Nepal’s prime minister resigned Monday amid a power struggle over his firing of the army chief, saying he was stepping down to “save the peace process” that brought the Himalayan nation out of a bloody decade-long civil war.

Nepal’s prime minister fired the army chief Sunday, accusing him of defying government orders, officials said.

The U.N. Security Council extended the mandate of a scaled-back U.N. peace-building mission in Nepal on Friday to help integrate Maoist rebel fighters and monitor arms, but said it wants the work wrapped up in six months.

Nepal’s Supreme Court delayed ruling Tuesday on an appeal by a suspected serial killer nicknamed “The Serpent” who was convicted of slaying an American tourist in Katmandu more than three decades ago.

An overcrowded boat carrying mostly women and children capsized in a river in eastern Nepal on Sunday, killing two people and leaving dozens missing.

Officials say dozens of people are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized in a river in eastern Nepal.

Nepalese investigators probing a plane crash near Mount Everest have blamed the pilots for the accident that killed 18 people, a report said Thursday.

Nepal’s government announced Thursday that consumers would face 10 hours per day of power cuts after declaring the country’s utilities in crisis.

A crowded school bus skidded off a bridge on a highway in southern Nepal, killing at least 20 students and two teachers, police said Friday. At least 57 others were injured.

Police say a school bus skidded off a bridge on a highway in southern Nepal, killing at least 22 people and injuring several more.