The main palace in Nepal's capital lowered the flag of the country's royal family ... to the abolition of the throne from the dour 61-year-old former monarch, who remained silent in recent months ...

It says, "The national flag of Nepal consists of two juxtaposed triangular figures with a crimson coloured base and deep blue borders, there being a white emblem of the crescent moon with eight ...

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However, the flag of this mountainous South Asian country defies the trend. So, is it true that Nepal’s flag is the only modern national flag that is not rectangular or four-sided? The Nepalese ...