Built in 1832, under the commission of the then Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa- the iconic ‘Dharahara' tower also famous as Bhimsen Tower, was a nine-storey, 61.88-metre-tall (203.0 ft ...

KATHMANDU: The Bhimsen Thapa Memorial Foundation has decided to confer this year's Bhimsen Thapa Memorial Award on British historian John Helpton. Historian Helpton is being honoured with the ...

The Moghul-style minarets towered over the low brown tile roofs of Kathmandu. Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa erected two towers at the gate to his palace as a symbol of the power he wielded before ...

In other posts, independent candidates and candidates of RPP (Thapa), NSP and other parties won the elections. Polls were conducted in 36 municipalities. Bhimsen Thapa of RPP (Thapa) was elected ...

From Sagarmatha (head of the sky), the Nepali name for Mt Everest, to the Indian frontiers, Nepal lies in ruins. Saturday's earthquake has wrought death and devastation. From Sagarmatha (head of ...

Built in 1832 by Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa under the commission of Queen Lalit Tripura Sundari, it was part of the architecture of Kathmandu recognized by UNESCO.