners of President's Challenge Social Enterprise Award to receive business advice
- • Central Mosque Cluster and new volunteer management system launched by Muis
- • Remember Navy's 'behind the scenes' work securing Singapore's imports: Chan Chun Sing
- • Dengue cases hit 7,000 cases so far this year, higher than all of 2012
- • Brothers arrested in France after school mass killing threat
- • Hopes fade for those still trapped in Freeport Indonesia mine
More Stories
|
•
|
•
|
|
•
|
•
|
|
•
|
•
|
|
•
|
•
|
|
•
|
•
|
|
•
|
•
|
|
•
|
•
|
|
•
|
•
|
|
•
|
•
|
|
•
|
Country Profile
Country: Nepal
Population (2011): 30.5 million
Capital: Kathmandu
Area: 147,181 sq km
Main Languages: Nepali (official), Maithali, Bhojpuri, Tharu, Tamang
Religions: Hindu 80.6%, Buddhist 10.7%, Muslim 4.2%, Kirant 3.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census)
Currency: Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
GDP (2011): US$18.9 billion
GDP per capita (2011): US$619
GDP growth (2011): 3.9%
GDP contribution by sector: Agriculture 34.9%, Industry 15%, Services 50.1% (2010 est.)
Urban population (2011): 17%
Life Expectancy (2011): 0.69
Internation dialing code: (+977)
People to Watch
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A Pakistani human rights activist who founded an all-girls school said the Taleban was "more afraid of the books than bombs" as he and his 15-year-old daughter, who...