Download   Bhutan has long been celebrated as the nation that measures its gross national happiness as well as monetary wealth.

But it seems that not all of its citizen’s happiness is accounted for.

For the past twenty years thousands of Bhutanese refugees have been living in camps in eastern Nepal.

Although they desperately wish to return to Bhutan negotiations between the two nations on their behalf have repeatedly failed.

Now, as Rajan Parajuli reports, they have bigger problems.

Download   Nepal has ground to a standstill.

Shops, businesses, schools and offices have closed under the orders of tens of thousands of Maoist supporters, who have taken over the streets.

Transport throughout the country has been hit, with no private vehicles allowed to travel.

Although the government and the Maoist party are still in talks to end the crisis, there is no sign of a deal which will allow life to return to normal.

The Maoists say they will not back down until the Prime Minister and the government resign in favour of a national unity government led by them.

Rajan Parajuli has the story from the siege city Kathmandu.

Download   Workers across the world have taken to the streets this week to mark International Labor Day.

In mega-cities like Jakarta, New Dehli and Manila they have marched to demand better working conditions and an end to the widening gap between the extremely rich and the very poor.

To mark Labor Day on Asia Calling this month we will be hearing stories from workers across the region.

Today we travel to Nepal where Rajan Parajuli is speaking to one of the country’s two million migrant workers.

Download  After three years spent living in UN-monitored camps since the end of Nepal’s civil war, all former Maoist child soldiers have now been discharged and are returning to civilian life.

Nepal's decade-long conflict cost 16,000 lives and finally ended in 2006 with an agreement between the government and Maoist rebels.

Around 1600 former child soldiers have returned home with a small grant from the government.

The Maoist party rejected any further help from the government.

As Rajan Parajuli reports they are now struggling to live a normal life.

He has the story from Chitwan in Central Nepal.