KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Officials at Nepal's state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, ...

This week, Kathmandu is a city of goats. People are walking goats on leashes on the sidewalk. On motorcycles, goats are sandwiched between the driver and the passenger. They teeter precariously on bus ...

Victorian boer goats are winging their way to the Himalayas as part of a program that injects their excellent genes into the goat population of Nepal. Carole Axton of Cadenza Boer Goat Stud in ...

Another harsh winter this year in the part of the Tibetan Plateau that is located in Nepal’s Upper Mustang region has resulted in a massive loss of livestock. Mustang’s nomads have been particularly ...

After a long series of technical problems with one of their two Boeing 757s, Nepal Airlines decided to sacrifice two goats in front of the plane in order to fix it. And guess what? It worked. It ...

Officials at Nepal Airlines, Nepal's state-run airline, have sacrificed two goats in front of an ailing Boeing 757 "to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god", following technical problems with the ...

As a result, the government food agency has ordered officials to travel to the countryside and buy up goats to be brought into the capital, where they will be sold for slaughter to mark the main Hindu ...

Officials in Nepal say they are investigating allegations that police officers operated an unofficial butchery service from their station. Officers have been accused of slaughtering goats for members ...