South Asia
Nepal
By Thulung at 28 February, 2009, 1:55 am
Nepal is a landlock country, physically located in South Asia, part of world’s largest continent Asia. Kathmandu is the the capital and the largest city of Nepal. Kathmandu is one of the three cities and districts, that makes Kathmandu valley. Other major cities are Dharan in the east central, Biratnagar in the south east, Pokhara [...]
Read More >>Afghanistan
By Thulung at 19 January, 2009, 10:53 am
Afghanistan is a landlocked country in the southern Asia. Its area size is about 647,500 Sqkm, with the population of about 32 million. It is bordered with Turkmenistan, Uzebekistan and Tajikistan on the north and China on the extreme northeast, Pakistan on the east and south, and Iran on the west. High mountain range, called [...]
Read More >>Gurkha soldier killed in action
By Thulung at 8 November, 2008, 11:38 am
Gurkha soldier from 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles of British army was killed in action by the enemy fire in southern Afghanistan. The soldier was killed on duty, while patrolling Musa Qala area in southern part of Afghanistan. He received medical treatment at the site, but later died from the wounds. Next of [...]
Read More >>New King for Bhutan
By Thulung at 6 November, 2008, 4:25 am
Bhutan is a small isloated landlocked country in South Asia, located between India on the east, west and south and China on the north. Country with the population of around 600,000 has crowned it’s new king - Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk, 28 year old Oxford educated young bachelor, becoming the world’s youngest ruling monarch.
Young Wangchuk came [...]
