Traditional musical instruments should be used while composing music for the national anthem, experts said at a programme today. An anthem high on patriotic feelings will not suffice if the music ...

Nepal launched its new national anthem on Friday, a song notably making no mention of the nation's embattled monarch, King Gyanendra. Nepal launches new king-free national anthem.

The new anthem, which was selected from 1,272 songs, has been sung for the very first time in public at parliament and broadcast live across Nepal on TV and radio. "With this, the culture of praising ...