Nepal refuses asylum to former Sri Lanka Army Commander's aides - report

The Nepali government has refused to grant asylum to a group of Sri Lankans who have closely worked with the defeated common opposition presidential candidate and the jailed former army commander Sarath Fonseka during his election campaign, a Nepali newspaper reported.

Top Nepal climber missing in Himalayan expedition

A leading Nepali climber, who has scaled Mount Everest 19 times, has gone missing after an avalanche hit members of an expedition to the Himalayas in eastern Nepal, his hiking agency said on Sunday.